Archive for June, 2008

Year 2, Week 2 Results: 1.8 oz of plastic waste.

It was an interesting week. Attended a funeral. Ate a whole lot of chocolate. Bought a bike. And began a Vision Quest. Went through a bit of plastic, too. So here’s the tally.
Plastic items used this week but purchased before the plastic project began:

1 Sicilia lemon juice bottle and [...]

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No more poo

No Impact Man did it.
Life Less Plastic did it.
Wait… didn’t I just write this post two days ago?
No, because this one my friend Axelle is doing. And a few days ago, I started to do it too. No, we’re not constipated. (Although that is the tagline for the No ‘poo forum.) We’re [...]

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Dear Citra Solv…

June 13, 2008
Citra Solv, LLCPO Box 2597Danbury, CT 06813-2597
Dear Steve & Melissa,
I purchased a box of CitraSuds natural laundry detergent today at the Ecology Center in Berkeley, CA. I am always on the lookout for environmentally safe products and was happy to learn that your laundry powder is biodegradable and contains no chlorine bleach [...]

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Confession: I just bought a tube of toothpaste!

No Impact Man did it.
Life Less Plastic did it.
Sustainable Dave did it.
Now I have gone and done it. And in a plastic tube, to boot.
Why did I buy toothpaste in the first place? Two reasons. First, my baking soda, wintergreen oil, stevia powder combination had been working fine for many months. [...]

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Year 2, Week 1 Results: 4.1 oz of plastic waste.

Back to dealing with plastic. I wonder if it’ll be another whole year before I have a second plastic-free week.
Plastic items used this week but purchased before the plastic project began:

1 plastic wrapper from a Wholphin DVD. I subscribed to Wholphin before starting this project. I believe I’ve received my last DVD, and [...]

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Why I’m Voting Republican

Don’t have time to put up last week’s plastic tally. Will do it tonight. In the meantime, please enjoy this video showing why I think it’s important we vote Republican in this next election:

If you can’t see the video in the post, try this link: http://www.imvotingrepublican.com.
Sorry if I’ve pissed anyone off. [...]

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My Busy, Busy, Unbloggy Week

I started writing this post last night and then all of a sudden felt like I was whacked in the head… sniffles, sneezing, stuffed up nose… and couldn’t sit upright anymore. So I slept for a few hours and now I’m trying again because I have a lot I want to write about before [...]

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Week 52 Results: 0 oz of plastic waste. Happy Blogiversary, FPF!

This Week:A Year Ago:
What a year it’s been. I’ve given Fake Plastic Fish a little makeover, and I’ve uploaded the year’s worth of plastic tally photos to Flickr, where they can be viewed all together or individually with links to the original blog posts.
I’ve learned a lot, but I’m not done yet. Sure, [...]

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Activism, Religion, & Despair: What Would Jesus Buy?

Last weekend I finally saw the documentary What Would Jesus Buy? on DVD. It follows the crusade of “Reverend Billy” and the “Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir” during this past Christmas season as they traveled cross country spreading a message of anti-commercialism, support for local businesses, and hairspray. Well, the [...]

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Pure & Natural is just a name, not necessarily a description

My friend and co-worker Marika picked up a bar of Pure & Natural soap for me while shopping at Target. Marika is very sweet. She makes the best cupcakes and brownies in the world, and she lives to love and protect animals of all kinds (even though she tortures her dog by making [...]

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