Friends! We (Junket: Tossed & Found/ Turquoise Vintage / ACME JUNK Co. ) are kicking off the new year at a new pace! Join us as we launch an #EpicRecordSale starting at 4PM on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at Junket’s new digs and continuing through the weekend (you guys get a sneak peek at what we’re up to […]
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Junket’s Gap Year, or, what happens when you opt for Plan B (and that doesn’t work out, either).
By Julie on December 10, 2019 in Artists & Creativity, Community & Belonging, Entrepreneuring, Reuse, Social Impact
In the years ahead, there will be stories to tell about how Junket weathered 2018 and 2019, but for now, we’re going to call this a time of climate transition: a process I’ve allowed myself – and Junket – to weather in service to gleaning useful bits that can be shared as others in our […]
Choose slow shipping, please!
I stopped flying about a year and a half ago after learning — just before hopping on a plane — that air transit produces roughly 10x the emissions of ground transit (distances and volume being equal). As the plane hurtled down the runway burning jet fuel, I grappled with the knowledge that this, multiplied times […]
What Not To Do On Cyber Monday (if you give a shit about humanity)
SO- the day after tomorrow is the kick-off of the online binge-shopping season, and we have some thoughts about that. Did you know that pound for pound and mile for mile, flying produces 10x more carbon dioxide emissions than ground transit? (Yes, those are the same emissions causing rapid global warming). If you’re feeling powerless […]
Seismic shift (on a personal scale)
By Julie on February 12, 2018 in Community & Belonging, Education, Environment, Social Impact, The Daily Grind, Uncategorized
Hi, friends- it’s been a while since I’ve written as anything other than Junket’s ‘we’ persona, and it’s not without some hesitation that I start speaking in my own voice here. Will I be able to sustain a somewhat-regular writing effort without getting thrown off my game by shop emergencies? I don’t know – and […]