GreenWorks

I am disappointed that I did not get to this one.  I do have ideas of who to contact and what I want to say.  The year is not over.  There are some great documentaries.  I think if we could use some of that content or even watch them together, it would generate communication.  The biggest statement I know currently is...we use dishes, cups,...

I am signing out on the last day of Plastic EcoChallenge.  30 days make a habit.  I have gone from using approximately 7 plastic produce bags and 5 plastic grocery bags at minimum a week to zero!  I have not touched plastic wrap in 31 days!  I take my washable water bottle with me wherever I go.  I take my coffee cup when I want coffee and they...

I am planning to do this with some friends before the year is done.  I want to share what I have learned.  I continuing sharing with friends.  I model good practices with them and turn down some things...not making a big deal out of it, but just practicing what needs to be.  Friends can influence friends.   

So I wanted to do this, but it did not happen in July.  I am hoping to do this before the summers end.  I have visited landfills before and have even done environmental work at landfills.  It is an overpowering sight to see so much garbage from one city.  An incredible amount of work goes into making sure the material does not leach into soil....

I was a bit shocked at the paper towels!  We had a gathering here and so things were a bit less normal.  Still.  Food containers for ice cream and popcorn, tea bag wrappers and bread wrappers, also receipts from grocery.  We should be able to compost a few of the items.  And once again I will be posting my waste online.  Yikes.  All month we...

The waste audit of our landfill trash was helpful. I hadn’t thought of doing it until this challenge.   The unavoidable items are stickie labels from fruits and veggies and from prescriptions. Well, if I buy all my produce locally at our farmers’ market - Voila! - no stickies there!  Used Kleenex and bandaids are unavoidable.  Well, how about...

This is a difficult question, because corporations are considered to have the rights of a single entity and protected by law.   Sometimes the best way to counteract is to spread the word and then let your dollars speak for you.  In other words, expose their deeds and then boycott their products.  It is similar to the clothing industry.  Do not...

Surprising result - I really have not picked up more litter while on this "challenge" for July.  Thought I would.  Some of it that I usually walk in two types of areas - (1) my neighborhood with trails and sidewalks that are maintained and don't have litter and (2) remote trails in the woods of North Carolina that also don't have...

I have stopped using paper/plastic plates and also disposable cups.  There is the very, very rare occasion when I might break down (once in 5 years).  Our creation care team has advocated stainless straws to our congregation.  To go coffee used to be a guilt trip, but businesses generally fill your cup.  It is good to use things that can be...

They could serve them on restaurant dishes and let you scoop them into your own containers.  There is an issue of germs.  I was shocked recently when the airport would not let my cup be filled with coffee.  They had to give it to me in their disposable cup.  No arguing that issue.  The employees only had one option.  But, you could accept it in...