Greening My Road Trip

(Last Updated On: October 8, 2017)

green vw bugSigh. We all know it’s less than environmentally correct to hop into the car on one of the most traffic-ridden weekends of the year, but sometimes we all just need to get away. Two environmentally cool things about my road trip to Lake George, N.Y.:

  1. Seeing a farmer’s market at a travel plaza on the New York State Thruway, and
  2. Picking up used coffee grounds for my garden while on a latté break at Starbucks.

Ride on!

—Lori Tripoli

Free used coffee grounds from Starbucks for use in gardens or for compost Photo credit: L. Tripoli

Free used coffee grounds from Starbucks for use in gardens or for compost
Photo credit: L. Tripoli

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