Posted in language, plastic and its relatives, random blab, yoga, tagged Iyengar yoga, waste on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a couple of things I’m wondering about throwing away:
The “holiday gift pack” I received containing body splash and lotion, heavily perfumed. Scented stuff drives me nuts, but I hate to throw it away. I don’t know anyone I’d be willing to give it to. The bottles are not recyclable, by the way.
Linguistic note: [...]
Posted in plastic and its relatives, tagged hope, photography, plastic, waste on February 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My friend Mianne just sent me a link to Inhabitat, a blog about green design. That designers are thinking about this makes me very hopeful about the possibilities for the future.
On the Inhabitat blog I read about Chris Jordan, who was the keynote speaker for the Greener Gadget conference that took place on Friday. [...]
Posted in random blab, tagged giving things away, Goodwill, waste on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My walking partner told me about someone she knows (or read about? or saw on TV? I forget) whose family decided that when they get something new they must give away two things. I have a lot of stuff that I don’t need. Many things I keep for silly sentimental reasons. It’s [...]
Posted in important stuff, plastic and its relatives, self pep talks, tagged plastic, recycling, waste on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is really just an ad for another website: http://www.storyofstuff.com/
It contains a 20-minute movie about the stuff of the world – its creation, sales, and removal. Watch it, weep, then do something.
So I think I’m doing the right things, and then I realize I am not. I went to Target today and [...]
Posted in random blab, tagged plastic, recycling, waste on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What’s the deal with sheets? I bought new sheets recently. (Tip: Don’t get the cheap 100% cotton sheets from Target. They don’t have decent hems and are very lightweight and rough.) They came in those plastic um, box-shaped “bags” with zippers. Are they recyclable? Who knows? The zippers would seem [...]
Posted in random blab, tagged catalog choice, waste on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned this earlier in passing, but I want to give it its own post. CatalogChoice is a site where you can opt out of catalogs. It takes 10 weeks, and I hope it really works. Sitting down with the 15 catalogs that came today and declining them one by one on [...]
Posted in plastic and its relatives, random blab, tagged plastic, shopping, waste on December 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago I bought new socks and was so irritated at the packaging that I meant to write a post about them. But, as happens with so many possible posts, it slid right out of my mind.
Yesterday I bought more socks. (After Thanksgiving some of my socks traveled to another [...]
Posted in random blab, tagged North Pacific Gyre, plastic, recycling, waste on December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Oh, not really the wastebasket, because I’m putting this stuff in the recycling, but little better. (Where does that stuff go? Ultimately to the North Pacific Gyre, I know.)
I’d like to write a funny, lighthearted post about our silly dog and maybe something about how my foot is improving. But good golly.
I [...]
Posted in random blab, tagged bummer, North Pacific Gyre, plastic, recycling, waste on November 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I don’t want you to think I’m asking for a pat on the back about how much we recycle or reuse when I write about what’s in our trash. I’m really looking at how much perma-junk our household of two reasonably careful people is creating all the time. We’re pretty good about reusing [...]
Posted in important stuff, plastic and its relatives, tagged decisions, Goodwill, waste on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I plan to write more about what’s in the wastebasket, but for now I have another detritus-themed post.
Willie left for college a year ago last September, and when he left we asked him to be all packed up for our November move to the new house. (Tip: Don’t move in the same year your [...]
