Charles-2/16/09-Birdbath Green Bakery

In my visit to the Birdbath Green Bakery, I was assisted my woman named Beth.  Beth had shown me around the store and explained to things I had already known from looking at the website such as the walls are made of wheat.  She told me that the wall is made of the chasse fiber which is a by product of wheat used to make bread.  She next had talked to me on how here shelves and counter were made of 100% of recycled newspaper which’s significant material.  She told me how it was a challenge but it was very much worth it. Also she said that she hoped that now one will ever spill water or any kinds of liquid on it since it was made of paper and we all know what happens when liquid mix with water.  It gets very saggy.  Next she explained to me how the cups were made of corn which is biodegradable.  Biodegradable means it can be made into valuable products for soil for planting.  When I was about to arrive, I was kind of worried if I would do something wrong or something went wrong.  This would all change when I arrived at Birdbath.  I was greeted by Beth.  She was very sweet and she asked one of her co workers to take over.  She said their wasn’t much to do so i just asked questions.  After I had left I felt like I had a better understanding of the shop.  I told her I would return sometime this week.  What motivated me into doing the work I was doing was because it kind of reminded me ofSaint John’s Food Pantry.  Opening boxes putting them in order.  I figured out that I had great people skills with these people.  I say this because the people got along with me and I got along with them.  What interested me the most was how many things were reusable in the store.  An interesting quotation I heard was “If you come with a bicycle or a skate board at anytime of the day, you get a 25% discount which in some cases subtracts 1 dollar or more.”  From a floor made of wood not cut from trees, reusing coffee beans when extras, to paint not toxic to others, this store is very into RRR (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle).   P.S In my visit I didn’t take any pictures but I will make sure to do so next time so I uploaded one from the website.