Put that in your cup and drink it!

Degrees diner has done the unthinkable:

Coffee refills have gone from $.75 to $1.25, meaning that putting my fair-trade organic coffee into my reusable mug approximately 10 times this week will cost me $5 more than it did last week!

In fact, the third-floor UMSU-operated eatery has increased the price of environmental consciousness across the board, by adding a $.25 surcharge to all takeout.

Of course I applaud the move. Degrees take-out containment has gone entirely biodegradable, meaning that your vegan-delicious lunch will now come with a fork made out of potatoes — they’re even hawking reusable mugs made out of corn.

And, considering that the former take-out dishes were composed of Styrofoam, Styrofoam, and more Styrofoam, the benefits are obvious.

But what about the cost? Will I continue to pay, now $2.25 for a large fair-trade coffee in an Ecotainer cup, when across the hall I can buy a “venti,” 10 per cent fairly traded Starbucks coffee in a paper cup from IQ’s for a mere $1.87 ($1 in my mug)?

More importantly, can you put a price on being good to the planet? Like the whole world before them, Degrees has.

And so have I.

Just please don't increase the price again! Please?


*Yet another one of my micro-torials that got cut due to space constraints.