Green Options » lemonade stand http://greenoptions.com/tag/lemonade-stand Posts tagged 'lemonade stand' Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:25:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Mini Extreme Recycling: What Are You Doing? http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/28/mini-extreme-recycling-what-are-you-doing/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/28/mini-extreme-recycling-what-are-you-doing/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:25:47 +0000 Sarah Pressman Lovinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/28/mini-extreme-recycling-what-are-you-doing/ I admit, I am not an extreme recycler.  But I am trying to recycle more and encourage others to do the same.  It just takes a little creativity.

A few weeks ago, I helped my 9-year-old daughter host a lemonade stand to raise money for her teen-age baby sitter’s annual service trip to Costa Rica.  We sold lemonade and home-made rice crispy treats.  The recycling angle?  We asked everyone to give us back their plastic cup, and I brought them home, rinsed them out, and added them to my recycling pile.  So Sara (my daughter’s baby sitter) will head off to Costa Rica to help low-income women and children with a slightly smaller carbon footprint.

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