shop and tell Recycle, Reuse Shopping The Treasure Valley has many local businesses supporting sustainable design and offering
green products aimed at our kids. If you’re looking for a way to honor Earth Day on April 22, these places can help you find a way to celebrate our natural habitat with your kids.
Boise Bicycle Project 1027 Lusk St., Boise
boisebicycleproject.org 429-6520
Boise Bicycle Project (BBP) is celebrating its fourth year providing alternate transpor- tation to young and old throughout the Treasure Valley. BBP takes donations of your old and broken bikes, fixes them up and sells them at really reasonable prices, and provides at-risk youth with free bikes. They also teach classes on bike repair and sell all varieties of repurposed parts, from training wheels to seats. Their mission is to help Boise, through education efforts and inex- pensive bikes, become a better community by moving our own two feet.
ReUse Market 1517 W. Main St., Boise
reusemarket.org 901-4149
Located in downtown Boise and run by volunteers, the ReUse Market’s goal is to redirect scrap materials out of the landfill and offer them to crafters, art- ists, teachers, and others. Their inven- tory is all donated and is awe-inspiring, from bins of toilet paper rolls to books of wallpaper samples, and glitter to three-ring binders. Check their website for hours and kid-friendly events.
Bricolage 418 S. 6th
St., Boise
bricoshoppe.com 345-3718
Greenaid, a small company out of southern California, makes and sells Seedbombs, a mixture of clay, compost, and wildflower seeds dried into a small round ball. Seedbombs are a fun way to guerrilla garden and beautify otherwise vacant places or plant in your own backyard. No need to break them up, they will dissolve and germinate on their own with plenty of water, making springtime the best time of year to use them. Bricolage, a local art and craft boutique in Boise, carries all sorts of unique human-made goods. A vending machine outside the shop sells Seedbombs for 50 cents apiece or you can purchase them in bulk inside for $5 for 20.
Amy Pence-Brown longs for a perfect spring day in April, when she can ride her red three-wheeled bike down- town to shop at the ReUse Market for crafting supplies, beautifying vacant places all along the way.
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