Earth Day Continues At Alfalfa's

Earth Day has become something more like Earth Week around here. Tomorrow, the Alfalfa's in Louisville will celebrate with samples and outdoor grilling, plus Hippy Hemp Iced Chai and Dirt Milk Shakes, hmmmm. Here are the details from them:

Lovin the Local Earth Day Party

Louisville: Sunday 24th 11am - 2pm

11am-2pm

Free Samples from our favorite LOCAL vendors!

Outdoor Grilling

1$ Chicken Hot Dogs

$4 Dirt Milk Shakes

$2 Hippy Hemp Iced Chai

- See more at: https://www.alfalfas.com/events/#sthash.uatLEYL6.dpuf

Earth Day At Vitamin Cottage

Earth Day is coming up this Friday, the 22nd. That usually means some good prices on things like earth-friendly cleaning products at many of our stores, but Vitamin Cottage (aka Natural Grocers) can be counted on for something special. In their current sale flyer, for the 22nd they will give you one free limited edition "happy earth" reusable shopping bag with your purchase, plus from 4 to 6 pm, they will do a "legendairy" tasting station, featuring organic and pasture-based cheese, yogurt, butter and organic sausages.

Earth Day Bulk Sale At Lucky's

In honor of Earth Day, for today only, all bulk is 30% off at the Lucky's stores in both Boulder and Longmont.

Earth Day Coming Up

Earth Day, near and dear to our hearts, will be this Wednesday, the 22nd. There are typically good specials on things like natural cleaning products, TP and the like at our local grocery stores, but Sprouts did basically a blowout on those last week. I haven't been back yet to see it they might be continuing them, since they're not in their ad, but there's always a possibility. And Vitamin Cottage has a long history of giving a free excellent reusable bag with purchase on Earth Day, but there's no mention of it in the current Hotline like they've done in the past. Whole Foods used to give those great grocery bags on Earth Day, but stopped that practice several years ago. Possibly wise, given how many of us have bags in the car, stored in the house, maybe even at work as they continue to proliferate. Regardless, celebrate Earth Day.

Earth Day Celebration In Superior

A little after the official day, although every day should be Earth Day, the Whole Foods store in Superior will host an Earth Day celebration tomorrow. Here's what they say, with apologies about its cutting off on the right:

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EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SUPERIOR WHOLE FOODS MARKET, FREE

Saturday, April 26

12:00pm-3:00pm

Earth Day Celebration

Free [lunch $5.00 per plate]

Parents, kids and friends join us at the Superior Whole Foods Market and celebrate Earth Day. We will have live music, outdoor grilling featuring Sustainable Fish Tacos, grilled local hot dogs, a climbing wall, bee box building, plant seeds in compost to replant at home, compost give a way and more.

Earth Day's Tomorrow Plus Electronics Recycling

Happy Earth Day tomorrow. To celebrate, Vitamin Cottage traditionally hands out one of their quality, capacious shopping bags for free with your purchase on that day. Their sale flyer has a coupon for one on the back cover, but I've never known them to require it, and besides, chopping up thousands of paper flyers for the sake of a coupon rather flies in the face of Earth Day, especially from a store that stopped asking "paper or plastic" so many years ago.

Also, the Whole Foods store on Pearl Street will offer an electronics recycling event from 4 to 7 pm on Wednesday, the 23rd. They say you can bring anything with a cord or battery, except no refrigerators, air conditioners, water coolers, light bulbs, oil or gas. Lots of items will be accepted for free, including computer towers, cell phones, and printers, while some items carry a small fee, like laptops at $3 per item. For questions, call 303 424-1719.

Big Cleaning Sale At Whole Foods

With Earth Day rapidly approaching, Whole Foods will be offering some eco-friendly cleaning products at a whopping 50% off for four days, tomorrow through the 22nd. As for the qualifying products, they say:

Qualifying Items: Your favorite Eco-Scale Rated Cleaning by Mission Greenology, Biokleen, Seventh Generation, If You Care, Mrs. Meyer’s, Method & GreenShield Organic. Stock up and enjoy your cleaning!

Free Bag At Vitamin Cottage

Happy Earth Day!  In celebration, Vitamin Cottage will be giving out a free Natural Grocers reusable shopping bag with your purchase today.  The flyer says the coupon on its back page is required, but my past experience is that it isn't.  Why would they want to sacrifice trees on Earth Day to rip up all those flyers just for that coupon?  Go do your shopping today, and I bet you'll get a bag without having to shred a paper flyer.  And the Natural Grocers bags are among the best:  capacious, strong, and attractive.

Picnic For Earth Today

You can enjoy a picnic at the Pearl Street Whole Foods and support the Nature Conservancy at the same time today.  Here's what they say, although picnic prices aren't detailed:

Picnic for Earth with the Nature Conservancy

Sunday, April 21st


11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Whole Foods Market Pearl Street

For the second year in a row, we'll be celebrating Mother Earth with our friends from The Nature Conservancy. Join us on the west patio for live music, kid's activities, and a yummy lunch. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Nature Conservancy.

Earth Week In Superior

Whoowee.  Tomorrow may be Earth Day, but the Whole Foods store in Superior is turning it into a weeklong celebration, with a slew of activities, starting today.  Here's what they say, and do read over the whole list, as there's a lot in it:

Earth Events
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Superior Whole Foods Market, Free

Calling all Earthlings- Join us a the Superior Whole Foods Market for Earth Week Festivities. Mark your calendars!

•Sunday, April 21 1:00pm-3:00pm- Save the Oceans! Bring in your gently worn or your favorite T-Shirt and have Girl ScoutTroop # 1943 make your favorite shirt into a reusable bag!

•Monday, April 22- Cleaning Supply Swap! First 50 Customers to bring in partial used containers of non-Eco friendly cleaning products can swap them out at our Customer Service Desk for one of 3 choices of Eco- friendly product.

•Tuesday, April 23- Re-usable Bag Swap Out- First 50 Customers can bring in their worn reusable bag and trade it in for a new bag. [limit one per customer]

•Wednesday, April 24- 5% Day- We are hosting a 5% Day for Center for Resource Conservation. 5% of our stores sales for Wednesday will go to the Resource Center. Eco- Cycle will also be tabling in store to call out re-cycled products.

•Thursday, April 25- Compost Bin Construction Demonstration- Join us in our Cafe from 11:30am-1:00pm and learn how to build your own compost bin.

•Friday, April 26- Compostable Cups and Seeds- First 50 Customers will receive a compostable cup with a packet of seeds to start growing in your own garden.

•Saturday, April 27- Earth Wheel 11:00am-4:00pm. Customers Spin the earth Wheel and win an Earth Friendly product

•Sunday, April 28th- Electronics Collection 10:00- 2:00pm. Customer electronic recycle drop off on the side of our store. Pick up a flyer at the Customer Serice Desk to seee what you can recycle for Free and what has a small charge. The recycle van will be at the Superior Store every fourth Sunday of each month.

Big Birthday/Earth Day Celebration At Alfalfa's

Having opened (in its second incarnation) on Earth Day, our Boulder Alfalfa's will host a weekend-long celebration of its second anniversary with a B'Earthday.  Here are the details from them:

Alfalfa’s B’Earthday


April 20th-22nd, 2013

We’re so excited to be celebrating our 2nd birthday! We couldn’t have done it without the support of our lovely customers, so we want to celebrate with you! Stop by on April 20th -22nd for some amazing giveaways and activities! We’ll have electric bike demos, raffles, face painting, gardening, free food, and MORE!

April 20th: Local Tasting Fair, Electric Bike Demos, Face Painting, & Live Music

April 21st: $100 Grocery Bag Giveaway, Community Day with Alfalfa’s Employees, Urban Farm Co of Colorado, Mural Painting

April 22nd: Raffle Drawings, Free B’Earthday Cake, Sustainable Demos

Reminder Re Earth Day In Superior

Just a reminder that the Whole Foods in Superior is celebrating Earth Day today not only by giving away compost, but also with bike tuneups! I'd get there as early as possible to take advantage, once they get going. A repeat of their details:

Sunday, April 22nd

Celebrate Earth Day
10:00 AM Free- while it lasts
In front of store

Compost Give a Way While it Lasts and bike tune ups

An Earth Day Possibility

They say the past doesn't predict the future, but for at least the past couple of years, both Vitamin Cottage and Whole Foods, at least at the Pearl Street store, have been giving away reusable bags on Earth Day (with your purchase, of course). They've been the small size at Whole Foods, not big enough for grocery shopping, but a handy size for carting lunch, while Vitamin Cottage has given away their great big beautiful capacious shopping bags. We'll see what might happen on Earth Day tomorrow.

UPDATE: The Vitamin Cottage sale flyer, which should be available in the store at the checkout counters, has a coupon for that free bag, valid only tomorrow, with any purchase while supplies last.

Boulder Farmers' Market Today

Don't forget about the Boulder Farmers' Market today, the third of the new season, starting a 8 this morning. Here's the list of what you can expect to find, and it appears to have grown again a bit from last week. Pea shoots are on it! Also, think about looking into Alfalfa's bEARTHday celebration that starts at 11, as it's just a block away.

Fresh at the Market This Week

* Gladiolus Corms (bulbs)
* Asparagus
* Pea Shoots
* Braising Mix
* Radicchio
* Green Garlic
* Lettuce
* Spinach
* Arugula
* Kale
* Chard
* Plant Starts
* Radishes
* Bok Choy
* Carrots
* Parsnips
* Potatoes
* Tomatoes
* And more!

Earth Weekend In Superior

The Whole Foods in Superior will be celebrating Earth Day weekend with a bunch of activities, including a compost giveaway and bike tuneups that appear to be FREE on Sunday! Here are the details from them:

Saturday, April 21st

Grilling on the Patio and Trashion Show
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM $5.00 per plate
Superior Patio

Join us on our patio, for our famous grilled fish tacos, music and a most unique Trashion Show [1:00]. Enjoy the afternoon, music and our Team Members Earth Day Creations!

Saturday, April 21st

Kids Club
3:00 PM Free
Patio or Cafe

Kids, Join us in the Café or weather permitting, our outdoor patio and plant seeds in your decorated compostable cups.

Sunday, April 22nd

Celebrate Earth Day
10:00 AM Free- while it lasts
In front of store

Compost Give a Way While it Lasts and bike tune ups

Earth Friendly Cleaning At Sunflower

To celebrate the day before Earth Day, this Saturday (the 21st) our Boulder Sunflower will be demoing Earth Friendly Cleaning Suggestions from noon to 2 pm, when they say they "have some homemade recipes to share with you!"

Alfalfa's bEARTHday This Weekend

Since Alfalfa's opened on Earth Day last year, their first anniversary is their bEARTHday. You can see their plans for festivities on Saturday and Sunday on their events page. Don't forget too that they're a block's stroll away from the Farmers' Market from 8 to 2 on Saturday.

Compost And More From Whole Foods

Counting down towards Earth Day on Sunday, the Pearl Street Whole Foods will offer a series of events, including electronics recycling and the ever-popular compost giveway, to be held at Growing Gardens this year. Here are the details from them:

Friday, April 20th

Electronics Recycling and Green Vendor Fair
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM FREE
Whole Foods Market Pearl Street

Our friends from Techno Rescue will once again be on-hand to help you recycle all of your electronics in celebration of Earth Month. Stop by between the hours of 3-7pm to drop off your hard-to-recycle items. The service is absolutely FREE. Note: No early drop-off is permitted. Items must be delivered during event hours.

Saturday, April 21st

Compost Giveaway at Growing Gardens
10:00 AM FREE
1630 Hawthorn Ave, Boulder, CO 80304

We’re hosting our annual compost giveaway with our friends at Growing Gardens this year. We’ve got 30 yards to give away to the first customers who show up with a smile and some muscle. Each customer will be entitled to two free bags of compost! Come early cause when it’s gone, it’s gone.

Growing Gardens is located at: 1630 Hawthorn Ave, Boulder, CO 80304. For more information and directions, visit http://www.growinggardens.org/map-to-gre…

Sunday, April 22nd

Picnic for the Planet with the Nature Conservancy
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Varies
Whole Foods Market Pearl Street West Patio

We’re celebrating Earth Day with our friends from The Nature Conservancy by hosting the world’s largest picnic! Stop by with the whole family for a day full of fun, music, creativity and sustainability.

Compost Class Tomorrow

Cranking up towards Earth Day this coming weekend, the Whole Foods store in Superior will offer an Earth Day tour and compost class tomorrow. Here's what they say:

Tuesday, April 17th

Earth Day Tour and Compost Class
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Free
Superior Store

Tour our produce dept. and learn how to compost for a great summer vegetable garden from the experts. Receive a bag of compost to start your garden.

Free Shopping Bags For Earth Day

If you're looking to expand your reusable grocery shopping bag arsenal, Earth Day is usually a good day to do it, with some stores giving them away on the spot to cart home your purchase. True to form (bless their hearts), Vitamin Cottage, aka Natural Grocers, is giving away the really nice big ones that hold a ton of groceries and last nearly forever. Across the parking lot, the Pearl Street Whole Foods is also attempting to give away bags, in their case the sturdy but smaller size that's best for toting a few items or lunch. However, they'd run out of bags at the registers shortly before noon, and were trying to get restocked with the intention of lasting through the rest of the day. Happy Earth Day!