Monthly Archives: October 2009

Field Guide to Bags

These two blue bags are both quite thin and flimsy. They also both contain a small amount of collected rainwater which may be of benefit to the local mosquito population. Plastic containers in the environment have been noted for containing … Continue reading

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Field Guide to Bags

The White Supermarket Shopping Bag has a very wide range and can be seen year round nesting in fruit trees, evergreens, even tall grasses… Suprisingly, these feral bags do not breed in the wild. They have a lifespan of several … Continue reading

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Live Better

Walmart is a phenomenal success story and it has a huge impact on the retail landscape wherever it spreads. The largest retail corporation in the world has a lot of detractors from various segments of society, some of which overlap. … Continue reading

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Christmas Gift Idea: Locally Made Wooden Toy Truck

A toy doesn’t have to be very complex to be good(Not to impugn the excellent design and craftsmanship pictured above). Basically it needs to have a shape and it needs to stay in one piece. Everything else is just detail. … Continue reading

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Review of Shark Razor Blades

I use a safety razor as a plastic-less alternative to disposable razors. When I first made the switch, a few people in America left comments about how they could not find razors packaged without plastic. Hopefully that has changed now … Continue reading

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Plastic Crates = Less Plastic

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Be a Hydration Technician

More people should be carrying water from their house to their place of work. I read recently that most people don’t drink as much water as they should. A stainless steel water container in your bag or briefcase would be … Continue reading

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Returnable Glass

I am living in a unique economy here in Tunisia. One big difference that I see is the persistence of returnable glass in the supply chain of liquid consumer goods. In much of the western world, this is something from … Continue reading

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Whole Foods is Not Just a Brand

One way that I avoid plastic packaging is to feed myself and my family lots of whole, fresh fruit every day. Here is a slide show of what we had over the course of a week This is all relatively … Continue reading

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