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Coffee in a Mason Jar 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
When you read this, I’ll be (hopefully) on the road to Burning Man. Being without a cooking stove for a week will mean a change in my diet… but no change in the way I drink my coffee because I don’t ...
My Morning Zero Waste Green Smoothie 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Zero Waste Week is coming up September 2 – 8, so this morning I thought I’d take pix of my daily green smoothie making process, sans packaging or plastic waste. This is also a post about storing gree...
Brush With Bamboo is my new favorite toothbrush 24 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
After reading my blog, and especially the review of several different eco-friendly toothbrushes, Rohit Kumar and his friend Rohit Sahdev were inspired to create the perfect plastic-free toothbrush. Wh...
This Blog Is Going to Change. For the Better — I Hope. 24 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
Have you noticed I don’t blog much anymore? I’m averaging about two posts a month, and I’ve been feeling like I’m letting my readers down. (For those of you subscribed to the Show Your Plastic Chal...
It’s the Burning Man Plastic Footprint Project! 20 Aug 2013 | 04:52 am
Last year was my first trip to Black Rock City and the annual Burning Man festival of art, fire, and radical creativity, as well as dust storms, cracked feet, and dry, bloody boogers. I can’t wait to...
Dear Lotus Foods, Why Package Healthy Stainless Steel in Toxic Styrofoam? 17 Jul 2013 | 01:36 am
Dear Lotus Foods: My husband and I used our old rice cooker a lot. We used it so much, that we burned out the fuse and had to replace it. I was pretty stoked about being able to fix our appliance a...
Happy Plastic-Free July! 5 Jul 2013 | 06:46 am
Today is Independence Day in the United States. In Australia and growing numbers of countries around the world, the entire month is Plastic-Free July, so let’s celebrate our independence from single-...
So many cool, plastic-free innovations; so little time and blog space 29 Jun 2013 | 08:00 pm
I attended the Plastic Pollution Coalition’s Think Beyond Plastics Competition conference two weeks ago and have been trying to find the time to sit down and write about it ever since! There were so m...
Take Action — No More Plastic Micro-beads in Facial Scrubs! 11 Jun 2013 | 02:36 am
Six years ago, I posted a rant about the fact that many commercial facial scrubs contain tiny plastic (polyethylene) beads meant to exfoliate the skin. These beads are too small for water treatment p...
From the Waste Up – A Movie About Learning to Live Plastic-Free 28 May 2013 | 02:50 am
Among all the depressing environmental films out there, wouldn’t it be great if there were a funny, entertaining one about what it’s actually like to try and live without plastic? Taina Uitto, who ha...
