Nexus 24 2015
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NEXUS MAGAZINE Columns<br />
#SELFIEMYMUG<br />
“A WAVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GREEN<br />
GUILT CRASHES OVER ME AS I REALISE I’VE<br />
FORGOTTEN TO BRING THE MUG – AGAIN!”<br />
How to Get<br />
Cheaper Coffee<br />
Jo Wrigley<br />
I started off this year with an important purchase — a reusable,<br />
transportable, environmentally friendly, conscious raising, stainless<br />
steel, sustainability queen, coffee mug. But now, when I enter a<br />
coffee establishment, a wave of environmental green guilt crashes<br />
over me as I realise I’ve forgotten to bring the mug — again!<br />
I had a chat about it to Stacy, who owns Espresso Plus on campus,<br />
and he says it happens often. It seems there are many of us who’ve<br />
made the effort to purchase a reusable cup and then fail miserably<br />
at the next step — remembering to bring it and use it. This guilt<br />
has led me on a mission of life-changing proportions: I bravely<br />
consulted Aunty Google, ‘How to remember my reusable cup’.<br />
The first pearl of wisdom is the most obvious, use cup holders. If<br />
you cycle there are ones for your handlebars, and you can check<br />
out the range at your local bike shop or online. If you can afford<br />
to drive, there’s usually at least two in your car, or you can find a<br />
stylish bag (not plastic!) that conveniently holds your cup.<br />
If money is your motivator, then the University can help. Reusable<br />
stainless steel mugs have been subsidised to help reduce the<br />
4.5kg’s of disposable coffee cups going to landfill every day from<br />
the Village Green. You can buy a reusable mug for just $7, and<br />
here’s the best bit — if you use any style of reusable cup at either<br />
Momento or Espresso Plus, you get a 50 cent discount on any hot<br />
drink you purchase!<br />
The other piece of advice is you can have more than one reusable<br />
cup. Stacey from Espresso Plus has a collection of staff mugs<br />
called the Mug Club, and Jessie from Momento has customers<br />
who collect cups so when they take someone out for coffee, a<br />
reusable cup is always on hand for guests.<br />
To make it even easier for you, I’m helping run a competition with<br />
the Uni to give away a sexy stainless steel reusable cup and block<br />
of Fairtrade chocolate, to the top five selfies of people posing<br />
with their favourite mug during study week. Use the hashtag<br />
#selfiemymug and post it on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook and<br />
be in to win — competition closes 23rd of October.<br />
32 N.<strong>24</strong> / V.47 SUMMER
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