Wine on the High Seas

In the years since college I've slowly converted from beer drinker extraordinaire to wine aficionado. It started about the time I saw the movie Sideways, and progressed with some wine-loving neighbors who were continually inviting my husband and I out to our local wine bar. I now greatly prefer wine over beer. That's why I was so excited to see a news clip about a French shipping company that's transporting wine from France to Ireland and Britian via sailboat. What a novel idea... no carbon emissions, plus it's no big deal that it takes a little bit longer to transport because wine gets better with age. Genius!

Each bottle of wine that makes the trip is labeled: "Carried by sailing ship, a better deal for the planet."

After dropping off the wine, the ship makes the return trip to France with loads of crushed glass to be recycled into wine bottles. Can someone get me some eco-friendly soy cheese to go with my wind-powered green wine?

Groovy Green Tip

Walk!

During World War II, people were encouraged to do many things in order to save resources to be applied towards the war effort. In a way, our new challenge is similar, but instead of using resources towards another end, we want to not use them at all!

This is one of my favorite posters I've seen from this era (I love horses, what can I say). "Shank's Pony" was the term used for just using your own two feet. I like the fact that it is a very sweet image, and that the pony is leading itself by the laces is encouraging. Nothing to do with war, just a friendly suggestion. Sometimes I feel like this approach works better than a shocking image.