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Category Archives: Food
Mlekomat – A Raw Milk Vending Machine
Today I bought raw milk from a vending machine. I am just visiting so I didn’t have my own container. The dairy also has a vending machine for sterile containers. Unfortunately, all but the bottom row of these empty containers … Continue reading
Feeding Your Family: Cheap and/or Green
I bought potatoes in a big jute bag this morning. In retrospect, the greener choice may have been filling up a shopping bag with local potatoes. I am faced with shopping on a tighter budget these days and these seemed … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Shopping
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Rethink the Food Processor
It doesn’t slice. It doesn’t dice. I use a knife for that. It crushes stuff and it will do so for the rest of my life without using one watt of electricity. Hey, I already wrote a post about my … Continue reading
Posted in Alternatives, Cooking, Food
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Perfection is Stupid
I am reusing a statement made by Jason Sweeney as my title for this post. Those three words have sent my mind in a hundred different directions thinking about what impact the human pursuit of perfection has on this planet. … Continue reading
Posted in Bottled Water, Business, Environment, Fashion, Food, Health, Inspiration, Party, Plastic, PlasticLess Tips, Shopping, Society, Water
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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
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
The Carbon Footprint of Allowance
We give our children a small weekly allowance because we want them to learn some valuable lessons about money. Corporations provide them with goods and services, but they aren’t all that interested in teaching my children valuable lessons. We do … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Food, Health
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Growing Your Own Food
I am not an expert on this subject, please do yourself a favor and seek out people who are. I just wanted to point out that a great way to cut down on food packaging is to have the food … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Food, Gardening, Health, PlasticLess Tips
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Bring Your Own Beer Glass
I have to confess that I have never thrown a party for dozens of people. I am an introvert. If I were to wake up as an entirely different person and decide to have a big bash for all of … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Entertainment, Environment, Food, Garbage, News, Party, PlasticLess Tips, Recreation, Society
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The Real Cost of Free Toys
I presently live in a country that does not have any McDonald’s outlets. I had to check online to find out the current theme for the 1/4 pound of plastic that kids get with their cholestafest. Happy Meal Toys are … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Environment, Food, Plastic, PlasticLess Tips, Society, Toys
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