I am who I am - A Mug Person

[Dan Goldsbury]

A person has a lot of time to think when you're waiting in line for coffee. Being the coffee enthusiast that I am, I spend more time than most standing in these lines. More often than not I find myself scanning through the crowd. Not for movie stars or a cute girl, but for "mug people."

That's right, I said mug people! You know them - those brave pioneers who dare to wield their own reusable wand at the barista beyond the counter and save a paper cup from almost certain death.

But seriously, I was beginning to get worried as I had been seeing less and less of these mug people in my travels to the many coffee shops of greater Boston. As I waited in line I wondered "if all these people are throwing their cups out and this is only one of hundreds of coffee shops in Boston, then how many cups are being wasted every day in Boston? In Massachusetts? The world?" The problem seemed hopeless.

That is until I moved to Jamaica Plain. Since then, I've seen several of these elusive mug -toters. It's been wonderful - I've seen them in all different shapes and sizes, (the mugs, I mean) but the one thing they have in common is that they're not headed to the landfill after only one drink.

I've been inspired by this and I've decided to come out of hiding. I'm no longer satisfied to lurk in the shadows of the local Starbucks. I am who I am - a Mug Person. And as I discovered this very morning as he strolled up Beecher Street with a steaming mug of joe, so is my neighbor Joe!

So now together we stand - two people committed to their mugs and to their planet. Won't you join us? Let's be honest - what's to love about a disposable cup?

Peace,
Dan Goldsbury
Co-Founder
The Mug Project

[Allison Kane]

You forgot to mention that styrafoam is the root of all evil ;)