Groton Local invites you to “Re-think!” in 2012
    Groton Local is kicking off a year of "Rethinking."   What is your relationship to your family's environmental future and what can an individual person, a single family, a local group, an entire town, do now to protect and steward it?  Groton Local is offering programs to challenge our community to act now to make the future better.

"Refuse what you do not need ~ Reduce what you do need ~ Reuse by using reusables
Recycle what you cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse ~ Rot (compost) the rest"
- from The Zero Waste Home

Our favorite thought provoking short videos on Re-thinking!

Center for a New American Dream www.newdream.org – draws connections between consumption, quality of life, and the environment; promotes a more socially and ecologically balanced society; seeks to change social norms around consumption and consumerism

The Zero Waste Home www.zerowastehome.com – “Refuse, refuse, refuse;” how to lead more meaningful lives based on experiences instead of stuff, and action instead of inaction; blog & store & reader forum

Annie Leonard: The Story of Stuff (& Broke, & Electronics, & Cosmetics, & Bottled Water, etc.) www.storyofstuff.org

The Happiness Initiative www.happycounts.org – offers new ways to think about wellbeing; take the survey!

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Products at MLK Day event:
We featured great reusable products at our "Re-Think" launch event on MLK Day.
All the products were bought through Ecobags online.

http://www.ecobags.com/
At Eco-Bags Products, our primary purpose is to create and offer thoughtfully produced and sourced products that help people reduce, re-use and recycle. The products we offer are manufactured and chosen with an uncompromising commitment to the highest regard for ethical and sustainable production, for both the people and the environment.

By Kids Konserve: Waste Free Snack Pak, Nesting Trio, Food Kozy, Set of 2                                                                             
By Chico: Pouch Bags, Sling Bag                                                                                         
By EcoBags: Recycled Canvas Lunch bags, Produce bags, Set of 3                                                                                              
By To-Go Ware: Bamboo Utensil Set