Waste Not!

Happy New Year my friends! As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve set some New Years resolutions for myself, the primary of which is to reduce household waste. How I see it, there are four main areas in which household waste manifests itself: 1) Reusable waste – such as containers, plastic food bags, tins,…

Resolutions

Well friends, it’s almost upon us: a new year. Tis the season of Groupon gym memberships and intro month yoga passes. Of dieting and self-improvement and all manner of best intentions for a new year. 2015. January 2015 marks 6 months beyond my consumption sabbatical. I think some habits have changed (I’m baking my own…

Back in Plastic

Well friends, Lent is over. My husband and I have endured 6 weeks of not consuming plastic (or at least trying). Here are a few lessons learned: 1) There is plastic in things you don’t think there is. Such as tin cans. 2) We will always forget about straws. Whenever we went out to eat…

Plastic-Free Month

Well friends, we’ve been plastic-free for over a month now. It’s been difficult in some ways, but remarkably easy in others. Easier than I would have expected, which tells me that many of the practices my husband and I have employed over the last few weeks should be continued for the rest of our lives….

Plastic-Free Week One

My husband and I have now been fasting from plastic for just over a week. Things have been mostly easy so far, especially since I’ve already been fasting from most forms of consumption for several months. As you can probably imagine, this plastic-free lent has primarily affected our food purchases. Going plastic free with food…