I saw this tab when i was browsing my Starbucks account. It surprises me because I never actually relate Starbucks with sustainability. For most of us, it is just a popular coffee shop and no one cares about it's sustainable background.
But what they are working on is to incorporate quality coffee making into sustainable shop design practices and material cycling. They use recycle coffee grounds in table tops, low-emitting material for adhesive and paints, using materials from within 500 miles, and they save over 45% lighting power.
I think Starbuck's practices is also applicable to our campus garden project in that it brings the community together in a sustainable and aesthetically pleasing way.
Also, i think looking up the LEED building standard will be helpful to our sustainable campus garden project because it provides rubrics for a certified "green building".
ReplyDeleteHere's a link for LEED if you like further information( by US Green Building Council).
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I think this has some permaculture characteristics, also! I am specifically interested in the recycled goods used in other items like the coffee grounds in table tops. I hope that we can do something like this in our garden. For example, using the accumulated trash around the garden in an aesthetically pleasing way or as building materials!
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