The Crunch

It’s a busy time of year for one and all.  Back to school, shorter days and the holiday rush (big excuse for why I haven’t been blogging) have many of us wondering where the day went.  Most of my day(s) have been spent trying to find new ways to improve upon Crunchy Granola Home and hunting down the next perfect eco-friendly must-have.  However, I have found time in smidgens and snipets to have some fun, eco-style.  First was the Green Festival in DC.  What a blast- well once we finally made it there (long story involving broken down public trans.)  We sampled and chatted and came away with some great ideas for cleaning, cooking and getting a free solar power home analysis! (Visit www.standardsolar.com to see if you qualify).  The best part of the festival for me was watching kids make small cities and sculptures out of trash.  So creative and these kids were having a blast (while learning a very valuable lesson, of course). 

Building made of trash!

How cool is this?

From there, we headed down to the Solar Decathalon on the Mall.  Ever been?  Colleges from all over compete for the best design for a totally solar powered home.  They were all beautiful and innovative, but this one was my fav.

My favorite Solar House

Looks like a ski chalet, doesn’t it?  Which brings me to my next “to do,” plan a vacation!

What I mean to say is that we have jumped on the band wagon by adding eco-friendly water bottles to the Crunchy line… we have always (almost) used them ourselves. 

We had avoided selling said bottles thus far, because everybody else does, and frankly we didn’t want to waste energy competing.  But then, last week in Atlanta (on buying trip), I was reminded of how many water bottles we use daily.  Wanna guess?  25MM, yes, 25 million a day that end up in our landfills.  So I re-thought my selling the water bottle embargo… plus we stumbled upon a really great concept.

“Waterweek.”  Five 16-ounce bottles in a re-usable tray.  You fill your bottles with your filtered tap water at the beginning of the week and voila, water for the week, or “waterweek.”  Perfect.  This not only saves our landfills, but it saves you a few bucks in the long run (roughly $500, we’re told).

So check out “Waterweek” under Fresh Discoveries and let us know what you think.

Did I mention that they are BPA free, as well?

www.crunchygranolahome.com/freshdiscoveries

"Waterweek"