I maintain one ultimate truth about waste reduction: we DO what we CAN and we CAN DO it!
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Monday, April 23, 2012
Honda's Smart Home System - The Future's Future
Wow. Honda and renewable energy FTW. Honda is testing out their Smart Home System (HSMS) that controls in-house energy while utilizing energy from solar and water power. It's got a "Smart e-Mix Manager" that reduces CO2 emissions and circulates energy through the home multiple times. After reading the article, I still don't really understand how it will work but I think the gist here is:
So go! Read the article! And be happy and environmental!
This home is more efficient than your home is, can or will ever be in your lifetime.This, peeps, is the future of the future..
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| If they can do THIS then a HSMS house should be a breeze, right? (I know you will agree just to finish this article and get this horrible image out of your retinal memory). |
So go! Read the article! And be happy and environmental!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Green Pug is More Environmental Than You
Happy Earth Day everyone! And since I spent the entire day doing wedding invitations and not being particularly earth-friendly, here is Green Pug. Go Green Pug!
Recycle that newspaper! Change those CFL's! Gooooooo GreenPUg!
Recycle that newspaper! Change those CFL's! Gooooooo GreenPUg!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Honda Will Extract Rare Earth Metals from Car Parts to Recycle
Good for them! Honda Motor Co. has partnered with Japan Metals & Chemicals Co. and will start the world's first mass-production process to extract rare earth metals from used car parts like nickel-metal hydride batteries and recycle them. Currently, China produces 95% of the global rare earth supplies and have hiked up prices.
This is good for the earth AND good for local economies. Way to go Japan...stick it to your long-time frenemy!
Read more here: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/honda-motor-to-recycle-rare-earth-metals-in-used-parts/articleshow/12699768.cms
This is good for the earth AND good for local economies. Way to go Japan...stick it to your long-time frenemy!
Read more here: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/honda-motor-to-recycle-rare-earth-metals-in-used-parts/articleshow/12699768.cms
Friday, February 24, 2012
10 Reasons Why I Can/Can't Be a Vegetarian
It's Lent now, and while I'm not really active with my Catholic roots, I think Lent is a good spiritual cleansing and can be a test of a new life style for a person. In simple terms: It's a good time to give something up and see how you can live without it. It's also good because you have buddies suffering from deprivation too.
This year, I've decided to give up 2 things: Elevators (which I've been working on anyway) and Meat except fish. It's the meat one that I want to talk about today.
The Goal: To eat no meat except fish and what I have in my house from 2 days ago until Easter. And if I'm offered/given a steak then I will eat it, but I won't go seeking out steak.
The Positive: Check out this website for all 49 reasons (take w/ a grain of salt tho)
1). Math's already a vegetarian - he can help me.
2). We already eat vegetarian at our house 98% of the time (except when I eat lunch meat and bacon and the kid eats chicken nuggets).
3). The meat industry is a pretty bad industry in terms of animal cruelty. I feel like a hypocrite sometimes because I'm all "Save the puppies and kitties! Oh MEAT?! OM NOM NOM NOM. Organic? Too expensive! Free range? Too expensive! Whole Foods? Too lazy, King Stoopids is right across the street!"
4). Being vegetarian is better for the environment in terms of fuel, water and soil conservation, more efficient use of grains, saving forests and aesthetics (think decaying animal parts).
5). Vegetarianism is healthier - all your nutrition can be gotten from plant food plus meat has hormones and all kinds of crap added to it. Also the vitamins in veggies can help prevent a lot of conditions.
6). Finances: *supposedly* veg food is cheaper, but I don't really find that to be the case. Fresh produce can get expensive if you want to get varied things and meat substitutes are definitely pocket-raping. (Though...the Qrunch burgers by Quorn are amazing!)
7). I already refuse to eat veal and try not to eat lamb due to ethical reasons, so how much more of a step would it be for me to avoid the rest? Pigs are VERY cute, anyways....
8). I know enough vegetarians that eating with them would be nice and I would have a good group to sympathize.
9). I like a lot of fake meat and vegetarian entrees and
10). some things I prefer vegetarian (like pizza/pasta). Also, I already can't stand meat on the bone (except ribs and only sometimes) and I am grossed out w/ cooking most meats.
Negative:
1). There's a lot of meat that I really like: salami, ribs, steak, crab, shrimp, baloney, pate, fois gras, prosciutto - even though I don't eat these things very often.
2). I LOVE food and love trying new foods. It would probably be the utmost of torture for me to be at a Thanksgiving dinner and not be able to eat turkey/gravy/stuffing.
3). I'm not a big fan of beans. Any kind. Refrieds are probably my favorite w/ green beans as a second but I wouldn't want to eat them very often.
4). And I HATE most veggie burgers
5). I'm worried that I'd end up eating a lot of pasta/rice/potatoes which I know from experience will make me fatter. I'm lucky enough to have the "italian fat pasta" gene. (It's a term I'm coining.)
6). Just thinking about going 40 days w/o meat is making me crave it more.
7). Eating out at a lot of places would involve eating carby stuff like fries, pasta, rice, potatos or salads which might make me want to kill myself.
8). I'd have to give up steak. I know I said it above, but I want to reemphasize...I love steak. LOVE it.
9). I take pride in my flexible eating habits. You know, don't make your friends cook you something special if you're coming over for dinner etc. And don't want to become an obnoxious vegetarian. I'm already super against the circus and pretty much told Math's mom not to take the kiddo there.
10). I'm too lazy to go veg. For Example, if I go to a chinese restaurant, I don't want to ask if their miso soup or sesame tofu is made with meat broth.
This year, I've decided to give up 2 things: Elevators (which I've been working on anyway) and Meat except fish. It's the meat one that I want to talk about today.
The Goal: To eat no meat except fish and what I have in my house from 2 days ago until Easter. And if I'm offered/given a steak then I will eat it, but I won't go seeking out steak.
The Positive: Check out this website for all 49 reasons (take w/ a grain of salt tho)
1). Math's already a vegetarian - he can help me.
2). We already eat vegetarian at our house 98% of the time (except when I eat lunch meat and bacon and the kid eats chicken nuggets).
3). The meat industry is a pretty bad industry in terms of animal cruelty. I feel like a hypocrite sometimes because I'm all "Save the puppies and kitties! Oh MEAT?! OM NOM NOM NOM. Organic? Too expensive! Free range? Too expensive! Whole Foods? Too lazy, King Stoopids is right across the street!"
4). Being vegetarian is better for the environment in terms of fuel, water and soil conservation, more efficient use of grains, saving forests and aesthetics (think decaying animal parts).
5). Vegetarianism is healthier - all your nutrition can be gotten from plant food plus meat has hormones and all kinds of crap added to it. Also the vitamins in veggies can help prevent a lot of conditions.
6). Finances: *supposedly* veg food is cheaper, but I don't really find that to be the case. Fresh produce can get expensive if you want to get varied things and meat substitutes are definitely pocket-raping. (Though...the Qrunch burgers by Quorn are amazing!)
7). I already refuse to eat veal and try not to eat lamb due to ethical reasons, so how much more of a step would it be for me to avoid the rest? Pigs are VERY cute, anyways....
8). I know enough vegetarians that eating with them would be nice and I would have a good group to sympathize.
9). I like a lot of fake meat and vegetarian entrees and
10). some things I prefer vegetarian (like pizza/pasta). Also, I already can't stand meat on the bone (except ribs and only sometimes) and I am grossed out w/ cooking most meats.
Negative:
1). There's a lot of meat that I really like: salami, ribs, steak, crab, shrimp, baloney, pate, fois gras, prosciutto - even though I don't eat these things very often.
2). I LOVE food and love trying new foods. It would probably be the utmost of torture for me to be at a Thanksgiving dinner and not be able to eat turkey/gravy/stuffing.
3). I'm not a big fan of beans. Any kind. Refrieds are probably my favorite w/ green beans as a second but I wouldn't want to eat them very often.
4). And I HATE most veggie burgers
5). I'm worried that I'd end up eating a lot of pasta/rice/potatoes which I know from experience will make me fatter. I'm lucky enough to have the "italian fat pasta" gene. (It's a term I'm coining.)
6). Just thinking about going 40 days w/o meat is making me crave it more.
7). Eating out at a lot of places would involve eating carby stuff like fries, pasta, rice, potatos or salads which might make me want to kill myself.
8). I'd have to give up steak. I know I said it above, but I want to reemphasize...I love steak. LOVE it.
9). I take pride in my flexible eating habits. You know, don't make your friends cook you something special if you're coming over for dinner etc. And don't want to become an obnoxious vegetarian. I'm already super against the circus and pretty much told Math's mom not to take the kiddo there.
10). I'm too lazy to go veg. For Example, if I go to a chinese restaurant, I don't want to ask if their miso soup or sesame tofu is made with meat broth.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
World Spay Day 2012 Online Pet Photo Contest
I know this is only loosely related to sustainability, but hey...fuzzy animals need our support!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Alternative Fueled, Non-Hybrid cars
Since the Honda Civic Natural Gas (NG) came out last year, we are seeing all kinds of interest in alternative fuel cars that have NOTHING to do w/ fossil fuels.
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| Honda Civic NG |
Recently Honda released its first all-electric vehicle (EV) in the US to three businesses in CA - Google, Stanford University and the city government of Torrence, CA. That's really exciting to me because, along with the Nissan Leaf which was released late 2011, Japanese car companies are making progress toward more eco-friendly transportation! (See clip and article at bottom).
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| Nissan Leaf |
There is also the FCX Clarity, which is Honda's dedicated hydrogen platform. However, that one doesn't seem to be getting quite as much attention, even though Jamie Lee Curtis now drives one. Still...These are the next steps away from hybrids and towards a petrol-free world!
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| Honda FCX Clarity |
Even civilians and "average Joes" are starting to care about these new technologies. Just the other day one of the residents in my community was suggesting that we put EV charging stations into the garage or parking lot. How cool would that be? It blows my mind that people not only care about these new technologies existing, but actually see it as possible, nay probable, future for our cities!
This is no longer futuristic technology. The future is now people, embrace it!
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| Honda Fit EV |
"Three 2013 Honda Fit Electric Vehicles were delivered to different institutions across the state of California last month. Stanford University, Google, and the city of Torrance received the new cars as a test run for Honda’s electric vehicle. A few years back, the Honda Clarity debuted in Southern California, further cementing the state as a leader in transport electrification. "
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Pacific Garbage Patch: "One big unfathomable bummer"
I keep hearing rumors of an island of debris from the Japanese tsunami floating toward California and while I can't really find much hard evidence on that, I did find some interesting things about the Pacific Garbage Patch. This is an area in the Pacific Ocean that is as big as Texas.
You are probably thinking that this would look like a giant island of trash and should be visible on satellite images from Google Earth or something right? Also, you're probably thinking, "why haven't people started cleaning this up, if it's so bad?" Well...Here's an article that explains it well on the blog "Vegan Skeptic". I highly recommend watching the video starting at 1:45 or so.
But, the short answer is that the Pacific Garden Patch is not made up of giant buoys and coke bottles, but tiny pieces of buoys, coke bottles and more. So tiny that you can't really see them unless you trawl the ocean for hours. Plastic breaks down in the sun and surf and some of it gets eaten by fish, some sinks to the bottom and the rest just swirls around endlessly getting smaller and smaller.
So please, please, pleaseeeeee recycle and try to use reusable stuff as much as possible - water bottles, plates, forks, mugs etc.
This makes me really want to be a scientist so I can help. Maybe school is in my future somewhere....Not a Marine Scientist though...oceans are scary.
You are probably thinking that this would look like a giant island of trash and should be visible on satellite images from Google Earth or something right? Also, you're probably thinking, "why haven't people started cleaning this up, if it's so bad?" Well...Here's an article that explains it well on the blog "Vegan Skeptic". I highly recommend watching the video starting at 1:45 or so.
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| The Pacific Garden Patch is not this.... (there's a city in the background sheesh) |
But, the short answer is that the Pacific Garden Patch is not made up of giant buoys and coke bottles, but tiny pieces of buoys, coke bottles and more. So tiny that you can't really see them unless you trawl the ocean for hours. Plastic breaks down in the sun and surf and some of it gets eaten by fish, some sinks to the bottom and the rest just swirls around endlessly getting smaller and smaller.
So please, please, pleaseeeeee recycle and try to use reusable stuff as much as possible - water bottles, plates, forks, mugs etc.
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| It's more like this. (Vast expanses of beautiful blue ocean with the occasional trash ball). |
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Article: Twice as many charging stations as Flex Fuel Stations in US
I had to grab this post because I've been looking at a lot of Honda stuff lately. Honda is developing a new electric vehicle (the EV Fit) and plans to send it to the public in 2012. Also the Nissan Leaf hit the U.S. this fall, which is another all-electric vehicle.
Study: Twice As Many Charging Stations As Flex Fuel Stations
By Christopher DeMorro
One of the main arguments against electric vehicles are the lack of available charging stations. It’s always seemed like a silly argument to me, as anyplace with an electrical outlet can work as a charging station in a pinch. But get this; there are almost twice as many public electric charging stations as there are E85 ethanol stations. For reals.
Read the rest of the article HERE.
While I'm happy that they are putting in so many EV charging stations, I'm disappointed at the low number of E85 stations. I don't know if I agree of the author's concluding point about automakers getting around stricter emissions standards by making alternative fuel vehicles, however. And from what I know, it seems that electric is even better than E85, environmentally speaking. At least this is kinda step in the right direction.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Coal Power: Safe? Seems Not...
Since we are in the midst of nuclear terror, I thought I'd show that coal power is no angel either.
This happened a few years ago (2008), before I started really paying attention to this environmental stuff but nonetheless I'm pretty shocked. This is the story of a toxic waste spill in Tennessee where a levy broke and spilled some 50 years of coal ash water into the Emory river, contaminating water, land and livelihoods. Now we're not just talking environmental impact, here, we are dealing with direct human-health consequences...I mean, if we can't even protect our fellow man...How are we EVER going to protect the environment?
Here is the 60 minutes story of that disaster and of the safety of coal ash which contains arsenic, cadmium, and other nasty things. It seems that companies have been trying to recycle it by building golf courses out of it and putting it in everything from cement to counter tops to carpeting. All without really knowing if it's dangerous or not and at the same time asserting that it's perfectly safe. I mean, I'm glad they're trying to recycle it but seriously people....
These two videos ask the question:
That lobbyist seems about as slimy as the Emory River....
"Clean coal" my butt....
This happened a few years ago (2008), before I started really paying attention to this environmental stuff but nonetheless I'm pretty shocked. This is the story of a toxic waste spill in Tennessee where a levy broke and spilled some 50 years of coal ash water into the Emory river, contaminating water, land and livelihoods. Now we're not just talking environmental impact, here, we are dealing with direct human-health consequences...I mean, if we can't even protect our fellow man...How are we EVER going to protect the environment?
Here is the 60 minutes story of that disaster and of the safety of coal ash which contains arsenic, cadmium, and other nasty things. It seems that companies have been trying to recycle it by building golf courses out of it and putting it in everything from cement to counter tops to carpeting. All without really knowing if it's dangerous or not and at the same time asserting that it's perfectly safe. I mean, I'm glad they're trying to recycle it but seriously people....
These two videos ask the question:
“How did we get to the point where coal ash is in products without anybody knowing” its safety?
How indeed?
That lobbyist seems about as slimy as the Emory River....
"Clean coal" my butt....
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Candy Bars Stand In Way of Zero Waste
Oh plastic...why must you exist? And how could we live without you?
This article from Plastic News is related to my previous post about Honda and Zero Waste. It seems that food packaging - candy bars and chip bags - are hindering Honda's Mexico plant. In other Zero Waste Honda plants, plastic would be packaged up and shipped to factories to be incinerated and used to produce electricity. However at this particular plant, there are no facilities nearby and transporting tons of plastic across the country to the U.S. would be more waste than benefit. So unfortunately, the candy bar leavings just go to the landfill.
Very interesting...I would really like to learn more about how Honda defines Zero Waste. However, I have to wait until the Peloton Sustainability Group has gotten some stuff done before I research it. But hopefully soon!
Here's a link to the article:
"MARYSVILLE, OHIO (July 18, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Plastic candy wrappers and a sticky ethical question are the only two things standing between Honda Motor Co. and its ambitious goal of declaring that every one of its 14 North American factories is producing zero landfill waste."
http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=22578
This article from Plastic News is related to my previous post about Honda and Zero Waste. It seems that food packaging - candy bars and chip bags - are hindering Honda's Mexico plant. In other Zero Waste Honda plants, plastic would be packaged up and shipped to factories to be incinerated and used to produce electricity. However at this particular plant, there are no facilities nearby and transporting tons of plastic across the country to the U.S. would be more waste than benefit. So unfortunately, the candy bar leavings just go to the landfill.
Very interesting...I would really like to learn more about how Honda defines Zero Waste. However, I have to wait until the Peloton Sustainability Group has gotten some stuff done before I research it. But hopefully soon!
Here's a link to the article:
"MARYSVILLE, OHIO (July 18, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Plastic candy wrappers and a sticky ethical question are the only two things standing between Honda Motor Co. and its ambitious goal of declaring that every one of its 14 North American factories is producing zero landfill waste."
http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=22578
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Ten Honda Manufacturing Facilities in North America Achieve Zero Waste Sent to Landfill
Boy am I proud to be a Honda owner. Not only is my car cool-looking, functional, reliable (so far) and cheap, now I can know that the company as a whole views protecting the environment as more than just a revenue-generating tactic (Civic Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, Insight, Civic CND). Ten of Honda's 14 plants in North America have gone to Zero Waste! Though, I didn't realize this initiative had been going on for so long but I really only started looking into this stuff in the past few years. :)
Article below:
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| Olivia "Livy" Honda - A 2008 Honda Element and MY car! :) |
Ten Honda Manufacturing Facilities in North America Achieve Zero Waste Sent to Landfill
TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Honda announced today that it has achieved one of the most important targets in the company’s longstanding “Green Factory” initiative in North America: zero-waste-to-landfill. Ten of 14 Honda manufacturing plants in North America are now operating with zero waste to landfill, while the remaining four plants are functioning with “virtually zero” waste to landfill.
“There are hundreds of stories of associate innovation and challenging spirit that add up to this significant advancement in our commitment to more environmentally responsible manufacturing”
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, in Lincoln, Ala., became the first zero-waste-to-landfill auto plant in North America at the outset of production in 2001, setting off an industry-leading trend within the company. Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, in Greensburg, Ind., also started production as a zero-waste-to-landfill plant in 2008.
Waste sent to landfills has been dramatically reduced at Honda auto plants throughout North America—from 62.8 pounds of industrial waste to landfills for every automobile produced in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001(FY2001), to an estimated 1.8 pounds per automobile in the current fiscal year 2012. Among all of its 14 plants in North America, Honda now sends less than one-half of 1 percent of all operating waste to landfills. Remaining waste product is either recycled or used for energy recovery.
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| The plant in Lincoln, AL. Kinda boring, but Honda has never really been known for its sick-looking designs. HAHA! |
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Recycle Your Batteries!! (All of them)
I have been on a journey for a long while to try to find a place that recycles ALL batteries. Most places like Staples or the OfficeMax/OfficeDepot places and Best Buy will do rechargeable ones and some recycling places will dispose of the really hazardous ones like car batteries but not a lot of places do the regular ones.
However, Batteries Plus will do ANY kind of battery! This includes:
Even...
Had enough? There's more! But I actually don't know what other types of batteries there are, but Batteries Plus would take them. This was confirmed by my local Batteries Plus (almost abbreviated BP but I didn't want to confuse anyone between good environmental practices and bad environmental practices....*coughcoughGulfOilSpillcough*). He said that I could bring in "any battery that I could imagine" but I had to do 2 things:
1). Tape each of the contacts with any kind of tape.
2). Separate the different types from each other in pint or gallon ziploc bags. (I wonder if I could use paper bags since those are recyclable...But either way that's a lot less waste than a bunch of tiny containers of toxic chemicals!).
So...Peloton watch out! I'm comin' for your batteries!
(I don't know about iPods...but maybe I'll find out about that soon.)
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| Located on Arapahoe Ave. north of Pearl St. in Boulder, CO. |
However, Batteries Plus will do ANY kind of battery! This includes:
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| Regular |
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| Lithium Ion |
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| Rechargeable (both nimh and nicd) |
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| Cell Phone |
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| Digital and Video Camera |
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| And Laptop Batteries. |
Even...
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| Car and Motorcycle Batteries! |
1). Tape each of the contacts with any kind of tape.
2). Separate the different types from each other in pint or gallon ziploc bags. (I wonder if I could use paper bags since those are recyclable...But either way that's a lot less waste than a bunch of tiny containers of toxic chemicals!).
So...Peloton watch out! I'm comin' for your batteries!
(I don't know about iPods...but maybe I'll find out about that soon.)
Monday, May 9, 2011
Blog on Hold
Hey there dedicated readers (all 5 of you),
I am going to put this blog on a temporary hold since I am planning a wedding and working on that blog instead. I will post stuff here if I happen to come across it or if it relates to my apartment's Sustainability Community. But expect the posts to be sparse and short (and maybe picture-light). Maybe after I'm married (*eeeee*!) I'll have more time to dedicate to this. =)
Thanks!
L
I am going to put this blog on a temporary hold since I am planning a wedding and working on that blog instead. I will post stuff here if I happen to come across it or if it relates to my apartment's Sustainability Community. But expect the posts to be sparse and short (and maybe picture-light). Maybe after I'm married (*eeeee*!) I'll have more time to dedicate to this. =)
Thanks!
L
Friday, April 22, 2011
Earth Day
HAPPY EARTH DAY, EVERYONE!
Hope you try to do something good for your Earth today! Sorry...this is all of a post I can muster, this C++ course is rough.
Friday, April 1, 2011
RTD Ecopass Discounts!!
Hey Boulder and Denverites!
Did you know you could use your Eco-Pass not only to take the bus all over (save ~$120 to the airport by not taking Super Shuttle), but also get discounts at local businesses? Now it's an EVEN smarter investment. Here they are!!!
Alpaca Connection: 1326 Pearl St.
(15% discount)
American Mountaineering Museum: 710 10th Street, Golden
(½ price admission and 10% off in Base Camp Adventure Gift Shop)
American Homebrewers Association:303-447-0816 or 736 Pearl St. ($5 discount on membership)
Barry Erdman, LCSW, DCSW: 1900 Folsom Street, Suite 203, 303 444-1404
($20 off first visit)
BeadforLife: 1143 Portland Place, Suite 1
(10% discount for purchases made at studio)
Belvedere Belgian Chocolate Shop: 1936 14th Street
(10% discount)
Berg's Small Moves: 1495 Riverside Ave
(10% off any move)
BJ's Restaurant: 1125 Pearl St.
(10% discount)Boulder Beer "The Pub": 2880 W Wilderness Place
(Happy Hour prices)
Boulder Cycle Sport: 4580 Broadway Unit B
(15% parts and accessories)
Boulder Financial Realty: 2961 Broadway
(At closing, a free appraisal for any buyer and/or free title insurance for sellers. One free month of management or discount management services for landlords)
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra: Box office, 2995 Wilderness Pl., #100
(20% off regular concerts and 10% off of Nutcracker and Classical Mystery Tour - A Tribute to the Beatles)
Broadway Wine and Spirits: 2550 Baseline Rd., 303-494-0177
(10% off 1/2 case of mix & match wine - Sale items EXCLUDED. 15% off 1 full case of mix & match wine - Sale item INCLUDED)
Buyers' Slice Realty, LLC: 1942 Broadway Suite 314
(Buy property and add $200 to a large commission rebate)
Caffe Sole: 637R S. Broadway
(15% discount)
Ciana Grove Therapeutic Massage: 2346 Broadway, 303-443-4715 or e-mail
(10% discount)
Common Era: 1500D Pearl St.
(10% off)
Community Cycles: 2805 Wilderness Place, Ste. 1000
(10% off bikes, parts, accessories and 10% off annual membership)
Conor O'Neill's: 1922 13th St.
(20% off brunch/lunch until 3pm)
Copy Experts: 2835 Pearl Street
(10% discount on copy and print services)
Dagabi Cucina:3970 N. Broadway
(Sunday-Thursday 15% off bill excluding tapas and carry out)
eGo CarShare:1919 14th St, Suite 330D
($10 discount on membership, use Promo code "NECO2011")
Exquisite Life Wellness coaching:1035 Pearl St. Suite 314, 303-993-4359
(25% off private health coaching sessions; 15% off group health coaching sessions)
Farfel's Farm: 906 Pearl Street
(10% Discount on Everything)
Fresh Produce: 1218 Pearl
(10% off one item)
Full Cycle: 1795 Pearl Street and 1211 13th Street
(Tuesday Tube deal: 50% off one tube - one per day, one per customer)
Indra's Net: 303-546-9151
(10% off DSL and dial-up services)
Jacque Michelle II: 2670 Broadway, 303-786-7628
(10% off)
Jean Pierce, NCTMB: 303-931-7920
($45 for one hour massage)
Joyful Furniture: 2000 21st St
(Free Delivery)
Lindsay's Boulder Deli at Haagen-Dazs: 1148 Pearl St.
(10% off or $1 off food and ice cream)
Mercury Framing: 4692 N. Broadway, 303-938-0123
(15% off total service)
Moe's Bagels: both Boulder locations (2650 Broadway and 3075 Arapahoe)
(10% discount)
Morningstar Boutique: 2027 Broadway St.
(10% discount)
Moving Day Boxes.com
(10% discount on-line with all moving boxes and moving supplies. After you complete order and receive order confirmation-claim 10% discount HERE. Free shipping on all orders)
North Boulder Liquor: 3990 Broadway
(10% off liquor by the case and 15% off wine by the case, except sale items)
Old Chicago: 1102 Pearl St.
(10% discount)
Only Natural Pet Store: 2100 28th St. Suite 1C
(5% discount)
Paradise Bakery: 1207 Pearl St.
(10% discount)
Parasoft Paragliding: 4310 9th St. or 303-494-2820
(10% off first lesson)
Perry's Shoe Shop: 949 Walnut 
(10% off)
Play it Again Sports: 653 S. Broadway
(20% off on Tuesdays, max discount $25, not valid on sale items)
Savory Spice Shop:2041 Broadway
(10% off)
Selden & Sons Automotive: 4593 Broadway C-116
(Free tire rotation, $9.95 oil change, free brake check and free 22 point seasonal inspection)
Sensorielle Spa:
(10% off any facial, massage or body treatment 60 min or more, wax and tint excluded)
Solaterra Health Enterprises: 303-641-3047
(10% discount)
Subway: 5280 Spine Rd in Gunbarrel
(10% discount)
Thai Kitchen: 4479 N. Broadway
(15% discount dinner only)
University Bikes: 839 Pearl St.
(25% discount off bicycle rental)
The Unseen Bean: 2052 Broadway
(10% discount)
Check back frequently for updated discounts.
*Discounts offered are provided by merchants, not RTD
Via this website: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8877&Itemid=3010
Did you know you could use your Eco-Pass not only to take the bus all over (save ~$120 to the airport by not taking Super Shuttle), but also get discounts at local businesses? Now it's an EVEN smarter investment. Here they are!!!
Alpaca Connection: 1326 Pearl St.
(15% discount)
American Mountaineering Museum: 710 10th Street, Golden(½ price admission and 10% off in Base Camp Adventure Gift Shop)
American Homebrewers Association:303-447-0816 or 736 Pearl St. ($5 discount on membership)
Barry Erdman, LCSW, DCSW: 1900 Folsom Street, Suite 203, 303 444-1404
($20 off first visit)
BeadforLife: 1143 Portland Place, Suite 1 (10% discount for purchases made at studio)
Belvedere Belgian Chocolate Shop: 1936 14th Street (10% discount)
Berg's Small Moves: 1495 Riverside Ave(10% off any move)
BJ's Restaurant: 1125 Pearl St.(10% discount)
Boulder Beer "The Pub": 2880 W Wilderness Place (Happy Hour prices)
Boulder Cycle Sport: 4580 Broadway Unit B (15% parts and accessories)
Boulder Financial Realty: 2961 Broadway(At closing, a free appraisal for any buyer and/or free title insurance for sellers. One free month of management or discount management services for landlords)
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra: Box office, 2995 Wilderness Pl., #100 (20% off regular concerts and 10% off of Nutcracker and Classical Mystery Tour - A Tribute to the Beatles)
Broadway Wine and Spirits: 2550 Baseline Rd., 303-494-0177(10% off 1/2 case of mix & match wine - Sale items EXCLUDED. 15% off 1 full case of mix & match wine - Sale item INCLUDED)
Buyers' Slice Realty, LLC: 1942 Broadway Suite 314(Buy property and add $200 to a large commission rebate)
Caffe Sole: 637R S. Broadway (15% discount)
Ciana Grove Therapeutic Massage: 2346 Broadway, 303-443-4715 or e-mail (10% discount)
Common Era: 1500D Pearl St. (10% off)
Community Cycles: 2805 Wilderness Place, Ste. 1000(10% off bikes, parts, accessories and 10% off annual membership)
Conor O'Neill's: 1922 13th St. (20% off brunch/lunch until 3pm)
Copy Experts: 2835 Pearl Street (10% discount on copy and print services)
Dagabi Cucina:3970 N. Broadway(Sunday-Thursday 15% off bill excluding tapas and carry out)
eGo CarShare:1919 14th St, Suite 330D ($10 discount on membership, use Promo code "NECO2011")
Exquisite Life Wellness coaching:1035 Pearl St. Suite 314, 303-993-4359(25% off private health coaching sessions; 15% off group health coaching sessions)
Farfel's Farm: 906 Pearl Street (10% Discount on Everything)
Fresh Produce: 1218 Pearl (10% off one item)
Full Cycle: 1795 Pearl Street and 1211 13th Street(Tuesday Tube deal: 50% off one tube - one per day, one per customer)
Indra's Net: 303-546-9151 (10% off DSL and dial-up services)
Jacque Michelle II: 2670 Broadway, 303-786-7628(10% off)
Jean Pierce, NCTMB: 303-931-7920 ($45 for one hour massage)
Joyful Furniture: 2000 21st St(Free Delivery)
Lindsay's Boulder Deli at Haagen-Dazs: 1148 Pearl St. (10% off or $1 off food and ice cream)
Mercury Framing: 4692 N. Broadway, 303-938-0123(15% off total service)
Moe's Bagels: both Boulder locations (2650 Broadway and 3075 Arapahoe)(10% discount)
Morningstar Boutique: 2027 Broadway St. (10% discount)
Moving Day Boxes.com
(10% discount on-line with all moving boxes and moving supplies. After you complete order and receive order confirmation-claim 10% discount HERE. Free shipping on all orders)
North Boulder Liquor: 3990 Broadway (10% off liquor by the case and 15% off wine by the case, except sale items)
Old Chicago: 1102 Pearl St. (10% discount)
Only Natural Pet Store: 2100 28th St. Suite 1C (5% discount)
Paradise Bakery: 1207 Pearl St. (10% discount)
Parasoft Paragliding: 4310 9th St. or 303-494-2820 (10% off first lesson)
Perry's Shoe Shop: 949 Walnut (10% off)
Play it Again Sports: 653 S. Broadway (20% off on Tuesdays, max discount $25, not valid on sale items)
Savory Spice Shop:2041 Broadway(10% off)
Selden & Sons Automotive: 4593 Broadway C-116 (Free tire rotation, $9.95 oil change, free brake check and free 22 point seasonal inspection)
Sensorielle Spa:(10% off any facial, massage or body treatment 60 min or more, wax and tint excluded)
Solaterra Health Enterprises: 303-641-3047(10% discount)
Subway: 5280 Spine Rd in Gunbarrel (10% discount)
Thai Kitchen: 4479 N. Broadway(15% discount dinner only)
University Bikes: 839 Pearl St. (25% discount off bicycle rental)
The Unseen Bean: 2052 Broadway (10% discount)
Check back frequently for updated discounts.
*Discounts offered are provided by merchants, not RTD
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