One part of our family’s plastic free daily routine is our reusable water bottles. It is one part that we have down pat! See our weekly plastic free update for this week here. Plastic water bottles are extinct in our family. Each person is accountable for their own Kleen Kanteen bottle – all the way […]
Archives for July 2014
Show Your Plastic Challenge – Plastic Free July Week 2
SHOW YOUR PLASTIC CHALLENGE Plastic Free July Week 2 July Week 2 – 18 ounces, 59 items Week 2 of our Show Your Plastic Challenge has come to a close and I have now realized that July will not be plastic free for our family of five. We continue to be swimming in a plastic sea […]
Zero Waste Food Preservation
I returned to harvest from our friend’s garden and reaped even more vegetables than I did the first time. Today involved canning 21 half-pints of blackberry jam and 8 pints of salsa. Yesterday found eight quarts of whole tomatoes canned and five gallons of green beans dehydrated. I am fortunate to enjoy using an Excalibur dehydrator to […]
Plastic Free Technology?
We all use technology everyday. It’s a necessary component of our modern life. Have you ever stopped to think about how much plastic is consumed in your technological routine? I have. It’s too much for my personal taste. While most tech companies utilize plastics as a basic component, have you noticed how Apple Computers & […]