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ShoppingOffset About Us
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What Are We About? Our goal is offsetting negative impacts through talking about better options and increasing community connection, not making you feel guilty about shopping. Why Are We Doing This? Because it needs to be done. How Are We Doing This? Today SO is focused on the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle with the local knowledge coming from living here for more than a decade. In the future we'd like to adopt the model used by Macaroni Kid. How Does ShoppingOffset Make Money? Design by Matt Opsahl.
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Shopping Offset - Clothing
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While the negative impacts of the clothing industry begin far from our clean Western Washington waters, eventually the bad stuff spreads across the globe. Think about the processes that go into creating materials like polyester which is made from coal and petroleum (among other things). Did you know cotton farming is the largest user of pesticides in the United States? What Can I Do About It? Patagonia's "the Footprint Chronicles". In their own words - The Footprint Chronicles examines Patagonia’s life a...
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ShoppingOffset Food
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Consumers in the U.S. spend about $1 trillion annually on food so anything that happens in the food industry has a massive impact all over the country - including right here in Seattle. Dairy and livestock farming has polluted the Nooksack river; pesticides have become so pervasive that there are now "safe" limits. Requirements, not a minimum bar set by the government. What Can I Do About It? Well, to borrow the tagline from a local restaurant, eat like you give a damn. Watch this and see! In short, orga...
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Shopping Offset - Pocket Change The World
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What Can I Do About It? Children die from extreme hunger . Don't upend your life to take action, just give a tiny amount of help in some form and then talk to your neighbors about what you did and why you did it. This is a resource for finding and donating to resources that provide food and basic supplies for the homeless, the homebound, and the low-income folks in our neighborhood. Grameen Foundation helps the world’s poorest, especially women, improve their lives and escape poverty by helping to provid...
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ShoppingOffset About Us
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If You Are Going To Use This Site. Enjoy the suggestions from your neighbors. Submit suggestions by using the link at the bottom of each content page. Be nice to people and other animals. Say "hi" to people you see when you are walking. Go for a walk. Donate time or money to causes you believe in. Be positive. Design by Matt Opsahl.
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ShoppingOffset Transportation
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Transportation by air, rail, automobile, boat, etc. is the largest consumer of petroleum in our society. This means that transportation is also a massive polluter of our air, our land, and our water. Consider that each day about 900,000 cars take trips through Seattle. Since each of those cars is generating an annual average of 5.1 metric tons of CO2. What Can I Do About It? SDOT Report on Traffic. Plane Versus Car Efficiency. Planes don't look like models of efficiency but the amount of fuel it takes to...
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ShoppingOffset Housing and Durables Category
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What Can I Do About It? EPA whitepaper - Buildings and their impact on the environment. Tons of great information about the impact of residential and commercial buildings. Did you know that about 21% of the energy consumed in the US is consumed by our homes? Or that 20% of the energy we consume in our homes goes to heat water? How about that our homes account for 21% of the carbon dioxide emissions in the US? The Bullitt center is the greenest commercial building on the entire planet! Yeah, this is a lot...
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ShoppingOffset - Devices
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What Can I Do About It? Our Throwaway Attitude Toward Devices. What are the impacts of decisions about purchasing devices that are intended to be in a landfill sooner rather than later? What Happens to E-Waste. Take a look at the environment page of the iFixit site. If you don't feel a little sick after reading some of this stuff then you are probably already doing your part. BAN - An Advocacy Group. We've started the list, what would you add? Design by Matt Opsahl.
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Kirkland Dog Off-Leash Group: Sponsors
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Planning Your Park Visit. FAQ about Park Rules. Tips for a Successful Park Visit. KDOG is thankful for all the great businesses who support making Kirkland a dog friendly city. Show your support for these sponsors by visiting their locations. Want to be become a Business Sponsor? Juanita Bay Veterinary Hospital. The PETCO Foundation's mission is to raise the quality of life for pets and people who love and need them. It has served as a voice for companion animals across the country since 1999. Ea...At Mi...