tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852869876640695748.post2910041671882791297..comments2024-02-21T02:23:54.182-08:00Comments on Adventures of the Vees: Green TravelLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15740554209828853312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852869876640695748.post-40927012440620671582008-02-02T09:58:00.000-08:002008-02-02T09:58:00.000-08:00My sister Amy reminded me that another way to help...My sister Amy reminded me that another way to help "greenify" your travel is to purchase carbon offsets. www.carbonfund.org is one such website that will allow you to calculate how much energy it takes you to fly and then allow you to purchase an equal amount in carbon offsets. What the company does with your money is to then fund projects such as re-planting forests or setting up wind power. Pretty cool!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15740554209828853312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852869876640695748.post-38611024677059628012008-02-01T07:35:00.000-08:002008-02-01T07:35:00.000-08:00In addition to the security thing, there might be ...In addition to the security thing, there might be a public health reason for not accepting customer cups at an airport. Thousands more people pass through an airport everyday than would pass through your neighborhood starbucks. The chance of passing around a cold or the flu is much, much higher. The flu could pass from one customer's cup to the barista's hands to the next several customers as the barista serves them their coffee. Then when all those people are home sick, they go through boxes and boxes of kleenex, making the customer cup thing an environmental net negative.El Donaldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104505254626288631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852869876640695748.post-84220411420547595002008-01-31T08:44:00.000-08:002008-01-31T08:44:00.000-08:00We are pretty sure that there is a policy at the a...We are pretty sure that there is a policy at the airport that they cannot accept anything from customers except money -- just because they had to use a cup to fill our sippy with water. Silly security rules.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15740554209828853312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852869876640695748.post-23693457561430976672008-01-31T08:21:00.000-08:002008-01-31T08:21:00.000-08:00I'm surprised - since SBUX's usual policy is to gi...I'm surprised - since SBUX's usual policy is to give you a few cents off of your outrageously priced coffee if you bring your own mug. (Not that I ever remember to, but it is a good idea.) I think you should write to them and complain!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342557533259256831noreply@blogger.com