Northeast Woman: Cristin Powers
by Patrice Wilding (staff writer, Scranton Times)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Cristin Powers works at achieving her ideal of making the world a better place every single day.
The 27-year-old entrepreneur approaches both her business, the eco-friendly vintage and "upcycle"
Country Living November 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Cristin Powers — Coffee sleeves
Powers brewed up her idea for reusable, recycled cup insulators after a trip to her local Scranton, Pennsylvania, coffee shop. Today, that same café provides her with
Green Business of the Quarter
Reported by: Eva Mastromatteo
Friday, August 21, 2009
A Lackawanna County native is going green in every sense of the way.
It all started when she began making purses from a burlap sacks that once held Electric City coffee beans.
Cristin Powers sells
Attracting Those People
Does scranton have a creative class future?
Thursday, August 20, 2009
This past spring, in the heat of the mayoral primary campaign, The Times-Tribune ran an article on May 5 about Mayor Doherty’s use of the term creative class. It’s hardly surprising that a mayor
"Green" Business Looks for Downtown Success
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Reported by: Eva Mastromatteo
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 @01:05pm EST
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY - A Lackawanna County native is going green in every sense of the way.
It all started when she began
Being Green in Scranton: Times Leader, Scranton Edition
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Customer Diane O’Brien of Mount Cobb approaches the register at Green Being and says, yes, she’ll take this skirt made of natural-fiber
Go green
7 Days
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Lately it seems that green has become the new black. It’s the hip thing to ride a bike to work, recycle every item possible and plant a garden in the backyard. However, while going green is growing
Earth Day reconnects us with nature
Thursday, April 23, 2009
BY LAURA LEGERE
STAFF WRITER
STAFF WRITER
Students from the Howard Gardner School for Discovery plucked trash from the trails beyond the Kanjorski Bridge in Nay Aug Park on Wednesday, part of an Earth Day
Doing her part …
Up Close & Personal
Thursday, April 16, 2009
It’s time for Earth Week in Scranton, which means environmentally friendly events and businesses will step to the forefront from April 16-25. Cristin Powers is doing her part as owner of the green-
GreenBeing … a way of life
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Weekender General Manager
Times Leader Marketing Director
Cristin Powers has a mission, and this mission is based on her passion for her social responsibility. She believes
The Adams Family
Barbed Wire
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Looks like it's out with the old and in with the new over on Adams Avenue in Downtown Scranton.
As for the new, vegans the valley over will be lining up in droves to welcome Eden, Scranton's very
Dancing dogs and eco-friendly fashion: October’s First Friday
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
It was another great First Friday event last Friday in downtown Scranton with crowds of art-lovers at each venue enjoying local music and art.
This month’s event also featured the grand opening of
