The Newsletter – June 2009
I’ve been wondering – if April showers bring May flowers, what do May’s gusting horizontal snowfalls bring? If in-store happenings are in any way connected to the weather of the planet, horizontal snowfalls brought two friendly new faces to Carbon Environmental, Lindsay and Ehren. First flowers, now people – I’m going to wish for the weather to do something with chocolate for this month!
As always, enjoying nature’s and life’s adventures,
Allison
Word of the Month: Beautiful
What the Word Beautiful Means To Us at Carbon Environmental: Beautiful is a word we use here at the store not only to describe how visually pleasing an item is, but also to describe its inherent goodness. Is the item safe? Has it been consciously designed? Did the workers who made the product earn enough to support themselves and their families? Does the item lessen planetary impacts? If a product can answer these questions in the affirmative then, to us, it is a thing of beauty inside and out. Look for the purposeful use of the word beautiful throughout this newsletter.
June is Exciting at Carbon!!
A Block Party! On Saturday June 13 from 3pm until midnight, the stores on the 104th Street Promenade will be throwing a Block Party!! For its part, Carbon Environmental Boutique will be hosting Yoga In The Sky. A section of the street in front of the store will be blanketed with fresh green grass (we just looove making things greener) then, at 5pm, we invite everyone to come join us for an hour of yoga led by the instructors of Shanti Yoga Studios. Afterwards, cleanse your cells with some delicious, organic beverages in the store. Please note that we do expect this event to be quite popular so we recommend that you RSVP before June 10th. Other hip happenin’s at the block party – an outdoor fashion show, a movie screening, barbeques, a beer garden, wine and scotch tastings, music. Now that’s exciting!! Contact us for details.
In mid-June Carbon Environmental will be hosting an American Clay seminar. Shaylor Alley from American Clay headquarters will be visiting Carbon to demonstrate the application of this beautiful, breathing wall covering. If you relish the idea of creating an absolutely stunning centrepeice to your home please contact us by phone or by email to hear more details about this event, or to sign up.
Mythic Paint, our beautiful high-performance zero-VOC paint has launched the David Bromstad (HGTV’s Color Splash) Color Collection. We love Mythic – hot colours, top quality, zero VOC’s – now that’s a beautiful thing.
On June 10th from 8-11pm Carbon will be hosting Divertido Urban Jaunt. Divertido is redefining networking, offering a night of fashion, green drinks and organic appetizers. This is the last Divertido event of the season, so if you’d like to join in, please contact the Divertido gang at (780) 721-4525 or visit www.divertido.ca
Most common phrase heard in the store this month: “I can’t wait for the Farmer’s Market to open!”
To Market! To Market! Jiggedy Jig!
Did you know that the 104th Street Promenade is home to the Downtown Farmer’s Market? Every Saturday for the next six months dozens of vendors are just outside Carbon’s front doors from 9am to 3pm. The market is a gorgeous way to enjoy a few hours experiencing fresh, local produce, homemade delicacies and handmade treasures under the canopy of the sky. Carbon is a loud cheerleader in the support of local farmers. Hurray for farmers! Three cheers for labour! We’re loco for local!!
Pssst! Our sincere congratulations to everyone who has purchased a beautiful organic mattress. We are so thrilled to firmly support your healthy sleep, no pun intended. J
Our grand opening bash was a smashing good time. Lots of d’lishous organic food (thanks to the folks at D’Lish) and yummy organic wine (thanks to the folks at DeVine) was consumed in the kindest of company. Marc and I would like to thank everyone who came out and celebrated with us.
