Busy Busy Busy

The past few days have been so crazy and hectic that I just haven’t had time to write down anything for my trash diary!!

a plastic bag monster?

I just saw a post that I loved on the InterDependence Project’s blog (click here!). It had a video of the Santa Monica city council. A Plastic Bag Monster shows up to plead his case! Watch it below:

A little more history on plastic bag usage after the jump!

TD 3

What I threw out today:

a cotton ball– could’ve been organic cotton
paper towels– the cloth napkins were in the wash… could’ve been recycled paper
peach pit– if only I had a compost pile… it’ll decompose anyway

a lot of paper stuffing and a shoe box and useless catalogs that came with the purchase — umm… tell companies to [...]

TD 2

Second try at the Trash Diary! ljls

an apple core — the mushroom’s will eat it, though it could’ve gone into a compost pile for the mushrooms near home
a waxed and oily wrapper from a stick of butter – hmm… I couldn’t have recycled it even if it wasn’t oily becaused it was waxed paper! Maybe [...]

TD 1 (The First!)

Well, here goes! This is for Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

a couple of paper towels, covered in dust and spray product, after I dusted all the furniture — could have used cloth rags or at least recycled paper napkins
a plum pit and some pistachio shells — all biodegradable, though a compost pile would be great

It’s not [...]

Backpacking Gear

In July I’ll be doing a three-day backpacking trip, and I need[ed] some necessary equipment. That is- a proper backpack and shoes.
I came across this backpack, which I am very excited about. It is called Ivy Recycled and is made by Mountainsmith.

So why this backpack?

T.M.I.

I did quite a bit of reading and online research today on everything and anything green and Earth-friendly, and I feel extremely overwhelmed. There is so much out there that I need to watch out for and check for on product labels and DO.
Here are some funny images that came up when I Google Image’d [...]