{"id":1870,"date":"2012-04-17T13:43:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedowntownproject.com\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2012-04-17T13:43:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:43:25","slug":"celebrate-earth-day-all-year-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/celebrate-earth-day-all-year-long","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Earth Day All Year Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Make a change, be kind to the planet and enter for a chance to win a chic, reusable<strong>\u00a0<a title=\"ecobags\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecobags.com\">ECOBAG<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(see tip #10)!\u00a0 Whether you live in a big city or out in the country, Earth Day is a perfect wake-up call to make a difference and help the Earth with these 10 easy steps (click on the links for NYC suggestions)!<\/p>\n<p>1. Carry a Reusable Water Bottle\/<strong><a title=\"coffee cup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuseit.com\/store\/happy-serve-york-city-coffee-p-1990.html\">Coffee Cup<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Support a<strong> <a title=\"farmers market\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grownyc.org\/unionsquaregreenmarket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Farmers Market<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3. Choose Farm to Table Restaurants like<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abckitchennyc.com\/\">ABC Kitchen<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4. Choose an eco-friendly mode of public transportation, be it a<strong> <a title=\"rickshaw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mrrickshaw.com\/\">rickshaw<\/a> <\/strong>or a<strong> <a title=\"bicycle central park\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikerentalcentralpark.com\/bike-tours.php\">bicycle<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Buy <a style=\"font-weight: bold\" title=\"vendors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harvesthomefm.org\/vendors\/\">local and in season<\/a>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6.<strong> <a title=\"compost\" href=\"http:\/\/www.added-value.org\/composting-initiative\">Compost<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>with your neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>7. Plant a kitchen <strong><a title=\"window herb garden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanorganicgardener.com\/gardens\/nyc\/fire-escape\/\">window herb garden<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<strong><a title=\"recycle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/nycwasteless\/html\/recycling\/recycling_nyc.shtml\">Recycle<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>everywhere you go.<\/p>\n<p>9<strong>. <\/strong>Buy\u00a0<strong><a title=\"thrift or vintage\" href=\"http:\/\/fischforthehip.com\/\">Thrift or Vintage<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1886\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1886 \" title=\"ILNY-101_ITEM\" src=\"https:\/\/thedowntownproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ILNY-101_ITEM-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10. Use Reusable Eco-Bags<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>10. Carry a <a title=\"eco bags\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecobags.com\">Reusable Bag<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong> Just say &#8220;no&#8221; to single-use bags! \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re buying a new dress or picking out fresh produce at the Farmers\u2019 Market &#8211; ask yourself &#8220;Can I reuse it, recycle it or is it just trash?&#8221; Less than 2% of plastic shopping bags actually get recycled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make a change, be kind to the planet and enter for a chance to win a chic, reusable\u00a0ECOBAG\u00a0(see tip #10)!\u00a0 Whether you live in a big city or out in the country, Earth Day is a perfect wake-up call to make a difference and help the Earth with these 10 easy steps (click on the links for NYC suggestions)! 1. Carry a Reusable Water Bottle\/Coffee Cup. 2. Support a Farmers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obsessed","category-shopping","tag-ecofriendly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}