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The Green Experience

Published on April 23, 2010 in HAYNEEDLE and PATIO & GARDEN. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

Now that Earth Day is officially over the hill (Happy 40th, Earth Day!), we think it’s time to make every day a little eco-friendlier.  Our country actually has a green-minded resume that predates Earth Day by 100 years- it started with Arbor Day in 1879. With humble beginnings in Nebraska, Arbor Day gained observance in every state by the 1920s, and our country is a greener, shadier place for it. Once a wind-swept expanse of Sandhills and prairie grass, Nebraska today has three National Forests to prove it. Seriously. There’s are three National Forest in Nebraska. Cool, huh?

Nebraska National Forest

At Hayneedle, we’re trying to rekindle some of that pioneer spirit with something we’re calling “The Green Experience.” Think of it as a little slice of reality Internet where anyone can follow one of Hayneedle’s own, Cayden, as she chronicles her transition to a greener lifetstyle on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. Her endeavor began a  few weeks ago with a compost bin and 2,500 worms in her formerly worm-free living space. Follow the “HayneedleGreen” handle on Twitter and check back here for her blog posts.  It’s bound to be messy for her, but ultimately a planet that’s a little cleaner for the rest of us.

Check out what Hayneedle employees are doing to tread a little more lightly.

<!–[if !mso]> <! st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } –> to keep people thinking about our great ball of rock and water beyond April 22, we’re rolling out a little reality Internet that we’ve dubbed “The Green Experience.” Cayden Biddle has volunteered for this voyeuristic social media experiment, which will chronicle her change to a greener lifestyle. It started with a compost bin and 5,000 worms… it’s gonna get messy, folks. Follow the “HayneedleGreen” handle on Twitter and look for features on YouTube and Facebook soon.

Nerds at Work

Published on March 30, 2010 in HAYNEEDLE and SPORTS & GAMES. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

Disclosure: some of us at Hayneedle are giant nerds. But here’s the thing, we wear the distinction as a badge of honor. You could even say that we revel in our nerddom.

We nerd out about a lot of things: grills, telescopes, green living products… everything we sell, really. Behind every one of our specialty stores is a wonky team of experts who make it their job to know everything there is to know about the products we offer.

Picture that for a second. We’re not a huge team of baby crib experts. We’re an amalgam of aquarium geeks, model plane enthusiasts, radar detector whizzes, and then some. And since we’re an Internet company, you’d better believe we have some computer nerds here, too. But we’re all living here in relative harmony, in the world of variety that our sites promise.

So what if we’re a little outside the norm? Of course there is another word for all this geekiness. It’s “passion.” It’s about finding something you love and immersing yourself in it. Nerdy or not, we think that’s pretty cool. And we like to think that when you take a look at our sweeping variety of stores, you’ll inevitably find something you think is pretty cool, too.

Photo by Clark J., Hayneedle employee and StarParty member