The setting: Las Vegas. The event: the featherweight bottle boxing championship of the world. The reigning champ, the ever popular, convenient Plastic Water Bottle, versus the durable stainless steel Klean Kanteen Reusable Water Bottle. (Think Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed) During the training sessions, the Reusable Water Bottle is nimble and strong as a bull showing […]
Plastic Free Living Book Helps You Live Healthier, Better for the Earth
Beth Terry like the many of us was a normal plastic lovin’ consumer until one fateful day her whole world change. The horrific picture of a dead albatross with plastic throughout its gut turned her into a plastic-free crusader and the editor of the popular My Plastic Free Life. In fact, she even convinced Clorox to take back […]
Plastic Gift Card Recycling: Convenient but Reduce the Enviro Impact
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 […]
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story Investigates Where Plastic Went Wrong
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 […]
Green News for 3.7.11: Cadmium in Rice, Thin Cell PVs, Bottle Water
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 […]
Plastic State of Mind Video. A Plastic Parody with Purpose
Beth, my green buddie who advocates against the use of plastic over at Fake Plastic Fish, posted the below video by filmmaker Ben Zolno of New Message Media. Sung to the song, Empire State of Mine with lyrics about our obsessive plastic use, it is crazy amazing, creative, and gets the point across. Thumbs up, Ben!
WatchTEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch LIVE on November 6th Here!
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 […]
Life Without Plastic. Products that Inspire a Plastic Free Life.
Readers, see the time sensitive discount code below! [podcast]http://www.green-talk.com/podcasts/lifewithoutplastic.mp3[/podcast] 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 […]
