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WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • WEST PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE GROVES • THE ACREAGE Volume 9, Number 1
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Forgotten Soldiers Outreach brunch raises $35,000
The 4th Annual “Hero’s Toast” Champagne Brunch, held in November at the Kravis Center, raised $35,000 for Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.
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Enjoy an afternoon of arts at Meyer Amphitheatre
The West Palm Beach Arts & Entertainment District will present an afternoon of the arts Saturday, Feb. 2, as it features the Palm Beach Symphony and the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Dance Department.
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Grandma’s Place luncheon rings in the season
More than 200 supporters and friends of Grandma’s Place gathered recently at the Sailfish Club in Palm Beach for the 4th Annual Holiday Luncheon.
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Photographic Centre to exhibit digital photography The Palm Beach Photographic Centre will feature the works of Vincent Versace in the upcoming exhibit, “Postcards from the Vacation that is my Life: 50 Years in Photography.”
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Some Zero Wasters winnow household waste down to a tiny collection of non-recyclable and non-compostable items, so little that a year’s trash can fit into a shoebox or a Mason jar. By KATHERINE ROTH The Associated Press
Less may be more, but zero is the best of all – at least where contributing to landfills is concerned. A small but growing number of households are joining what has become a bona fide movement: Zero Waste. While their goal of producing no trash at all may remain elusive, some Zero Wasters do come close, winnowing their household waste down to a tiny collection of non-recyclable and non-compostable items, so little that a year’s trash can fit into a shoebox or a Mason jar. Zero Wasters help each other by sharing advice on blogs and in books, over a dozen of which have recently come out on the topic. Tips might include where to shop to avoid unwanted packaging, and where to recycle a wide range of items that most people just toss in the waste bin. “It may be too extreme for a lot of people, but even if you can cut your trash down by even 20 percent, you’ll gain 80 percent of the benefits, like saving time and money for experiences instead of shopping for unnecessary stuff that will just clog up landfills,” says Bea Johnson , author of “Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste” (Scribner). “It’s about a simpler life based on being, not having,” she says. Johnson says that minimizing shopping has meant her family can afford to go on adventures like scuba diving trips; that makes it easier for her sons to accept wearing only used clothing. Buying only used clothes has contributed to cutting their household budget by 40 percent, she says. “We can get most brands on eBay and request that they be sent to us without any non-recyclable packaging. And often the clothes and shoes are almost like new,” says Johnson, who started writing about her zero-waste efforts in 2008, when the movement was still young. Elizabeth Graves, editor-in-chief of Martha Stewart Living magazine, says
Zero Waste is “definitely” a movement at this point. “We have found that millennials in particular are incredibly mindful about how they live, and living with purpose. And that’s why Zero Waste is really speaking to so many people,” Graves says. “More and more people are showing that while it’s intimidating at first, it can be done.” The magazine’s Change the Day series recently focused on “Zero Waster” Lauren Singer of Brooklyn. Inspired by Johnson, Singer started her own blog, Trash is for Tossers, with tips on how to reduce waste, and even an online store, Package Free Shop, featuring only sustainable
products that need not end up in the trash and that can be delivered with minimal – and fully recyclable – packaging. Many businesses have begun trying ZERO WASTE / PAGE 7
SUPER GOOD TIME! Superheroes are coming to the South Florida Fair PAGE 16
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