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Yesterday, I mentioned recycling the potting soil from my dead roof garden as well as harvesting the compost (finally) from my Urban Compost Tumbler to add to the dirt in the front yard where we planted tomatoes. Back in March, I whined about how the Urban Compost Tumbler was just not as great as I'd hoped it would be. I stopped filling it because it had become too heavy to …
Going plastic-free has not been a huge burden, for the most part. We've got awesome bulk foods stores here in the Bay Area and farmer's markets, and most shops are happy to package purchases or leftovers in my reusable containers. But a few changes I've made have been actual sacrifices, and ordering iced drinks without straws was one of them. Ice hurts my teeth. Cold …
A big thanks to Sustainlane for their support of the Take Back The Filter campaign. Last night, they created a listing for the campaign and this morning, featured it in their weekly online newsletter. If you don't know about it, Sustainlane is a great resource for finding environmentally-friendly products, services, and other resources. It's a completely user-driven site. …
Hello my trash-talkin' friends. As promised, here is the the third monthly Carnival of Trash, which was hosted last month at Mrs. Green's My Zero Waste blog and will be hosted next month at Wiggly Wigglers on Monday, October 13. If you'd like to contribute, please get your submissions in by the 6th.I haven't written a post specifically for this carnival because I figure this …
Last night, I had a wonderful meal with some new friends who are working to create an alternative online community. We ate at Red Sea, an Eritrean/Ethiopian restaurant down the street from me. As we sat before a giant communal platter of food: meats, vegetables, lentils, fish, all spread across sour injera bread, I marveled at the bounty before us and the irony that this …
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Hello my trash-talkin' friends. As promised, here is the the third monthly Carnival of Trash, which was hosted last month at Mrs. Green's My Zero Waste blog and will be hosted next month at Wiggly Wigglers on Monday, October 13. If you'd like to contribute, please get your submissions in by the 6th.I haven't written a post specifically for this carnival because I figure this …
I give up. You'll see why below...Plastic items used this week but purchased before the plastic project began:1 broken spray nozzle. Lesson learned: do not add ground cinnamon (or any other ground spice, probably) to a solution you plan to spray from a plastic bottle. The cinnamon clogs up the works. And I, trying to force the liquid out, squeezed too hard and broke the …
A very common question for Fake Plastic Fish is what to use to store food in the freezer. Until now, I didn't have an awesome answer. As you can see, I have been reusing Michael's old plastic cottage cheese containers. And reusing plastic bags. I wrote about all the plastic we were reusing a year ago. Certainly better to reuse what you have than toss out and buy new, …
Last night, I had a wonderful meal with some new friends who are working to create an alternative online community. We ate at Red Sea, an Eritrean/Ethiopian restaurant down the street from me. As we sat before a giant communal platter of food: meats, vegetables, lentils, fish, all spread across sour injera bread, I marveled at the bounty before us and the irony that this …
Going plastic-free has not been a huge burden, for the most part. We've got awesome bulk foods stores here in the Bay Area and farmer's markets, and most shops are happy to package purchases or leftovers in my reusable containers. But a few changes I've made have been actual sacrifices, and ordering iced drinks without straws was one of them. Ice hurts my teeth. Cold …
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