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Cutting Waste While Traveling... It's not so hard.
Fake Plastic Fish —
... utensil set with added GlassDharma drinking straws, which I actually had the opportunity to use last night during my mom's birthday dinner. The Bubba Gump's waitress was very impressed with my straw and asked if I used it instead of plastic "for environmental reasons." To which my dad barked, "Yes! Yes she does!" ...
5 Reasons to Switch From Plastic Straws to Glass Straws
Green Options —
Kids like straws, and it is actually good for their oral motor development and speech articulation to use them. As a green parent, I hate straws. They can’t be recycled, they are used one time, and they are a waste of resources. I have purchased the thicker plastic kind before and attempted to wash them, but it is impossible to get them entirely clean. I can only imagine what germs you would see if you cut one open and put it under a microscope! Plastic straws can’t go in the dishwasher, or they melt or release toxic chemicals, and who knows about BPA in straws? I have finely ...
Classy glass reusable straws
green LA girl —
Not too long ago, I wrote about reusable straws, highlighting bamboo and steel options. Then last week, I found a glass option — which actually seems to me to be the best-looking option of all.
Always wanted to sip hot chocolate — or hot coffee — through a straw? GlassDharma’s glass straws work for both hot and cold drinks! Handmade in the U.S, GlassDharma straws are both dishwasher and microwave safe and come with a lifetime guarantee for repair or replacement.
Pick from a plain straight straw or a straw with a bend; more colorful straws called ...
One Day Of Plastic
Retro Housewife Goes Green —
So I know I'm no Beth Terry (Fake Plastic Fish). While I try very hard not to buy plastic, I'm not that good at it. I do use glass straws, buy as much food in glass or no packaging as I can, use reusable bags, cloth produce bags, reusable butcher bags for meat, etc... I still end up with huge amounts of plastic. I am happy to say the amount I throw away and the amount I recycle are both down. But I wanted to know how much plastic I use in one day so I saved it all day. Here are the results... One bubble wrap lined envelope ...
Minimizing Your Plastic Footprint: Glass Dharma Giveaway
5 Minutes For Going Green —
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Year 2, Week 45 Results: .2 oz of plastic waste
Fake Plastic Fish —
I'm crunched for time today. Working on computer issues at work (remotely) and computer issues at home. So here's the quick tally for the week. I worked on something special this weekend. Some of my Facebook and Twitter friends have already seen it. I'll post it here tomorrow. Oh, and Mrs. Bell ... you are a LaundryTree winner. I posted a comment on your blog. I need you to email me your mailing address at beth[at]fakeplasticfish[dot]com. Here's the tally. Plastic acquired before the plastic project began: Plastic baggie around an old obsolete instruction ...
The Green Teen Book Release Party!
The Green Parent —
The Green Teen: The Eco-Friendly Teen's Guide to Saving the Planet
The Green Teen’s official book release party is underway RIGHT NOW on Facebook: http//tinyurl.com/TheGreenTeen. Head on over to win a free copy of the book and other awesome eco-prizes!
What ...
Year 2, Week 46 Results: 1.8 oz of plastic waste PLUS Earth Day Winner!
Fake Plastic Fish —
I'm back from my meditation retreat, where I slept many, many hours. Felt like I was straddling the line between flu and health. Maybe it was just ordinary tiredness. In any case, the takeaway was a profound lesson: "Don't push the river." I know what the phrase means to me. What does it say to you? Before I get on with the week's plastic tally, the random winner of the 2009 Earth Day Less Plastic Pledge Giveaway is: Sharonus. Please contact me at beth[at]fakeplasticfish[dot]com with your mailing address. You will receive two beautiful GlassDharma drinking straws as well ...
Glass Straws Help Reduce Plastic Waste
Modern Eco Homes —
I have to admit that Starbucks is a guilty pleasure of mine. It’s an addiction that began many years ago and to this day, one that I’ve not been able to shake completely. However, I only go to Starbucks when I’m traveling. I make my organic coffee at home, or I hit the local organic cafés. Since I was recently on the road, I hit a couple of SB’s. I thought they did away with those useless “green splash sticks?” For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, last year SB unrolled a new perk that was in direct response to consumer requests. Certain consumers didn’t like it when they received their to-go cups ...
Better Than a Glass Slipper
The Green Mom Review™ —
... . Though I honestly didn’t see how glass straws could possibly be practical, especially with children who break, ohhh, pretty much everything, I was intrigued by their “ Lifetime Guarantee Against Breakage .” When my DharmaGlass straws arrived, their sturdiness surprised me. Apparently, they use the same strict, ...
My Confession: I'm Still Addicted to Plastic
Retro Housewife Goes Green —
I do use reusable bags, Sigg water bottles, reusable lunch containers, glass straws and such. Yet there is still so much plastic in my life. The double wrapped bread I buy because it's the only one I can find without HFCS, the container of gelato I was just eating (and man was it yummy!), the compost pail I got a few weekends ago, the packing that came in the box containing my organic shirt, and those are just a few things. While these things can make me feel really guilty at times, I have to stop and remember what I am doing right. I think we all need to remember the good. ...
I Can't Leave For BlogHer & Tim Gunn Without Announcing the Joey Totes Winner!
Fake Plastic Fish —
When this post goes live, I'll already be in the air on my way to the BlogHer conference of women bloggers in Chicago. I'm so excited. Why? Because: 1) I volunteered as a member of BlogHer's Green Team this year to help make the conference as eco-friendly as possible. Last year, as some of you may recall, the conference planners took some steps to mitigate the environmental impact. Still, as I mentioned in my follow-up post "Schwag & Twitter at BlogHer '08", there were ways they could have done better. This year, BlogHer not only listened, they reached out to us ...
I'm Sick *sneeze cough sneeze cough cough*
Retro Housewife Goes Green —
Well I'm sick. I have a cold which is a pain on its own but add in ragweed allergies and asthma and I'm one sick girl. Normal people get colds and feel crappy, I get colds and have to do breathing treatments. ...
Eco-friendy Skoy Cloths - a giveaway
Crunchy Domestic Goddess —
... away FOUR 4-packs of SKOY cloths. All you need to do for a chance to win is first sign up (if you haven’t already) for my Ditch the Disposables Challenge 2009. Then leave a comment on this post and make sure you include a valid email address or a blog URL so I have a way to contact you. Deadline to enter is Wednesday, Sept. 23. The four winners will be chosen using Random.org on Sept. 24 and notified via email. Good luck!
Watch for more giveaways in the weeks ahead from GlassDharma straws, the DivaCup, and LunaPads!
If anyone else makes or ...
Ditch the Disposables Challenge 2009 - checking in
Crunchy Domestic Goddess —
... I got a little crazy the other week and signed up to participate in Crunchy Chicken’s Cloth Wipe Challenge (for #1 only). I figured if I suggest using cloth in my challenge, I should probably at least give it a try myself. I only did it about 50% of the time, but was honestly surprised how soft the cloth was. I will likely continue to use it on a part-time basis. Anybody else give cloth TP a try?
Stay tuned for more giveaways to help you with this challenge from GlassDharma straws, the DivaCup, and LunaPads! :)
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Product Review: MyEarth360
Retro Housewife Goes Green —
MyEarth360.com’s motto is “where everything you buy counts for our earth.” This is a very true statement. Some products that were new to me that MyEarth360.com carries are VerTerra Eco-Friendly Party-Ready Plates and Aspenware Biodegradeable Wood Untensils. These products are great options for parties when you can’t or aren’t willing to use real dishes. The VerTerra plates are made from fallen palm leaves. They use fair wage labor and sustainable production methods. They are also very strong so they would be a wonderful option for ...
Ditch the Disposables with the DivaCup - giveaway
Crunchy Domestic Goddess —
... an extra entry: Tweet (on Twitter) about the giveaway linking to this post AND including @crunchygoddess (hey, that’s me!) in your Tweet, AND leave me a 2nd comment here.
The deadline to enter is Tuesday, Oct. 13. The winner will be selected randomly using Random.org on Wednesday, Oct. 14, and emailed (so be sure to include a valid email address).
Don’t miss a single CDG post (I’ve still got LunaPads and GlassDharma straws to giveaway), subscribe to my blog. ...
