Green Team Talks
Thoughts on a greener marketplace, and what it means to be green.
Annie Lescroart
Annie Lescroart spends most of her days tracking down great green stories that lie within the boundaries of the eBay universe. And with 89 million users, 25 million sellers, 100,000 Green Team members, and 15,000 employees…that makes for quite a bit of detective work. When she’s not working, you can probably find her scampering up a hiking trail somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area, cooking in her tiny but effective kitchen, or on a plane flinging herself into a new and unexplored destination.
Why are you a Green Team member?
Because I believe in baby steps, and when I see people take them, it makes me happy. On the Green Team, we are all about baby steps. There is a belief out there that to live a “green lifestyle,” you have to trade your beloved SUV for a hybrid, give up hamburgers forever, and spend a fortune on organic everything. You don’t. Commit to one small thing that works for your lifestyle, like driving less or using a reusable coffee mug for your daily Starbucks fix, then go from there!
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How to Beat Summer Heat Waves Without Hurting the Environment
- Jul 22, 2010
- In Action
- Annie Lescroart
As many places throughout the U.S. and the world try to deal with summer heat waves, here are a few tips and suggestions to stay cool in an eco-friendly way.
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State of California Tries to Encourage Reuse by Proposing Plastic Bag Ban
- Jul 14, 2010
- In Action
- Annie Lescroart
With single-use plastic bags overpopulating state landfill, beaches and coastlines, California lawmakers try to encourage reuse starting at the grocery store.
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Last year, one of the biggest green thrills we had was joining up with our good friends at ecofabulous to outfit an eco-friendly prefabricated home at the Dwell on Design conference in Los Angeles. We're joining forces again this year — this time featuring a couple of eBay's green sellers, as well.
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Last week, Treehugger reported that residents of Concord, Massachusetts voted to ban the sale of all bottled water by next January, making it the first U.S. city ever to do so. It marks a growing trend by cities in the U.S., and throughout the world, that are ditching disposable plastic for more sustainable solutions.
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The Uniform Project Auctions Off Popular Accessories for Charity
- Apr 2, 2010
- Buy Green
- Annie Lescroart
Accessories from Sheena Matheiken's exercise in sustainable fashion are being auctioned off to support the Akanksha Foundation, an organization that works with underprivileged school children in India.
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In the fall, we launched the re+purpose Creative Reuse Competition with DIY maven and editor-in-chief of ecofabulous.com, Zem Joaquin. See the winning submission and the designer
Joshua Pfenning was up for the challenge. He transformed an abandoned sofa discovered by the side of the road, stripping the original piece down to the frame and reupholstering it in green velvet fabric for a retro mid-century modern look.
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For the second year, we partnered with Hearst Magazines for their “30 Days of Green” program to show those millions of Hearst readers about the benefit of buying on eBay: not only that the greenest product is the one that already exists, but that pre-owned products can be just as stylish, sassy and high-quality as brand new ones?
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Olympic Medalists Will Wear Old TVs and Computers Around Their Necks This Year
- Feb 12, 2010
- In Action
- Annie Lescroart
As people wager on who's going to win the downhill slalom or which country will have the highest medal count at this year's Winter Olympic Games, we heard about a different type of story that we thought was really cool. A Canadian company found a way to pull out gold, silver and bronze literally from old TVs and computers and turn them into the Olympic medals.