- Antique: An old collectable item. It is collected or desirable because of its age, beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features.
- Junk/Junking: Junking is the retrieval of old discarded items and redefining their usage.
- Flea Market: A place where inexpensive or second hand items are sold or bartered.
- Thrift Shop: A store that sells mainly second hand goods to raise money for charity.
- Upcycling: The process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value.
- Resale: The selling again of something purchased.
Part Two: Answer the following questions:
What do these terms have to do with environmental health?
- These terms apply to environmental health because they all involve recycling of some sort. This helps the environment because recycling keeps these items out of landfills and lowers the output of toxic chemicals into the environment that are created when making new items.
Identify at least one local resource for each of the terms above...provide name, location, contact info, and link to website or blog.
- Antique/Antiquing: Father Time Antiques 395 South Lake Ave, Duluth, MN 55802 (218) 625-2379
- Junk/Junking: Savers 1740 Mall Drive, Duluth, MN 55811 (218) 722-1894
- Flea Market: Collectors.Org This website gives information for a bunch of flea markets all over Minnesota, providing addresses and contact information for each one.
- Thrift Shop: Good Will 700 Garfield Ave, Duluth, MN 55802 (218) 722-3050
- Upcycling: I could not find any stores in Duluth that were specifically upcycled items, but I think that any of the other types of stores or flea markets will provide you with items needed to create your own upcycled items.
- Resale: Plato's Closet 5115 Burning Tree Road #315C, Duluth, MN 55811 (218) 733-9455
Identify whether you do any or use any of these things. Why or why not?
- I have never been to Father Time Antiques, but I have gone to different antique stores throughout Minnesota, I do not usually seek out antique stores but when I come upon them when walking around I do enjoy looking around.
- I shop at Savers, Good Will, and Plato's Closet every once in a while. I like these stores when I am looking for inexpensive clothes, and I have used them in the past to make halloween costumes and to furnish my house.
- I have gone to flea markets and bought random things, but like antique shops, I do not usually plan to go to them, I just end up tagging along with my mom or friends.
Part Three: Get your junk on!
I went to Junk Market Style and found a few really cool projects that I would like to do some day.
New Junk Growing in my Garden This lady was revamping her garden. I do not have a garden at my house here in Duluth but I do enjoy helping my mom out in her garden when I am home and I think she would love little decorations like this person has shared. My favorite idea that she had was putting the pool toys and cleaning things in a crate, turned sideways. The people that I nanny for could definitely use this, it's always a struggle getting all of the pool toys out of, then back into, the garage when they want to play!
How to Make a Swinging Bed When I buy a house I really really want it to have a porch that I can hang one of these on!
A Tool Box With a Handle to Match I thought this was a really cute idea, and you could probably find all of the parts you need pretty cheap at a thrift store, I'm going to have to keep this in mind for mothers day, I can see my mom and my grandma both really liking this.
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