Our Small Environmental Footprint = Good Planet-health.
Inspiring Many Footprints = Good People-health.
Here’s why we’re your environmentally green running and walking store! We:
- Buy 100% green power from Puget Sound Energy
- Are a Whatcom Watersheds pledge member
- Are a “Think Local First” sponsor of Sustainable Connections
- Offer alternative transportation incentives for staff (extra pay) and customers (SmartTrips card, etc.)
- Pass along good used shoes to athletic teams and shelters as needed
- Send other used shoes to either the More Foundation or Ridwell
- Buy from other local independent businesses when possible
- Use LED lighting throughout store
- Embrace Sustainable Connections’ Toward Zero Waste (TZW) program
- Reuse of envelopes, packing materials and boxes
- Recycle all plastic film/bags
- Employ Foodplus for all compostable items
- Recycle bottles, cans, paper, cardboard, plastic containers
- Recycled paper used in store and for newsletter
- Sorting of all recyclable and compostable materials at each of our events