I am excited. So excited. Oakland Community College campuses will be the first in Michigan to offer entirely biodegradable water bottles in their vending machines. Thanks to a partnership with Chicago-based Green Planet Beverage Co., the school will be selling the “vapor distilled municipal water” for $1.50 a bottle. Here’s the good stuff: Founder and…
Tag: plastic
What Our Plastic Does to Animals
A couple of weeks ago, for the (shockingly) first time, I sent a mass e-mail to family and friends, pleading for them to take note of an issue that I feel strongly about. Normally, I limit my enthusiasm to the sharing of links on Facebook and Twitter, but this time, I was too enraged not…
Preserving Plastic with Personal Care Products
Part of what I’m always trying to find are products that can’t usually be recycled, but are in fact being made by some companies in a way in which they can. Two of those products are razors and toothbrushes. I haven’t found that disposable razors can be recycled, so they instead get tossed into the…
I’m So Bright, I’ve Gotta Wear Shades
Yesterday, I was on one of my frequent treks through Whole Foods (which have only gotten more frequent since I moved and it was suddenly on my route to work), when I stopped in my tracks, thanks to a sunglasses display. Eco-friendly sunglasses?! Silly me. Why hadn’t I thought of that? I had to stop…
Plant Plastic
The balcony on my lovely new apartment was looking pretty bare, except for my old bike that badly needs to be traded in. And with summer kicking in, this just wouldn’t do. So my garden-loving mom brought a couple packs of pretty flowers to drop in the pot that made the journey with me from…
Happy Glad is Wrong
In the midst of hand washing all the dishes my lame apartment dishwasher can’t handle, I remembered last week’s pasta salad remained in my refrigerator. I threw out the leftovers, which were basically stale looking chicken and hardened pasta noodles and washed the heavy blue bowl they’d chilled in all week. I stopped short of…
The May I (Start to) Recycle
So apparently Recycling Month is April, to coincide with Earth Day and all the excitement around it. For this blog and myself, it’s going to be May though. I decided this yesterday as I unloaded my first Whole Foods bag full of recyclables at the little drop-off area of the store. It was a big…
The push against plastic water bottles
Everyday I come across something relating to an eco-friendly or organic lifestyle that I want to share with everyone. And the ideas are piling up. But a long time ago, I decided that I’d start this blog with a focus on one of the most basic changes most people can make to their lifestyle that…
A Better Way to Be 