Insights

Earth Day brings many and varied opportunities to honor and appreciate our natural environment and take steps to protect it. Celebrations in our area ranged from urban gardening and farm-to-table cooking demonstrations to community-wide festivals, complete with live music, food trucks, pottery painting, and reusable grocery bag pick-up. While I love a good food truck taco while listening to a local cover band, I also feel compelled to recognize Earth Day by sharing my experience working with our new-ish client, Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA)—the association for linen, uniform, and facility services providers. You might wonder what linens and uniforms have to do with Earth Day… a few months ago, before Yes& started working with TRSA, I couldn’t have told you either.

There are many ways to measure time… cycles of the earth, sun, moon, and planets; darkness and light; the changing color of leaves. If you’re like me, a busy working mom of two with an early morning Peloton addiction, marking time by Starbucks’ seasonal coffee drink offerings seems about as good a way as any: winter is Peppermint Mocha season; spring is Iced Toasted Vanilla Oatmilk Shaken Espresso season; summer is Nitro season; and fall is, obviously, Pumpkin Spice Latte season.