Welcome to the Go Green! Website
The Greater Lansing Go Green! Initiative is working to promote environmental and economic health for all those who live, work, and play in Greater Lansing.
Go Green! Tip of the Week:
If just one out of ten products you bought had little or no packaging, it would eliminate more than fifty pounds of waste per household per year. This small reduction could also save you $30 annually, as $1 of every $11 that you spend at the supermarket pays for packaging of the products you buy. If every household did this, 5.5 billion fewer pounds of waste would enter landfills each year. This is enough garbage to cover New York City's Central Park to a depth of twenty-seven feet. (Consumer Change).
Featured Go Green!
Business Profile of the
Week
Cecilia J. Garcia, Owner
Mama Bears LLC
1224 Turner St.
Lansing, MI 48906
517-485-6262
At this all natural, all organic restaurant, they have made the business of being green their actual business. Using non-disposable and bio-degradable products is complemented by the strict use of local foods, an extensive recycling efforts and a compost program to divert food scraps from the waste stream. Owner Cecilia Garcia says, "the employees are really proud of what they are doing, and love the fact that they are making a difference!" The customers are also trying to get involved and the staff at Mama Bears shows them everything from how to do composting to where to buy locally-- they even share reading materials on organic foods and ways to practice recycling.
The local networking is really working out for them; with the local farmers market sending over customers and Mama Bear's staff returning the favor by promoting locally bought foods. Garcia explains that "buying locally not only builds a good relationship with the local businesses, but it also saves on gas usage." In fact, they plan on purchasing products exclusively within 100 miles of the store and have included future plans to purchase a "green" delivery vehicle.
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Above, a guest at Common Ground 2008 signs the Go Green! Personal Pledge
