I hate plastic gift cards. They use up precious petroleum resources and clog our landfills. Why? People throw them out once they are depleted. How can we reduce our environmental impact but keep gift giving easy? Why do People Buy Gift Cards? Before I give you some ideas of banishing plastic gift cards, I wanted [...]
Welcome Guest Poster, Susan Freinkel, author of the book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. A century ago when plastics first began to be used in everyday life, people fell in love with them. And for good reason: plastics made possible many of the benefits of modern life, from wash ‘n’ wear clothing to computers and cell [...]
I haven’t done a green news round-up for awhile. In fact, I have been storing some of these news stories to write about in separate posts but have gotten too busy. One thing you will notice is in many of the below green news items is they share a common thread. Chemicals and Toxicity. This [...]
Updated: 12/11/201: See the links of the video presentations. Fellow Green Mom, Beth Terry, the editor of My Plastic Free Life (formerly known as Fake Plastic Fish,) is speaking at TEDx about the Great PacificGarbagePatch along with many other heavy environmental hitters. I urge you to join me for an event that I hope will [...]
Readers, see the time sensitive discount code below! Ever since I meet Beth of Fake Plastic Fish, a woman who eschews plastic, who has made it her life mission to reduce her plastic consumption for both environmental and health reasons, I too had to take a hard look at my own plastic consumption. It’s not been [...]
I received several emails from Ken Cook, of the Environmental Working Group, one of my favorite watchdogs, regarding the State of New Jersey’s governmental use of plastic water bottles which is paid by taxpayer’s money. We have a wonderful water system in the state. So, why the spend? Over the last couple of months, Governor Christie [...]
We are obsessed with our disposable plastic water bottles. In 2006, Americans purchased 31 billion disposable water bottles, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation . In order to produce that many bottles, 17 million barrels of oil were consumed which does not take into account the energy used in transportation. In addition, 2.5 million [...]
Beth Terry is my hero. I have been following Beth and My Plastic Free Life (formerly known as Fake Plastic Fish,) the blog she pens for over two years. Beth has inspired others including yours truly on how to live a plastic free life. She makes her readers think about their own consumption with a [...]
Say it ain’t so. Oprah’s trainer, Bob Greene, recommending bottle water? Well, it’s true. Bob Greene has a new website, Best Life, geared towards helping people lose weight. The website contains a section entitled Best Life approved foods . Nestlé® Pure Life® Purified Water, which will be carrying the “Best Life” seal, is one of [...]
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