Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Environment, Recycle on May 3rd, 2012
We are boaters. For the better part of the year it’s cold here so the boats are sitting in dry dock covered in shrinkwrap. Let’s call it what it is: They are wrapped in yards and yards of plastic that cannot be reused. Ever. Until this year I never gave a thought to it. I [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Research, Reuse, Sustainable on Feb 8th, 2012
One of the things I am most proud of is our household ban on plastic. We don’t use plastic if we can help it. I take reusable bags on shopping trips to the supermarket and the mall, and we recycle any plastic that does come into our home. Every bread bag, every piece of [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse on Jan 20th, 2012
We are big tech people. I can’t count how many servers, workstations, gaming consoles, and pieces of consumer electronics that we’ve purchased since we’ve been married. I’ve been recycling the big stuff — computers, laptops, monitors, and televisions — for a while now, but it’s been more difficult to figure out what to do with [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Siblings on Nov 7th, 2011
Recently, a few of my friends have mentioned the need for a “holiday clear out.” You know, going through toys, games, and clothing and getting rid of stuff to make room for all the new stuff the family will get during the holiday season. We don’t have that problem because I am constantly clearing and [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Shopping on Apr 29th, 2011
My mom had Little Girl yesterday. Me, I was working. This week just won’t stop. Okay, so she goes out and, as usual, brings her home with food. In this case she’s got two muffins from the local bagel store — a chocolate chip for Big Girl and a blueberry for Little Girl. They arrive [...]
Posted in Environment, Recycle, Reduce, Sustainable on Apr 4th, 2011
This past week has been one of the most productive that the Big Girl/Little Girl household has ever seen. My husband and I have cleaned house — literally. We got rid of the equivalent of two carloads of stuff from the garage, four large boxes of old electronics (including a 37-inch LCD TV that was [...]
Posted in clothing, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse on Mar 24th, 2011
I’ve mentioned it a few times already, but I thought I’d give you an update on the bag-a-week purge that’s been going on since January. It’s taken me a long time to admit it, but I am ready to say it: I have too much stuff in my house. Way too much stuff. Too many [...]
Posted in Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Sustainable on Dec 17th, 2010
I’m super-busy right now trying to finish a few large projects so I can actually take a week off from writing. (I will still be editing and reporting, but that’s nothing as compared to the stress of staring at an empty page and a looming copy deadline.) That said, I am recycling, naturally, and using [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Food, Recycle, Reduce on Nov 29th, 2010
It is no secret that I LOVE Trader Joe’s. Love it. One of my favorite things about the store is tucked way in the back along the left wall: the sample counter. Yesterday, they were sampling Checkerboard Mousse Cake ($6.99.). Are you freakin’ kidding me? So sweet and smushy and yummy. I couldn’t buy it. [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle on Nov 15th, 2010
November 15 is America Recycles Day, brought to you by the Keep America Beautiful folks. (Remember, the people who offered us up the Native American who cries commercials?) This holiday is basically a nationwide call for Americans to make a renewed (or first) commitment to recycling. Me, I’ve been recycling for years, but I’ve only [...]