Let's connect!
Enjoy Mill Valley
  • HOME
  • EVENTS & GUIDES
    • 2020-21 EMV Guide
    • 2021 Mill Valley Wine, Beer & Gourmet Food Tasting
    • Winterfest >
      • About Winterfest
    • Calendar
    • Special Events
  • EAT
  • Stay
  • VISIT
    • Muir Woods
    • PLAY
    • Tour
    • Map
    • PRESS
  • SHOP
    • Enjoy Mill Valley Store
    • Shopping Areas
    • Apparel and Jewelry
    • Automotive
    • Banking & Financial Services
    • Biz, Consumer & Professional Services
    • Beauty & Grooming
    • Fitness & Sports
    • Food & Wine
    • Home & Garden
    • Kids & Pets
    • Health & Wellness
    • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Real Estate
    • Specialty Shops
  • A&E
  • EMV Films
  • BLOG
  • Mill Valley Chamber
  • City of Mill Valley
  • CONTACT US
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise on Enjoy Mill Valley
  • ShopMV

2019-20 EMV Guide: Sustainability Tips from Ambatalia's Molly de Vries & Sustainable Art From a Mill Valley Trio

5/15/2019

0 Comments

 

I Am the Change I Seek

PictureAmbatalia's Molly de Vries in her shop/studio at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard, 129 Miller Avenue.
Our environment is in crisis. Each of us can make a difference in small ways. We have a lot of power by changing habits and taking action and sharing with others those efforts to reduce waste.

1. Nature: Learn about the direct link between a healthy natural world and a healthy natural self. What you put in the earth or in the air, you put in your body.

2. Refuse / Trash: We’re fortunate that MV Refuse offers green cans to compost yard waste, food scraps etc. Do not use corn-based bio bags or compostable plastics or disposable to-go cups. Given the massive changes in the recycling industry spurred by China and others, we must learn to recycle right: empty and rinse all cans and bottles, jugs and tubs. Go to zerowastemarin.org to find out how to recycle a wide range of materials.

3. Single Use Disposables: Most single-use disposable containers cannot be recycled or composted. These “recyclable” items end up in the landfills even if they display the Recyclable Symbol on the item. Learn to bring your own container, plates or utensils to your favorite restaurant to fill up with your favorite to go food. The only real compostable items are paper without plasticized lining, paper straws, and wood utensils.

4. Grocery Shopping: Bring your own produce and bulk cloth bags and jars. Shop the bulk bin whenever possible at your local grocery stores. Ask your grocer to stock items that are packaged in little or no plastic.

5. Food Waste: Buy only what you need and eat what you have. Do an inventory of what you have before you shop to avoid food surplus that may lead to waste.

6. Home Energy: Switch to 100% renewable energy. Just go to mcecleanenergy.org and have your PG&E account number handy. For a few more dollars per month, be part of the solution.

7. Transportation: Walk, ride your bike, carpool or use public transit. Downsize a vehicle, or go electric. Limit car trips.​

8. Natural Cleaning Products: Having baking soda, vinegar, castile soap, salt, washing soda and essential oils on hand is everything you need to clean your house.

9. Clothing: Watch the movie “The True Cost” on Netflix on the scandal of fast fashion. A minimalist closet of items of quality are your best bet. Used clothing is abundant and the most sustainable option. Dry clothes on a laundry line to save money, energy and make your clothes last longer.

10. Unwanted Items: Put unwanted items at the end of your driveway with a “free” sign on them, or list on websites such as nextdoor.com and craigslist.org. These small efforts make a huge difference in reducing the demand for landfills.

MV native Molly de Vries owns of Ambatalia, a retail work space in the Mill Valley Lumber Yard aiming to facilitate a considered way of living that eliminates the unnecessary waste of single-use products. 129 Miller, Suite 401.


Sustainable Art

A sign of what’s to come: Three unique approaches to sustainable art. These local artists are making a statement by reusing everyday objects to create beautiful contemporary works.
Picture
Victoria Mimiaga
As Mimiaga sees it, the new “American Gothic” would include plastic. She’s been painting with a Food on Plastic theme for 20 years. Her new series Masters and Plastic can be found at her studio in the Mill Valley Lumber Yard, 129 Miller,  upstairs #621. MORE INFO.
Picture
Nance Miller
Reflecting nature and nodding to its
origins, Miller’s “Dr. Zhivago” uses pieces of discarded books to tell a tale that is inherent in its fibers. An MVSD art and literature teacher and a mom, Miller explores storytelling with the traditional format of books and alters them to a new form. MORE INFO.
Picture
Shane Kennedy
For pieces like “Collage” above, Kennedy scours junkyards, dumpsters and flea markets for materials to give them a new life. Cardboard and found objects are cut, painted, stapled, taped, glued and otherwise assembled into abstract compositions. MORE INFO.
Want to know what's happening around town? Click here to subscribe to the Enjoy Mill Valley Blog by Email!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Subscribe to the free Enjoy Mill Valley Blog

    * required
    Click here to subscribe to the free Enjoy Mill Valley Blog by Email!

    RSS Feed

    Blog Archives

    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013

    Categories

    All
    142 Throckmorton
    Art
    Arts & Entertainment
    City Council
    City Of Mill Valley
    County Of Marin
    Depot Plaza
    Downtown Mill Valley
    Emergency Preparedness
    First Tuesday Artwalk
    Food & Drink
    Holidays
    Kiddo!
    Live Music
    Local Laws
    Marin Mommies
    Marin Theatre Company
    Miller Avenue
    Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
    Mill Valley Film Festival
    Mill Valley History
    Mill-valley-in-the-news
    Mill Valley Library
    Mill Valley Market
    Mill Valley School District
    Mount Tamalpais
    MV Chamber Biz Buzz
    Parks & Recreation
    Philanthropy
    Public Restrooms
    Restaurants
    Shopping
    Strawberry Village
    Sweetwater Music Hall
    Tam High
    Tam Junction
    Tam Valley
    The Redwoods
    Volunteerism

Picture
   
85 Throckmorton Avenue
Mill Valley, Callifornia 94941
415.388.9700
info@millvalley.org



Copyright 2018 Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
All images used with permission and/or source attribution.
Site Design by Linda Rosso Marketing and Communications