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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 7: New Uses for Old Items
Have a handful of Taylor Maid Farms coffee cans lying around your house? Our Pinterest board has great ideas for how to transform these vessels into something beautiful, from lanterns to hanging gardens.
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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 6: Work From Home
Now that you’ve calculated your carbon footprint, it’s time to take concrete steps to reduce it. A simple, productive way to do that is by working from home one day per week. Working from home boosts productivity and lowers your carbon footprint by reducing your commuter miles. Every Wednesday, my backyard patio (pictured above) transforms [...]
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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 5: Know Your Footprint.
Understanding your family’s carbon footprint is the first step in learning how to reduce it. This simple quiz from The Nature Conservancy will assess how much CO2 your family’s activities generate through transportation, diet, and shelter. Armed with this knowledge, you can create a family action plan for reducing your environmental impact.
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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 4: Vertical Gardens
Have you always dreamed of growing a garden but have limited space? Two words: vertical gardens. These links give step by step instructions on how to build them, hang them and grow them. Recycled Pallet Vertical Garden Painted Pallet Vertical Garden Vertical Vegetable Garden
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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 3: BYO Travel Mug!
At TMF, using responsible packaging has always been a priority for us. That’s why we package our coffee beans in a recycleable steel can, and why we we offer a $1 discount for reusing that same can. In our Coffee Bar we offer compostable coffee cups from World Centric, but we’d love it even more [...]
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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 2: Choose Your Threads Wisely
More than 25% of the world’s pesticides are used on non-organic cotton, according to the Organic Trade Association. In California alone, cotton crops are coated with 6.9 million pounds of chemicals every year. Luckily, Sonoma County companies are pushing the envelope by sourcing only 100% organic cotton. Look no further than our friends and neighbors [...]
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Join Our Team!
Are you passionate about the art and craft of being a barista? We want you to join our team for our future Coffee Bar & Roastery at The Barlow. This is a fast-paced, demanding position that is not right for everyone. If you want to build a career in coffee, contribute to a growing company, and become [...]
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Cafe Noto: Your Gathering Place on The Windsor Green
Nestled in the lovely Town Green neighborhood of Windsor, Café Noto is the perfect destination for that quick commuter cup, or for sitting back and enjoying the friendly service and cozy atmosphere of this community-oriented café. Delight in a beautifully hand-crafted espresso beverage paired with a breakfast sandwich, burrito, or quiche, or for those in [...]
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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 1: Seeds in the Classroom
Want to learn how to increase student performance in public schools, grow edible walls and green your school cafeteria? Be inspired by this TED talk by New York public school teacher and green educator, Steven Ritz. If you’ve never heard of TED, its a minefield of inspirational talks from thought leaders around the world. We’re obsessed with [...]
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Earth Day Inspiration, Day 8: Children’s Books