"Green Mixer" in Dumbo

This past Tuesday, Green Book had their first "Green Mixer" in Dumbo. The event was held in a loft on Water street, right near the Triangle Park, where one of our teak root benches actually resides. The bench has been outdoors and has been faded by the sun, wind and rain, but you can see how reclaimed teak ages beautifully over time:


Upon entering, there were several entertaining, educational and delicious things to devour...

First, a trip to the bar, where we discovered Vodka 360, "the World's first Eco Friendly Vodka Series".

Then, we met John Duch, the Sales Rep for Pentel Pens, who was showcasing their new products that range from 54% to 100% recycled plastic. As a "lefty", Erik especially fell in love with the new quick drying gel pens, and bonded with John. Also, as someone who always swipes Erik's great pens, I stocked up that night too. Below, a picture of Erik with his new hero.


http://pentel.com/recycology/index.html

Later, we came across Greg Barber, who I had met in September at Green City, Green Brooklyn. He is a great resource for green printing options and works with a variety of printers in the North East. One of the greatest parts, was to discover Greg's ever so clever "Enviro Coasters", which were printed on Coffee, Mango and Lemon "tree free paper". If you know FTS, you know that we work with Mango and Coffee wood regularly, and are looking into this...

http://www.gregbarberco.com/

Greg introduced us to another fantastic product called "TerraSkin", which is made of mineral powder and a non-toxic resin.

http://terraskin.com/

We learned from many other vendors, and will be back to share more soon, but in the meantime, just want to remind you that it wasn't all work and no play...