Find out how green you are today and what you can do to lighten your load at Practically Green. Online marketing guru, entrepreneur and longtime Preserve friend Susan Hunt Stevens just launched this great online resource that helps people live healthier and more sustainable lives. It's user-friendly and driven by a methodology that rates the environmental impact of over 400 eco-friendly actions organized by energy, water, health, and stuff.
It starts with a simple, fun and quick quiz that helps you understand “Am I as green as I thought?”
Take the How Green Am I? quiz.
From there, you get a personalized list of actions and can learn about each action, view recommended products and services, add points to your score by committing to actions and earn kudos and recognition. Actions can be as easy as using recycled plastic partyware, to more complex, such as installing a gray-water system. All actions and accomplishments can also be shared with your pals on Facebook and Twitter!
Since founding Preserve 15 years ago, we’ve encountered many sustainability challenges. Some are balancing acts: Paper or plastic? Use less water or emit less greenhouse gases? Others are mountains to climb: How do we recover our products once their useful life is over? Should we put plastic in the microwave? We love these challenges. Overcoming them has meant that you can expect certain things from Preserve products.
Recently Preserve CEO Eric Hudson and Amy Elkes, Brand Program & Consumer Insights Manager at Stonyfield, came together for an interview on Go Green Radio to talk about our partnership as well as the Gimme 5 program and the role of #5 plastics today.
Listen now to the 10/8/10 Go Green Radio interview
“No way to recycle #5 plastic in your town? Turn to “Gimme 5” from Preserve.”
Back in 2000, Stonyfield Farm was looking to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging. They chose polypropylene #5 — the lightest-weight plastic that would protect their product. By switching from #2 to #5, Stonyfield prevents the manufacture and disposal of hundreds of tons of plastic per year.
Shortly thereafter, the union between Preserve and Stonyfield began. Since then, Preserve has been collecting #5 plastic yogurt cups from our neighbors in New Hampshire and turning them into Preserve Toothbrushes and Razors. Little did we know back then that years down the road the creation and evolution of the Gimme 5 program would strengthen our ties as we worked together to provide a solution for #5 plastic recycling. We’re proud to have just marked our 10-year anniversary in partnership with Stonyfield – a noteworthy milestone with a like-minded, mission-driven company that is not afraid to blaze new trails to create a more sustainable world!
Preserve has been popping up in different places. Check out some highlights:
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International Herald Tribune
Debating sustainability
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland included remarks from IDEO CEO, Tim Brown during his presentation on Sustainable Design. |
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