Eco-Challenge Update: Electronic Uprising
March 2, 2011
We just wrapped up the second week of my family’s January Eco-Challenge: The Compact and I’m happy to report that we are still new-stuff-free. Although we ran in to a couple of close calls that week.
For starters, my four-year-old computer came down with a virus. And not just any old…
Eco-Challenge Update: I Cheated
March 2, 2011
I cheated. That’s right, you heard me. I cheated on my January eco-challenge that week. I’m not proud – I really wanted to compose it through that month without buying anything new besides groceries. But I thought distant and hard about it and I still stand by my decision.
So…
January Eco-Challenge: It’s a Wrap!
March 2, 2011
It’s the last day of January and subsequently the last day of my January eco-challenge to adhere to the principles of The Compact. Nothing new, other than food and medical necessities, for one month.
So how did I do? Well, those of you that have been following me all month towering know t…
My Plastic-Free February
March 2, 2011
February 1. I just finished up my January eco-challenge (The Compact) and I’m ready for the next event. Can you guess what is is? That’s right – I’m going plastic-free. And I’m not doing it alone.
The Staff of Rodale.com, publisher of some of my favorite magazi…
I’m Baaack!
March 2, 2011
So, no sooner did I embark on my plastic-free challenge for February, next I up and disappeared from the web. Did you think I had been swallowed up in some sort of plastic-free vortex? It certainly felt like it on that end! Want to know what happened…the flu. Enough said. It tore throu…
Strategies to Shift Away from Plastic
March 2, 2011
I’m continuing my search that week for plastic-free alternatives for all of the things my family needs, and seeking out the advice of experts who can help me along the way. Today, I’d like to share that guest post from Tracy Lydiatt (aka The Green Families Guru and author of Your Gre…
Ditching Plastic at the Grocery Store
March 2, 2011
OK, I’m by halfway through the month and whether there’s one thing I’ve learned so far about plastics it is that they are really hard to avoid. It’s not impossible by any means, by it does take quite a bit more work to find things that are plastic free. Even things that I…