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If You Can Only Change One Thing

It is going to take a lot of changes from a lot of people to create long term sustainability for life on this planet. If you feel like you can only do one thing right now, consider bringing your own … Continue reading

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Is it Safe to Heat Water Bottles?

I try my best to avoid insulting people, but the person who filmed this How To video is stupid. Plastic Bottles – The best bloopers are here I might be stupid too. I have been operating under the assumption that … Continue reading

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Wine in Plastic Bottles?

Wine can be a healthy part of everyday life. It used to be a healthy part of my daily life but moving to an Islamic country has made that inconvenient. Being a frugal sort of person, I have always tried … Continue reading

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In Bottled Water We Trust

Bottled water is a defining aspect of the era in which we live. Comedians make jokes about the absurdities of paying an inflated price for water… .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url(‘http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png’) !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} Jokes.com Jim Gaffigan – Bottled Water … Continue reading

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Cafeteria Trays Drop Out of US Universities

The elimination of trays at a number of university cafeterias was a green initiative, but it wasn’t about plastic. It was a simple idea that has been reducing food waste in several schools in recent months. Some diners are upset, … Continue reading

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The Grey Area of Green Marketing

Green used to mean money. More recently, green has come to mean environmentally responsible. Once enough consumers started shopping with the environment in mind, there is an ever increasing overlap. Companies are falling all over themselves appealing to concerned consumers. … Continue reading

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The Dark Side of Green

I recently got kinda almost scammed. You may have recently noticed a small advertisement in my sidebar that was promoting a wonderful web hosting company that uses solar and wind power to operate their servers. I joined their affiliate program … Continue reading

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Something Old, Something New…

This blog is about reducing our personal consumption of plastic. So far, it has been a hodgepodge of old ideas and new ideas. Old ideas can make a lot of sense, most of the time. Plastic has only become a … Continue reading

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Burning Plastic?

Credit for this picture goes to www.wasteplastictechnology.blogspot.com, a blog promoting the use of waste plastic as a source of energy. I don’t think that is the best direction to take. It seems like it is just sending the pollutants somewhere … Continue reading

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Black Web Pages Revisited

Black is not the new green, according to Google. Blackle is a website that uses a custom search engine provided by Google and displays all their results with a black background. This would have been a great idea except for … Continue reading

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