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
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,…
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…
an invitation to some Sunday morning (or afternoon) browsing
https://earthbits.com
interesting article about offsetting your carbon footprint.
best if you read it yourself but the bullet points are offsetting is a last resort not a checkbox for feeling good and going on with your life, you should first try to decrease your footprint and use this for things you cannot (yet) change Some offset companies are more trustworthy/effective then others When buying an offset, experts say to check to see if it’s verified by a third-party agency such as Climate Action Reserve, Verified Carbon Standard, Climate, Community,…
perfection is so overrated
I stumbled upon this website at another discussion about the environment, better choices and taking responsibility. I really like this. The idea of throwing away food always punches me in the gut ( pun intended) This company tackles many problems at one time, reducing waste, reducing carbon foot print, decreasing cost for costumers, increasing income of organic farmers, increasing consumption of healthy organic products. What’s to loose? perfection is so overrated….. https://www.misfitsmarket.com
some creative thinking and inviting coupons :-)
https://www.hotdeals.com/coupons/zero-waste-cartel-coupon I have personally experienced that some changes in consumer behavior are very easy. Some are a bit more demanding, but we can all start small. Let’s give it a try.
words of hope, signs of change
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/15/world/jane-goodall-interview-on-climate-change-trump-and-her-legacy/index.html https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/trader-joes-plastic-bags-reduction-recycling/