Eye Opener: Junk on the Brain

Antiques:  An old collectable item.  It is collected or desired because of it's age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features.  It is an object that represents a pervious era.

Junk: Waste, any undesirable thing or substance.

Flea Market: A type of bazaar where inexpensive or secondhand goods are sold or bartered.  It may be indoors, such as a warehouse or school gym, or it may be outdoors, such as in a field or under a tent.

Thrift Shop/Resale Shop: Usually sell secondhand goods donated by the members of the public and are often staffed by volunteers.

Upcycling: Involves processing used materials into new products, or the re-use of a product with crippled functionality for alternative purposes, to prevent waste of potentially used materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution, water pollution, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to a virgin product, with the intent of creating a product of higher quality design and artistic value.


What do the terms above have to do with environmental health?
Every one of the above terms have to do with reusing items.  Reusing items can be extremely important when thinking about keeping our environment healthy, for example, if we reuse--we produce less and save energy.

Identify at least one local resource for each of the terms above...provide name, location, contact info, and link to website or blog.
Antiques:
Father Time Antiques
Duluth, MN
218-625-2379

Junk:
Chester Creek Books and Antiques
Duluth, MN
218-724-4427

Flea Market:
Flea Portal
Carlton, MN
218-591-4770


Thrift Shop/Resale Shop:
Savers
Duluth, MN
218-722-1894

Upcycling:
I could not find anything specific to Duluth while using the Google search engine.

Identify whether you do or do not use any of these things and explain why or why not.
I actually just recently went to Goodwill and found my halloween costume there, and it only costed five dollars.  I thought it was a great deal.  Although, at the time I guess I didn't realize that I was actually "bettering" the Environment in a way, by buying a product that has been previously used, rather than a brand new one.  Other than that, I have not been anywhere else related to these definitions.  Although while I visit down in Arizona I usually spend some time at a Flea Market, but I have never been to one in Minnesota.  This makes me realize that there are plenty of second hand stores that I can visit instead of buying products that are new.

Get Your Junk On!!!
1.) Paint Can Lamp
I thought this lamp was kinda neat.  I would have never thought about making it out of all these used products!

2.)Button Necklace
This necklace is pretty cool too, nothing I would wear, but creative!

3.) Bed Spring Candle Holder
I thought this was super neat!!  It is a decoration made from a bed spring.  I think this is something I would actually put in my house for decor.