Going Bananas?
inspired by last weeks post 🙂 https://www.healthline.com/health/banana-peel-uses
orange you glad you saw this?
I have always have had a feeling that throwing away orange peel (or for that matter, lemon, or grapefruit or tangerine) meant that you actually threw away a valuable resource. Since high school I have been making little candles of tangerines and we all have seen jams, recipes, potpourris, cleaning products, perfumes….. Really there are many uses for this “waste” product. Here are just a few ideas. https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/home/home-solutions/24-ways-to-use-up-orange-peel/news-story/23f82d6451318199fb818b3b08e7e6aa
I am truly sensing a shift…
The Corona virus has turned all our lives upside down. There is understandable much less interest in other things although there is LOTS of other news still going on. I will of course also put my posts on a lower frequency as this is not our highest priority right now. But this still caught my attention and I find worth sharing. I cannot believe that such a short time makes such a big difference possible. I see a lot of…
zero waste wave
Now that we are all in lock down and have all this time to our disposal, (right ??) please take a moment to browse this fantastic website I found. I am always struck by how we all have the same way of thinking, no one has to be perfect, no one has to (or can) do it all or all at once, but TOGETHER, we can make a difference, there is power in numbers. The site is easy to read,…
some good news stories
we REALLY can make a turn around, if we work together! https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/mountain-gorilla-numbers-grow-in-spite-of-threats and finally this one about my beloved city where I was born and raised.
Nothing is ever black and white
For a long time I have been hoping to find alternatives for the plastic bags I continue to use. I no longer use the plastic bags in the grocery store, both for fruit and veggies as well as the bigger grocery bags. These were very easy adjustments that did not cost any effort at all. For garbage and doggy poop, I still am using plastic 🙁 Recently I saw true compostable bags from Trader Joe’s which made me very happy….
a new twist to a very old concept
there are many videos like this on Youtube, but with our limited time and attention span I decided to share only one. But how uplifting is this idea. Reduce Reuse Recycle, the solution to our “house on fire” (c) Greta Thurnberg has to come from all levels, from the ground up and from the top down, from stopping to produce all this waste to finding a way to use all this waste. These videos/ideas/initiatives give me great hope and it…
Cotton or Hemp?
I came across this today. Knowledges Empowers. “When you know better you do better” Maya Angelou
an invitation to some Sunday morning (or afternoon) browsing
https://earthbits.com