Fort Negrita Blog
Tired of the Cozy Eye Sores? (Survey)
Tired of looking out your window at an abandoned mattresses on the road? Or perhaps there is an eye sore sitting in your basement growing mold and taking up valuable space.
Either way, that mattress has overstayed it's 10-year expected lifespan, and guess what? It's time for you to get rid of it. Have you decided where your mattress will go once it's 10 years are up?
Click here and take a 2-minute...
How To Recycle a Mattress in Atlanta (Infographic)
(Infographic design by I.LA)
Do you live in the Greater Metro Atlanta, and think you want to recycle your mattress? Did you know there are ZERO options to recycle your bed set in Atlanta. STR8CRAY!
If you're interested in recycling you mattress in the Greater Atlanta Metro area take our surveyand email fortnegrita [at] gmail [dot]com and include "Recycle Mattress" in the subject box. Opportunities...
What You Think You’re Doing to Save the Earth is Not Enough
I first became interested in recycling and green living casually, after reading an article about the arctic glaciers melting within 10 years, and that should have been enough to scare me crazy. Needless to say, I didn’t automatically get deep into sustainable living.
Initially, I contributed to the ‘cute eco-acts’ by recycling plastics, subscribing to eco-friendly clothing lines and asking for...
It's Voting Season! (Help Me Win a Fellowship)
Hello fellow fort brethren! I come to you today with great news! I've been chosen as a finalists for the Holstee Fellowship. Holstee is responsible for that 'This is Your Life' manifesto you've probably seen floating around Pinterest/Tumblr and the likes.
If I win I will receive funding for my mattress recycling business, which I've been planning to launch in October of this year.
I'd love for you...
The Best Day EVER! (Ecuador's Arctic Tundra/ Papallacta Hot Springs)
Claiming something as the best is always a bold statement. It means that nothing has been greater prior, a true way to say 'life hasn't been great up until this point.'
Before coming to Ecuador Supa and I made a list of things I wanted to do while living there for three months. Visiting Chota Valley, making it to the poor man's Galapagos and doing a 1-day bike ride in Quito's tundra mountains.
Frie...