Museum of Life and Science

We watched 'A Plastic Tide' today and it was pretty mind-blowing to see the vast quantities of plastic in the ocean and washing up onto shore in countries around the world.The misconception that I myself have been guilty of is that the people living in those places are responsible for the trash; it was eye-opening to learn that is not the case!...

I think about things like disposable razors and realize that I have watched my mom use them for years on vacations. A big part of why is the convenience factor. I know that a lot of choices that my mom made while I was growing up were out of ease and convenience; "razors are offered in a disposable format, that seems so easy, of course...

Has anyone used the charcoal soap bars to replace body wash? Comments appreciated. I don't like that most bar soaps leave your skin with a sticky feel.

Congratulations to the six person EJ trash pick-up team today! We gathered enough trash in the parking lot, wooded areas and playground to fill 8 grocery bags! Way to go team!

I loved the radio call at Adult Summer Camp that a vendor had brought compostable cups for their samples and wanted to make sure they didn't get tossed in with the regular trash. Definitely a step in the right direction for museum event vendors! We have also purchased compostable tasting spoons for our liquid nitrogen ice cream demo at events....

Somewhat of a fail today our first day at Scout Camp - they used styrofoam plates and bowls along with plastic ware packs for forks and knives! Tomorrow I will bringing my sport with me!

I listened to part of a podcast yesterday where they were talking about the Plastic Free EcoChallenge. The one lady was describing how she rather sternly (but somewhat nicely) told the waitstaff off for putting straws at her table. It sounds more like she shamed them for doing that, but maybe that is what more people need. We were out to dinner...

Had a great time making bags from old T-shirts today with some awesome coworkers! I would like to continue this DIY trend after Plastic Free July is done - maybe once a month to correlate with the monthly health challenges!

I am LOVING the green activities we've been doing this month! The toothpaste workshop was great and making the bags today was really fun. Thanks to our team captains for the plastic-free tutorials :)

It makes you stop to appreciate your community more and how different it looks clean vs with litter scattered around. Nature looks and feels better when not interrupted by humans and our trash!