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Micaela, what you said about having a FULL life hit home for me. The sad part is when you leave for higher ground having not taken advantage of all the opportunities. So glad your Dad's life was full.
Living in Gratitude
I have some sad news - my dear father passed away. He had been sick for awhile but we didn't expect him to go quite this quickly. My family is still in shock that our strong, smart Dad is no longer sitting at the head of the dinner table, listening to his favorite opera or typing away in his bel...
I grabbed a wordle as well, thanks to you. It gives new meaning to illustrating a point. Thanks for all you do to illustrate the pointless things being done to harm the world as well, and how we can change for the better.
A Passion for Blogging
My assignment for the Green Moms Carnival this month was to explain why I love to blog in 250 words or less. Instead of attempting to wax poetic about the wonderful world of blogging or try to explain why on earth I spend so much time on something that barely brings in enough money to cover the...
Urban Vegan (love that name btw) Yes, carrots and bags would break down if you composted them first. That's the problem, corn starch bags and bottles need special composting conditions to break down, carrots don't. I did a test by putting a corn-based bottle in my compost bin, a year later it was still there.
Ladies, the World Needs You To Be Less Plastic...
Is this India? Mexico? No, it's Long Beach, California after a rain. It's what happens when the 51 miles of LA river channel washes whatever is in it into the Queensway Bay in Long Beach. We don't have to travel to one of the five ocean gyres where plastic swirls and chokes the life out of ou...
UrbanVegan - you make a valid point, is it possible to go without plastic in today's society? All I know is that I grew up without plastic wrapped around everything and we all lived.
Beth is trying to do it and she's also managing to bring it down to a few pounds a year for her family of two adults and kitties.
I cut the most plastic out of my life simply by shopping at the Farmer's market, eating less meat and when I do eat meat, buying it from a store that wraps it in paper.
I sold corn/bio-degradable bags in the 80s, I stopped when I saw that they didn't break down in the land fills, either. Without exposure to light, air or water even carrots don't break down.
I'm not sure what the answer is, but cutting back is where it starts. Will it be easy? No. But I want to err on the side of trying.
Ladies, the World Needs You To Be Less Plastic...
Is this India? Mexico? No, it's Long Beach, California after a rain. It's what happens when the 51 miles of LA river channel washes whatever is in it into the Queensway Bay in Long Beach. We don't have to travel to one of the five ocean gyres where plastic swirls and chokes the life out of ou...
Thanks for the link, Beth. I'll give it a shot.
Ladies, the World Needs You To Be Less Plastic...
Is this India? Mexico? No, it's Long Beach, California after a rain. It's what happens when the 51 miles of LA river channel washes whatever is in it into the Queensway Bay in Long Beach. We don't have to travel to one of the five ocean gyres where plastic swirls and chokes the life out of ou...
It wasn't easy to do Beth, notice how all the other shots have a pause button in the middle.
You did a great job proving that it can be done, my husband just asked me, "How can we make our own yogurt"? (as he was washing out the big plastic tub it came in) You have an other convert!
Ladies, the World Needs You To Be Less Plastic...
Is this India? Mexico? No, it's Long Beach, California after a rain. It's what happens when the 51 miles of LA river channel washes whatever is in it into the Queensway Bay in Long Beach. We don't have to travel to one of the five ocean gyres where plastic swirls and chokes the life out of ou...
We walked over to the voting station and handing them our ballots that we filled out early, cut didn't mail on time - again...
In Women We Trust to VOTE
I never considered myself a feminist, I always saw the world as a 50/50 proposition. That said, the majority of the things I take for granted today happened because women could vote. The following email is making the rounds again. Each year I'm struck by how long and what physical pain it took t...
Thanks for Report link Coral, I'll read up on it this weekend.
80,000 synthetic drugs... how many are in you?
October is breast cancer awareness month - 1 in 8 women will have it. Usually email reminders from friends start showing about now to remind me to get my screening. This time why don't we also start screening our products? Begin by asking the question, "what's in this can/box/bag anyway..." Some...
Diane, I could do that, I made my own clothes for years, but then there is that little problem of having enough organic textiles to work with.
Co-created Ready-to-Wear that's Good-to-Wear
This month's Green Mom Carnival topic is on sustainable clothing [defined by the Global Organic textile Standard]. It's held on Diane's Big Green Purse and is a painful subject for me--it's hard enough to find something that is professional and flattering; adding the organic requirement makes...
I agree, Julie, it's going to take a nation, not just a village of women.
Changing to Greener Transportation
Next stop Fullerton, watch your step... Diane asked us to write on transportation for this month's Green Mom Carnival. Perfect timing, this morning, I'm riding the train into LA and that gives me an hour of productive computer time in and out. After the initial craziness of figuring out schedul...
Having hand delivered coffee is one of my favorite things, Lisa.
A Day in a Green(er) Life
Beth, who writes on living plastic free at Fake Plastic Fish asked us to capture a typical day and how we face our green challenges. It was a more difficult assignment than I thought and showed the power of being mindful of what's in me, on me or around me... . 5:45 / no need for an alarm cloc...
I was surprised at how fast I became addicted to the ease and predictability of train travel. Being a road warrior, I don't give up my power wheels easily and yet now I'm happier on the train than doing the bumper to bumper thing.
Changing to Greener Transportation
Next stop Fullerton, watch your step... Diane asked us to write on transportation for this month's Green Mom Carnival. Perfect timing, this morning, I'm riding the train into LA and that gives me an hour of productive computer time in and out. After the initial craziness of figuring out schedul...
Thanks Virginia - the front lines mean nothing unless there are armies behind them, thank YOU for taking part.
Which Came First, the Ads or the Cultural Change?
Are we changing the culture or is the culture changing us? Recently my enlightened brother sent me a collection of ads from our childhood, (thanks Bill) how absurd, how stupid, how PRESENT in everything we saw or read back then. If you watch Mad Men, you have a good idea how these i...
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Good question, consensus formed standards are required to have a multi-stake holder comment period, but consumers have never been viewed upon as a group before. Its high time they were.
Sustainable Standards: What are the Consumer's Opinions?
On October 1, Wal Mart asked its 100,000 suppliers to fill out 15 questions relating to their sustainability. It was just a request, but in doing so it set an expectation of what is to come - manufacturers will be expected to answer harder and harder questions about their sustainable attributes....
What type of surface is the best? Ive had problems with granite as well.
Recycling never looked so good on our countertops
Today is America recycles Day. It couldn't be more timely. I just returned from Greenbuild which is the US Green Building Council's once-a-year conference. Last year the showroom floor had only a couple of recycled glass counter tops, this year it seemed like they were everywhere and in every f...
This is yet another example of why I DON'T buy at Best Buy unless I am forced to and it's my LAST resort. I will go online where the customer service afterwards is just as inept, but at least I haven't fed a beast that clearly doesn't care about me doing business with them again.
My own Best Buy computer lemon experience was as poor. Bad out the the gate. Bad in the exchange (within 24 hours) Bad advice. I have about 15 touchpoints of BAD to the bone.
This why my next computer will be a Mac at a Mac store and a Mac direct future. I don't know if it will make me feel good, but I do know that Best Buy makes me feel bad.
Best Buy Sticks To Its Policy Even When It Defies Good Customer Service
When you type in Best Buy, Customer Service in Google you will be greeted by a list of customer service horror stories. From a 2003 post: Workbench, Worst Customer Service From Best Buy's Own Community Service Feedback Board on November 2008: Re: Best Buy Customer Service is a Joke From a Marc...
Micaela - I end up carrying tons of bags and boxes and stuff to the store as well, all of which ended up taking up a lot of cart space. I also found it difficult to dig around for the right sized bag/container when I needed it. Consequently, I started clipping the bags to the cart and then after others asked me where I got the clip, I started a site for them. (bagbiners.com) It makes bag management much easier.
The other side effect of this is by displaying the hanging bags while I'm shopping, I'm educating other shoppers to use cloth bags. Afterall, shopping carts didn't take off until the inventor pushed them around the store. People need to see cloth bags in use beyond the co-op walls.
Bag Lady
Here's what I brought with me to the co-op yesterday to go grocery shopping: Two large, empty oatmeal containers to fill up (one regular, one quick oats) An egg carton to load up with eggs (4 year old loves that job!) Two empty plastic bottles for refills of body care products (liquid soa...
Thanks for the mention, Jody. I am honored to be on your list and love reading Ask Patty as well!
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