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If you don't live in a municipality which recycles #5 plastics,* like yogurt tubs, prescription bottles, and Brita filters, Preserve Products has created a program to help you. Its Gimme 5 initiative allows you to mail these plastics to Preserve for recycling or drop them off at a Whole Foods. Preserve is known for making entirely refurbished plastic products like flatware, toothbrushes, and razors.
*San Francisco supposedly does but I'm skeptical.
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Dear Lush-
This professional critical thinker, who just wrote a positive post a few days ago about Squeaky Green that you might find interesting, thanks you for the time and effort your employees took in commenting. It may behoove you to think about your PR strategies in terms of not appearing to either lecture or patronize those who are, in fact, being extremely measured in their discussion of certain issues and who ultimately come out in support of Lush.
Best,
-FL
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Is there a more fanatical demographic than Lush fans? We can find our way to a shop simply by closing our eyes and waiting for the distinctive Lush product smell to waft over us. They always keep their doors open for just this purpose. One of the many amazing things about the storied British cosmetics company is their commitment to environmental causes. Far from being greenwashers, they are constantly on the watch for ways to make their handmade products and packaging more earth-friendly. From soap to bath bombs, many of their products don't use packaging at all. One of their brightest ideas was the solid shampoo formula, which obviates the need for plastic bottles. The shampoo comes in fun little discs and you can save it in a tin.
My first experience with a Lush solid shampoo was not a success. I tried Soak and Float and not only did it smell of charcoal (which Lush cheerfully admits), it also made my head itch, which was the exact opposite of its stated intent. I also found the usage somewhat difficult, and never quite got the hang of swiping the bar on wet hair and then lathering up. So it took a few more years for me to try again, and this time I chose Squeaky Green, with rosemary and peppermint. My scalp does seem to like it much better, and one day after washing my hair is soft and has a lot of body. I don't know where the reviewers are coming from who say it dries out hair, because that hasn't been my experience. Unfortunately, the day of washing it's usually flat since not only am I trying to deal with a new, longer style but it's hard to gauge how much goes on and it's quite difficult to rinse out. You always need fewer swipes than you'd think and more rinsing time than you'd normally take.
I recommend Lush shampoo bars for a fun, green alternative but they do need some getting used to and it takes time to find the one that's best for your hair type.
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A documentary team literally risked their lives to film this story of a Japanese dolphin sale and slaughtering culture so secret that even most Japanese people don't know about it (and were horrified by the footage). Shot with hidden cameras worthy of a spy ring and while under constant threat from the government and the fishermen*, the film has won numerous prizes including an audience choice award at Sundance. It is playing one San Francisco date at the tiiiiiiny theater in the Haight where they give you wooden popcorn bowls.
*term used advisedly since they all seem to be men; this in contrast to what I've recently learned about the world's farmers, a majority of whom are women
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