Fast casuals embrace 'Earth Day' with traffic-increasing deals
Whether it's creating menu items with lower-carbon footprints or making donations to save marine wildlife, a variety of restaurant execs are doing what they can to save the planet.
Sweetgreen is partnering with Junes, a female-owned company that makes tote bags from recycled materials, to create a limited-edition tote bag. Provided
For some, Earth Day may trigger images of barefoot hippies wearing flower crowns, hugging trees and twirling in meadows.
For me, it's my fifth-grade
school play, "Gonna Have an Earth Day." I played a "valley girl" polluting the Earth with aerosol hairspray instead of landing the coveted role of "Recycle Girl." That part went to my bestie and brought back bitter memories of my third-grade rejection — when I wanted to be the ladybug but was cast as Ms. Beetle. ( I think it was actually just "a beetle," but I was so sad that my aunt made me a green velvet costume, added a lot of bling to my wings, and the beetle became a Ms. (That, however, is a story for another day but also a good reminder that a little bling can fix many of life's disappointments.)