April 13, 2010
How Fair Is Your Sugar? And How ‘Bout All That Plastic?
How do you choose between fairtrade organic sugar in plastic packaging and conventional sugar from bulk bins? You buy maple syrup or honey instead!
Author Archives: Beth Terry
April 12, 2010
YouTube presents: Bags & Bottles
Sharing Tim Minchin’s Bring Your Canvas Bags video, Werner Herzog’s Life of a Plastic Bag video, and Annie Leonard’s The Story of Bottled Water.
April 9, 2010
Buying Less Plastic = Spending Less Money
How to save money by buying less plastic. Shop bulk bins. Buy whole foods. Make homemade cleaners instead of buying expensive green ones. Say no to bottled water.
April 7, 2010
Where Should Fake Plastic Fish Live?
Fun interview with Plastiquarium artist David Edgar who creates fish from recycled plastic detergent bottles and who edited the book Fantastic Recycled Plastic.
April 6, 2010
No More Toxic Plastic Food Containers, Please!
Say no to plastic food containers. No more Tupperware. No more disposable Gladware. Plastics leach many harmful chemicals. Choose stainless steel or glass instead.
March 30, 2010
Gluten-Free AND Plastic-Free?
This post is not about whether we should consume gluten or not, but how those of us who want to limit our gluten intake can avoid the plastic packaging associated with many gluten-free foods. Gluten is a protein found in grains like wheat, barley, and rye. For people with celiac disease, eating gluten causes an […]
March 29, 2010
Curating the Beach: Just Another Story of Plastic Trash
Last week I learned that you don’t have to travel to Kamilo Beach in Hawaii or Midway Island to find mounds of plastic trash. No, there’s plenty of it just up the California coast at Kehoe Beach, part of the Point Reyes National Seashore. And I got to see it. Artists Richard Lang and Judith […]
March 26, 2010
Green: Are Some Shades More Selfish Than Others?
I’ve been called “dark green” by some of the nicest people. I think what they mean is that because I refuse to buy new plastic and insist that manufacturers should disclose the ingredients in their products, I am somehow more virtuous than most. But you know what? I don’t buy it. I don’t believe there […]
March 23, 2010
Get the Antibacterials Out… Of Your Plastic!
Many of us have seen hand soaps and household cleaners that contain antibacterial chemicals like Triclosan. But did you know many plastic food containers do too? What’s wrong with antibacterials? All this germ phobia is actually compromising the immune systems of growing children who need to be exposed to a certain amount of germs in […]
March 22, 2010
Cheap Plastic Scale: No Serviceable Parts
“No Serviceable Parts.” That’s what is says on the back of my digital scale. The one I use to measure ingredients for my homemade cat food. The one I use to measure the weight of my collected plastic each month. So, when it broke, it wasn’t like I could just do without it. And I […]