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Environmental
Energy:
We are 100% wind powered, using renewable energy to run the Inn. Most every light fixture contains either CFL or LED bulbs.
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle:
We recycle paper, plastics, glass, batteries, electronics … basically anything that can be recycled, we do! We compost fruit & veggie food scraps and have reduced our trash disposal by over 60%. We then use the soil created by the compost and enrich our organic herb, vegetable and perennial gardens each year. We have dual rain barrels in place and supplement our gardens with rain water. We also have a rain garden and french drain that supports a secondary rain garden.
Green Products:
We avoid chemicals in and around our home. We use Mrs. Meyers and Seventh Generation cleaning products throughout the INN. We especially keep chemicals out of the food that we feed our family and guests of the Inn — please see our Commitment to Local Food on the sidebar. We also supply guest rooms with pure plant aromas for skin and hair products from Aveda, a company that has vowed an environmental awareness over 25 years ago.
Local Initiatives:
Through our relationship with Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company, we support various rotating local campaigns that help our Bay.
Global Initiatives:
We are most proud to support the tremendous environmental efforts of our daughter, Josalyn, with her Josalyn’s Lemonade for the Rainforest held annually on July 4th. For years she has foregon traditional holiday pool parties, parades, and cook outs to hold her fresh squeezed organic lemonade stand. All proceeds go directly to the Rainforest Foundation US to aid the indigenous peoples of rainforest communities protect and manage their land rights.
TweetWe are also participating members of the Global Soap Project. The mission of the Global Soap Project is to improve global health. To do that, they receive partially-used and discarded soap from us, recycle it into new bars, and distribute the new soap through global health programs to people who lack access to it around the world. With recycling efforts and distribution programs spanning the globe, together we’re making a real, sustainable impact on global health.