Posted 45 weeks 2 days ago by Andrea Dickson
Food and Drink
I remember the first time my mother opened a bottle of wine that featured a plastic cork. She gasped audibly; the family gathered in the kitchen, where we took turns poking at this odd, pliable plastic cylinder on the kitchen counter. We all knew, instinctively, that this was an INFERIOR bottle of wine, because it was corked with plastic and not... you know, cork. How unromantic! How untraditional! How... eh, pour me another glass, will ya?
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As I fall deeper and deeper into veggie-eating, plastic-eschewing hippiedom, I thought I'd share some of my ideas for reducing, reusing, or recycling. There's nothing here you haven't heard before, but that doesn't mean it isn't valuable information!
Here are things that I've started keeping in my car to keep me from overspending or wasting.
Pack a lunch that packs a punch
Continue reading "Keep These Things in Your Car; Save Money"
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Posted 1 year 20 weeks ago by Andrea Dickson
Green Living, Food and Drink
When we buy bottled water, especially bottled water from overseas (like Fiji), we're deciding against using that we have immediate access to, something that pours freely into our sinks at the twist of a handle. Instead, many of us prefer to purchase water. Water, ubiquitous water, now arrives in plastic bottles, bottles that are polluting to create and polluting to get rid of.
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Plastic is really hard to avoid. In fact, it's everywhere. Clothing, mattresses, furniture, carpet - plastic is used to prevent fires as well as food stains.
And now, plastic is in an even more exciting place! Your bloodstream. Can Teflon-coated arteries be far behind?
Continue reading "Is Plastic Killing Us? The True Cost of Convenience"
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