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Lewiston Tribune | Moscow-Pullman Daily News || April 2010

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The modern vintage shop is taking the resale of used goods to an entirely new, and green, level. No longer a bodega

of second-hand forget-me-nots, today’s vintage shop aspires to raise social and environmental consciousness, one sale at a time.

Austin Storm and his wife, Laura, were eager to start a business that upheld the following three tenants: Green, Thrifty and Local.

They wanted to bring something to the community that side-stepped corporate manufacturing and the cycle of waste that comes along with the purchase of almost anything new.

From the fuel used to ship goods over-seas and across the country to the chok-ing landfills, Storm wanted to provide an alternative to the savvy shopper.

“I was amazed to learn in my environ-mental research that Americans dispose of 4 million tons of clothing in landfills – every year,” Storm said.

And so came The Storm Cellar, the vin-tage store that Storm and his wife openedw on Moscow’s Main Street in November. Often referred to as hip, fun and trendy by its patrons, the Storm Cellar is every bit as green at its roots.

The recycling of used clothing and household goods has obvious “green” implications. But the impact has a greater ripple effect.

“It is easy for an individual to forget they are supporting sweat shops when they buy new,” Storm said. “Buying from a vintage store offers a small step in fixing that. We are supporting a greater sense of

community accountability.”In true “green” fashion, the community

is inclusive of all people who are impacted by consumer choices, both locally and abroad.

Melanie Hodges of Lilly Bee’s Con-signment Shop in Pullman also feels that vintage shops allow consumers to take responsibility for the greater global com-munity.

She was appalled to learn that Chris-tian Dior gowns were made in prisons, and she was unable to reconcile that new clothes are often the product of slave labor and questionable trade practices. Moreover, she wanted to start a business that put money back into the commu-

nity, rather than the corporate pockets.

Hodges opened Lilly Bee’s Consign-ment Shop two and a half years ago. It is 3,000 square feet of “quality vintage,” whereby Hodges only accepts items in excellent condition. A patron can spend

hours perusing the neatly organized racks of coats with fur trim, designer handbags, showcases of treasures, antique furniture and even a hopeful rack of sundresses.

Lilly Bee’s and stores like it are a win-win. With patrons either purchasing items at a fraction of the cost or making money on items they would have otherwise thrown away, these stores offer far more than a new shirt.

According to Hodges, vintage stores are in a position to give a great deal back to the community’s bottom line. In the short time that Lilly Bee’s has been in business, Hodges has paid back $80,000 A poster at The Storm Cellar in Moscow uses a pioneer adage to

remind shoppers of the importance reusing items. The business sells idependent consignment and local goods.

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to her patrons. Additionally, what goes unsold is donated to local charities.

Another green aspect of vintage is the sustainability of the product. Most would agree that they just don’t make ,em like they used to. With that in mind, many consumers are interested in older items that were made bet-ter and retain greater value than their mass-manufactured counterparts from contemporary assembly lines.

In the rual city of Palouse, Heidi Kite has been in the consignment business for nearly a decade. The owner of Open Eye Consignment Shop, she specializes in antiques and collectables. Kite’s main objectives for her business are to encour-age people to be resourceful, to give back to the community and to teach respect for older things.

“When people respect well made things, they are less inclined to throw them away,” Kite said. Like Storm and Hodges, Kite is also passionate about not overwhelming the landfills so senselessly. “If someone has a perfectly good table,

why throw it away? Someone else can use it.”

Her words are a near echo of Hodges — “If it’s a good piece, use it. Don’t throw it away!”

These remarks may seem obvious, but

in fact, many participate in an easy-come, easy-go mentality, and green vintage shop owners are trying to raise our awareness to it.

Storm says that he hopes to encourage individuals to “keep things in rotation

and extend the utility of an item before it winds up in a landfill.”

While putting together his business strategy, Storm came across a slogan from a World War II poster that he feels is a fitting mantra for his shop and its green ambitions: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

Storm and Hodges agree that the recent economic strain has boosted the consignment business, but they are both confident that the growing support of the green movement will keep their shops and others like them in good standing, regard-less of the economy.

Businesses like Storm Cellar, Lilly Bee’s and Open Eye have put money back into the community, they’ve donated to local charities and cut down on the environ-mental waste and social abuses associated with corporate manufacturing and retail. They may be small steps, as Storm said, but if one foot follows another, vintage has brought a modern spin to living green.

Sarah Barrett is the news clerk at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. She recently moved to Moscow from Charleston, S.C., where she contributed to several regional magazines.

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Community gardens offer more than the space to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers. They are becoming a popular way to take back the reins of the food at your table. Spurred by

health, economic and environmental concerns while satis-fying the need for sunshine and community, local residents are harvesting a delicious, peaceful revolution.

Mary Jane Butters, one of the Palouse’s greatest advo-cates of community gardens, fondly recalls being raised on her family garden’s produce.

“I was required to work at the community farm as a child,” Butters said. “I remem-ber my father filling up the en-tire back of our pick-up truck with pea vines and us sitting in the backyard all day shelling them. When money and com-modities like food are scarce, old fashioned neighborliness can make up the difference.”

It would not be uncommon to find Stephanie Peterson bowed over patient rows of carrots, beets and broccoli at the Pullman Community Garden. For four years, Peterson and her family have har-vested the vast majority of the produce they consume from

two rented plots in the garden. “I feel good knowing that my family reduces our im-

pact on the environment by growing our own vegetables,” Peterson said. Furthermore, harvesting their own has proven to be financially beneficial for the Peterson family, saving the household nearly $2,000 a year in food costs.

Peterson explained that her family enjoys knowing where their food comes from and in the process of growing it, they have also gained a great deal from the community

of families and gardeners that make up the Pullman Community Garden.

Founded in 1988 as the Koppel Farm to preserve the grounds of the historic Greystone Church, the land emerged as the Pullman Community Garden in 2002. Now it is 100 plots strong, all of which are rented, according to plot coordinator Tim Paulitz.

Paulitz said that although the weak economy has increased interest levels in the garden to some degree, he considers the greatest motivators for the gardeners to be the access to green space in addition to the ability to cost-effectively grow and consume

food that isn’t harvested with pesticides. Paulitz explains that being located near a riverbed, the

soil is rich and well suited for squash, potatoes, garlic, beets

and coniferous vegetables. The garden reserves two plots for produce that is given to local food banks. Additionally, gardeners often donate the excess of their yields to supple-ment the food banks and other community groups.

In Moscow, community gardeners have been harvesting their own crops for the last decade at the Moscow Com-munity Garden. An offshoot of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute which was founded by But-ters, the garden consists of 32 perched plots overlooking Palouse farmland.

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largely stems from increased economic and environmental awareness. “People are trying to lean on themselves more, and community gardens provide a sustainable element,” Cucksey said. “They build community and self-reliance.”

Cucksey said members of the Moscow Community Garden works hard to educate and support gardeners in using sustainable gardening practices. An organic garden, chemicals are prohibited, and the members are encouraged to be mindful of water and ground space efficiency.

The Moscow Community Garden members consist of a wide cross-section of local residents, including students, families and individuals and starting this year, plots will be made accessible for gardeners with limited mobility.

Cucksey also points out that a few plots are reserved for low-income families and that, like the Pullman gardens, excess produce is donated to local food banks.

With the assistance of Backyard Harvest, a local orga-nization founded by Amy Grey to connect local gardeners and their produce to area food banks, an estimated 30,000 pounds of produce are delivered from the community gardens to 16 local food banks each year.

Both the Pullman and Moscow gardens were originally created with the goal of being a catalyst for community development. As Cucksey points out, over the years, they have come to raise social awareness regarding environmen-tal and community responsibility. As a result, “the garden-

ers appreciate having the space – and they hold it close to their hearts.”

Following the lead of these and other community gardens, more and more are popping up in the area and beyond. Troy opened a community garden two years ago, and Steptoe Village, an apartment complex in Pullman, has a private garden for its residents.

Dan Cease, the visionary for the Clarkston Commu-nity Garden, will see his dream come true as he and the founding garden members will officially take to their plots in May. The garden will consist of 120 plots located near the river.

Having completed the Master Gardener program at Washington State University, Cease wanted to do some-thing for the community.

“My biggest inspiration for the garden is to provide nutritional benefit,” Cease said. “There is a lot of illness associated with the rampant use of chemicals in mass-har-vesting. The garden is a great alternative for safe produce.”

In addition to providing green space for gardening, Cease is working with WSU and other groups to offer classes and demonstrations in composting, nutrition and green living.

When asked why community gardens seem to be growing in popularity, Peterson said: “It is becoming more mainstream to consider the impact that mass agricultural water use and the related transportation routes have on our environment. People are realizing that healthier food does not support global warming.”

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In November of 1962, Nelson decided to introduce his concerns to the public. He attempted to persuade President John F. Kennedy to catch his momentum by going on a national conservation tour. He began by flying to Washington, where he discussed the idea with Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Fortunately for Nelson, Robert Kennedy was on board and Presi-dent Kennedy soon followed.

In September 1963, the President embarked on his 11-state conservation tour. Unfortunately, his tour did not put the environmental issue into the national

political agenda. However, it was the spark that was needed to raise the awareness of the issue that would develop into Earth Day.

When Nelson was at a conference in Seattle in September 1969, he made an announcement. He spread the word of the nationwide grassroots demonstration held for the environment that would take place in the spring of 1970. He encouraged par-ticipation, and the news traveled quickly. Almost instantly, Nelson was receiving telegrams, letters, and calls from those requesting more information and those offering their service and support.

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Truck manufacturers also took suit to making their fleet vehicles more environ-mentally friendly. Not only were businesses anxious to line their operations with more fuel efficient vehicles that would save them a great deal of money, companies that employed these more efficient workhorses would also set a good example for their customers and competitors alike.

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On Sunday, Nov. 30, 1969, The New York Times featured a lengthy article reporting the astonishing uprising of con-cern for the environment and the events that it ignited.

Reporter Gladwin Hill wrote, “Rising concern about the environmental crisis is sweeping the nation’s campuses with an intensity that may be on its way to eclips-ing student discontent over the war in Vietnam. ... A national day of observance of environmental problems ... is being planned for next spring.” After the release of this article five months before Earth Day, it was clear that Nelson’s dreams were becoming a reality.

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Even something as simple as recycling can make a huge difference. For example, recycling one aluminum can will save enough energy to power a television for three hours. That is equivalent to half of a gallon of gasoline.

Even though Earth Day did not have the time or the resources to organize the over 20 million demonstrators and the thousands of local communities and schools that participated, the spontaneous response at the grassroots level made it possible.

More than making it possible, it was made a success in terms of the awareness to the environment and Nelson’s ultimate goal of having this awareness become a national issue. Forty years later, the mo-mentum has still not slowed.

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Moscow Building Supply - A World Of Green Opportunities

$599Reg. $7.99

EspomaOrganically

Balanced Tones

1380-8225 1380-8381 1380-8472

Available in C,D, AA, and AAA.

Kill-A-Watt Energy Assessor

$2499Reg. $29.99

HydroRight Dual Flush Converter

$1899Reg. $24.99

$699Reg. $8.49

Organic Seed Starter

$419Reg. $5.49

Organic Potting Mix

For Inside and Out

EZ Seed Fertilizer/SeedCombination

50 Gallon Agua Rain Barrel

213251XL

$11999Reg. $149.99

760 N Main - 882-4716 Sale Prices End 4/28

200-02451

1406-0388

1373-0213

1373-0254

HYR270

P4400

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AGRICULTURE Blue Mountain Agri-Support Co. 620 Thain Road, Lewiston (208) 746-6447 www.bluemountainag.com

AUTO DEALERS Ambassador Auto 525 W. 3rd St. Moscow (208)882-2722 www.ambassaborauto.com

James ToyotaOn the Pullman-Moscow Highway(509) 872-3600www.jamestoyota.com

BUILDING Wasankari Construction 2730 Highway 95 South, Moscow (208) 883-4362 [email protected]

BUILDING SUPPLIESMoscow-Pullman Building Supply 760 N. Main St., Moscow (208) 882-4716www.mbspbs.com

COMPOSTEKO Compost 548 Down River RoadLewiston, ID 83501(800) 746-5947

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION Lewis Clark Recyclers, Inc. 0335 3rd Street, Lewiston (208) 746-1187 www.lcrecyclers.net

ELECTRICITY GENERATORS Backyard Wind Generators Nolan Heating & Air (888) 445-9421 [email protected]

EVENT RECYCLING Lewis Clark Recyclers, Inc. 0335 3rd Street, Lewiston (208) 746-1187 www.lcrecyclers.net

FOODMoscow Food Co-op 121 East 5th Street, Moscow (208) 882-8537 www.moscowfood.coop

Rosauers Supermarkets 322 Thain, Lewiston 411 Main, Moscow www.rosauers.com

HEARING AIDS Puretone Hearing Aid Service 1850 Idaho St., Lewiston (208) 746-6068 (800) 248-5049

IRRIGITION DISTRICTLewiston Orchards Irrigation District 1520 Powers Avenue, Lewiston (208) 746-8235 www.loid.net

RECYCLINGLewis Clark Recyclers, Inc. 0335 3rd Street, Lewiston (208) 746-1187 www.lcrecyclers.net

Pacific Steel & Recyling 604 12th Street N, Lewiston (208) 743-2181 || (888) 455-3598www.pacific-recycling.com

SIDING / WINDOWSBiState Siding & Window Inc. 3333 11th Street, Lewiston (208) 746-8294 || (800) 344-9654

TOYS Hodgins Drug & Hobby 307 South Main, Moscow (208) 882-5536 Serving the Palouse for over 119 years

WINDOWS Highland Glass1337 Highland Avenue, Clarkston(509) 758-8391

Moscow Glass & Awning 1018 South Jefferson, Moscow (208) 883-1850 www.moscowglassandawning.com

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MOSCOWFOODCO•OP

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“your source for cleaning the planet lightly

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ECHO is proud to be an industry leader in developing engine technologies that meet or exceed EPA emission requirements – and we make it simple to know which models are those.

Just look for the special “Buy M.E.” decal. M.E. stands for “Meets Emissions” – and that simply means the particular model meets or exceeds EPA emission requirements. See your dealer salesperson for more information.

To learn more about ECHO’s Pro Environment stance, visit www.echo-usa.com/green.

CONCERNED ABOUT THEENVIRONMENT?

BUY M.E.(Meets Emissions)

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Lewiston620 Thain Rd

(208) 746-6447

Moscow2275 Nursery St

(208) 883-3007

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AGRI-SUPPORT, INC.


On the Moscow Pullman Hwy509-872-3600

James Toyota

Goes Green

Drive away in a new Toyota Hybrid Pruis, Camry or Highlander

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