Thursday, July 9, 2009

WHY you should compost



This is a video I made for Larry's Beans while interning for them this past summer. Working for them was great. I was able to be in an open and professional atmosphere and experience their close-knit employee family.

Their office is located inside the what I refer to as the "Bean Palace" and it always smells kind of like heaven because of the roasting beans. Larry buys all of his beans from farmers who actually care about their products and need honest money for their honest work. That seems like commonsense; however, often times these farmers get shafted and payed unfairly, hence the coined term "FAIR trade" applies to all of Larry's Beans coffee.

He even visits them once a year. How cool!

Also, one day while I was there, a typical thunderstorm blew up and started to bath the earth with its torrential rains. Larry called to me and said, "Step out here." We walked onto his balcony and he pointed at this huge black thing, the cistern. That cistern helps ease the burden of water use at the Bean Palace.

At that moment I thought, "What other internship could you stand on a balcony with your boss, THE BOSS that you get to see everyday, and watch a summer thunderstorm work its magic and fuel the Bean Palace?"

So overall, this experience was great and definitely memorable.

Eliza

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