Wheeee~ I managed to queue & grab 2 flavours, Chocolate Fudge Brownie & Strawberry Cheesecake...Yummy yummy!
The message to raise awareness of GLOBAL WARMING was spread too in conjunction with Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day. Yep, global warming, is a Serious and Scary issue, my friends!
Let's do our bit for the environment as well as for our own benefit in future!
CONSERVE energy.
REDUCE carbon emissions.
You know how much carbon emissions are used for machines and refridgerators to produce and store ice cream?
ReplyDelete- Long live free ice cream
April 22: EARTH DAY..remember that date... do your good deed.
ReplyDeletewow.......too bad i missed it babe
ReplyDeleteeh...havent miss yet..haha...
ReplyDeletedrake4life: that i do not know mate, but if we turn off lights, appliances and electronic equipment when not in use, 250kg of carbon dioxide and abt $100 can be saved per year (according to the pamphlet i was given). also i read in the newspaper yesterday that, power is still tranmitted to electronic devices even if they are switched off, so it is best to detach the devices from the sockets if anyone ever bothers to know. hehe.
ReplyDeletehalftank: i am aware of that since i was a lil girl.
fizlynd: hee the Free Cone Day was yesterday babe...
aaaarrghh!!!! i miss the ice creams..but takpe..tgh demam nie, rather than pengsan while Q-ing up, lagi masuk frontpage..i tgk ajelah u makan tu ice cream...grgrrrrrr!!
ReplyDeletehehe...jemput makan...u tunggu lah next year..ingat date nye 17th April is Free Cone Day!
ReplyDeleteyumm yumz! grinz... wait for my pics ya...
ReplyDeletetsk..i missed it!
ReplyDeleteMissed it too...
ReplyDeletegRRRrrr..shud tell us earlier babe
ReplyDeleteu really love strawberry huh? hehe
ReplyDeleteSukanya dia..
ReplyDeleteOMG!! I am Guilty......
ReplyDeleteyum yummy ben n jerry...hehehe
ReplyDeleteOh... And I went to Giant yesterday and I brought my very own plastic bags! Heheh...
ReplyDeleteOh, just a reminder... Major supermarkets will not be providing plastic bags on every 1st wed of each month. Go Green. *Winx*
fizlynd: alamak sowwie ye!
ReplyDeletedeesdaily: hee yes yes...like the pockey ad says: choclit and stlawbelly!
norhafi: hee free ice-cream u, kalau tak suka, somethin is wrong with me...
badawiyah: it's not too late to start be more conscious abt it now :)
winniestarfish: heee Yummy indeed!
sitz: oh is it? ok thanx for remindin...Dee, bring out ur BRIGHT PINK Supre & Mod-like Target bag! seems like luggin Environmental-friendly bags around are IN FASHION!
my Target bag was dirty remember? left it in sydney. still got my supre, krispy kremes and also woolworth's bag :)
ReplyDeleteoops i forgot that...yeah still got the other juz as funky environmental-friendly bags!
ReplyDeleteThe Inconvinient Truth watch it...shows u how REALLY scary global warming is
ReplyDeleteCleo got a lengthy article on globe warmin too!!
ReplyDeleteoh kewl! Wow tis is like a major campaign ah!
ReplyDeletei'd juz wanna touch on it too...an article fleeced from CNA:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/analysis/view/271443/1/.html
Reforming a bag lady
By Tabitha Wang, TODAY | Posted: 20 April 2007 1103 hrs
SINGAPORE : I love plastic bags. That's not an easy confession to make in light of the green-bag campaigns these days but honestly, who doesn't like them? They're light, convenient and reusable as bin liners and impromptu carriers.
Reusable cloth or biodegradable paper bags just don't cut it, given our weather and shopping habits. Waterproof plastic bags are great for wet marketing — no smelly fish trails in the MRT. When our tropical rains (which get you from dry to soaking wet in 10 seconds) hit, the bags protect my bargains. And they make great impromptu rain hats.
I'm so hardcore about it that I don't even like the biodegradable ones because they fall apart before I can reuse them as bin liners.
But ever since I saw pictures of dead sea turtles with plastic bags hanging out of their mouths — they think the bags are jellyfish — I've been feeling guilty about being a bag lady.
It's hard to ignore the figures: Singapore uses around 2.5 billion bags a year. That translates to 2,500 bags per family annually, which means we would have to change our bin liners seven times a day to justify taking that many.
This wasteful habit kills about 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals (including 30,000 seals) and turtles every year around the world.
So, I've been trying to cut down. Every time I'm offered an extra bag, I silence my inner freebie queen by thinking of cute turtles and seals snacking on one.
Sadly, my efforts are often thwarted by eager shop assistants who see double bagging as the ultimate in customer service.
You would think, then, that I would be happy that there is now a campaign to make people use fewer plastic bags.
Well, I like the campaign but I'm afraid it's doomed to fail, just as it did when the National Environment Agency introduced it last year.
Why? Because they are going about it the wrong way by using the stick instead of the carrot. Want a plastic bag? Bad girl, pay 10 cents. I know that is not what they mean but that is what it feels like. I want to feel good about caring about the environment, not angry because I'm being bullied into it.
The other issue is customer relations. I don't mind paying the "bag tax" or forking out extra money for proper biodegradable bin liners but I don't want retailers profiting at my expense.
On Thursday, I went to the grocery shop downstairs. The shopkeeper packed my stuff, then said: "Next time, I'm charging 10 cents, just like Ikea." "No problem," I said, "but are you following Ikea's example and sending that money to WWF Singapore Conservation Fund to help fight the haze?" She blinked. Obviously not. She was using the drive as an excuse to pad her profits.
When plastic bags were introduced in the 1960s, my husband's grandfather used to turn them down in favour of cloth bags — but not because of the environment. He did it because, as he said: "Why should I help them advertise?"
I can see his point. Unless you're Gucci or Prada, shouldn't you be paying me to tot your logo? Even worse, if your shop is Ah Beng Electrics or Ah Lian Florist, there's no way I'm paying 10 cents for your bag.
So for the Bring Your Own Bag campaign to succeed, you have to use the carrot. Make it attractive for people to refuse the bags. Give every household reusable bags, run a spot-the-bag contest and see how many take up on the offer.
Or follow the example of some Japanese stores where, instead of making the customer pay for a bag, they give him rebates or extra points for not taking one.
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lol... i love her writing style... and yeah i have a feeling people will just not go major grocery shopping on 1st weds of the month. like my family, everytime we go NTUC we end up a huge trolley full of stuff, short of running away with the trolley (ehem, ehem.... hee), how are we gonna cart our purchases home sans plastic bags. unless i bring my luggage bag next time. heh. so other option, go NTUC on other days. but having said that, of cos we then haf to be responsible enuf and not throw the bags anywhere we feel like it. the bags will be re-used and recycle... hope that helps save a turtle or two...
ReplyDeletewho ah? who ah? LoL
ReplyDeletehmm i kinda agree too, most likely alot of people will not be doin major grocery shoppin on those days but hopefully, people would do their part by carryin at least a shoppin bag on the other days even if they do alot of shoppin. 1 less plastic bag a trip for everyone adds up to a bunch of plastic bags saved at the end of the day! also, yeah proper disposal, esp. thru the recyclin bins would be helpful. let's go gweeeen~~~