First, I just want to let anyone know who might read this post before tonight, that there is a Going Green Fashion show in Columbia at Ingredient in the downtown district. It starts at 7pm, and includes dinner and a show of "green" clothes by Factory Green. I will be sure to attend and update you with the highlights from the event.
But, in spirit of a sports filled week (Yankees winning the World Series last night, and the Mizzou Tigers taking on Baylor this weekend), I thought I would find out some ways to be green while tailgating for the big game.
This website called FourStatesHomePage has some great ideas on staying green while pre-gaming.
- Carpool - this saves gas, and money from parking
- Bring Local Beer - support a local brewery
- Search for Organic Beer - fewer harmful chemicals to the environment
- Cook mushroom burgers or veggie hot dogs
- Use propane when grilling - it leaves less waste and burns cleaner than charcoal
- Use reusable dishes and utensils that you can take home, wash and reuse, opposed to wasting paper and plastic dishware
- Bring a bag for recycling containers - just because you aren't at your home doesn't mean you can't separate these materials from trash
- Extreme idea: bring a "crank radio" (honestly I don't even know what this is) but apparently it doesn't use electricity or batteries, but you are still able to listen to the pregame show
I found a couple other websites that offered similar ideas. Here are the links to the specific tailgating stories.
Earth911 - this one has a cool idea of making a reusable table cloth out of old t-shirts with your team's logo, recycles worn out clothes, and prevents you from using a plastic table cloth.
It also suggests using a solar radio to rock out to some jams.
TailgatingIdeas - This website also had some additional ideas:
- use stainless steel skewers to make shish kabobs instead of wooden ones
- buy in bulk
- use tupperware
- tailgate in hybrid vehicle
- use a "cap-trap" to open beer bottles so you don't lose the bottle caps and liter
- Use a "keg bag" to keep things cold instead of ice to save water
Try these ideas this weekend when tailgating for the Mizzou football game, or another sporting event!
Tell us if you have another idea for green tailgating via Twitter @gogreen573
-Christy
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