One Mug at a Time

Welcome to the first edition of the GoGreenMug Blog.
We will use this first entry to introduce ourselves and our website, GoGreenMug.com to you and let you know what we are all about. In future blogs we will write about ways that we can all help to reduce our waste on this planet and keep you informed on all that we are doing. We will also let you know about any promotions at our store. Go to http://www.gogreenmug.com and use coupon code: ff2510ggm to get 20% off until January 1,2009.
GoGreenMug.com was started by a group of friends in Southern California. As regular coffee and tea drinkers, we started to think about where those cups go after just one use. We learned that every year, Americans throw away billions of cups (25 billion Styrofoam cups and 18 billion paper cups). If every one of these cups include a plastic lid, that's 43 billion plastic lids added to our landfills.
To help reduce the waste, we started to bring our own mugs when visiting our local coffee shops. We soon realized that we could broaden our impact and started GoGreenMug.com.
Besides saving our landfills, bringing your own mug can also save your wallet. Many coffee shops will give you a small discount for bringing in your own mug. For us regulars, this can really add up. GoGreenMug.com is developed and managed by Sadaka LLC. Sadaka is the Swahili word for charity and at the core of our business philosophy. GoGreenMug.com gives a percentage of its profits to charities and causes that are also working hard to take care of our planet. Some of these organizations include The Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservatory, Clear the Air, Save the Whales, and Surfrider Foundation. Sadaka’s co-founders are all active participants in environmental causes, donating to and volunteering at some of these organizations. Please visit their websites to learn more about how they are helping and what you can do to help. If you have any suggestions for other environmental organizations that you think we should give to, please email us at support@gogreenmug.com

Here is a photo of two of our founders - Dennis Ho (at right) and Dudley Tabakin at the Save Trestles hearing in San Diego in September 2008, with our our still current president in 2D. To find out more about the Save Trestles campaign check out the Surfrider Foundation website.

Until next time - Reduce the waste!

Update 12/18/2008: The Department of Commerce announced today that it would uphold the California Coastal Commission's decision! The egregious project to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach is officially illegal under state and Federal law! In a release issued from the Department of Commerce, they "determined that there is at least one reasonable alternative to the project and that the project is not necessary in the interest of national security.
Well done Surfrider and the other active enviromental groups involved and we are thrilled that we were part of this victory!