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Our oceans are filling up with plastic: plastic that harms wildlife and never biodegrades; plastic that enters the food chain and leaches toxic chemicals. This blog is a record of my journey to live with as little unnecessary plastic as possible. Won't you join me? Fake plastic fish may be cute, but if we keep filling up our oceans with plastic, they could be the only kind we have left.... |
Category: Contests and Giveaways
Plastic-Free Organic Essence Lip Balm & Body Cream Give-Away
12/22/09: Congratulations to the winners: The Raven, Slee, Karen Sharkey, Alyssa, Maggie, and Tanya! The contest is closed.
I have another treat for you that I discovered at the San Francisco Green Festival last month: Organic Essence plastic-free cream and lip balm. As far as I know, Organic Essence is the first company to [...]
Graze Organic Lunch Bags Give-Away
11/26/09: The winner of the Graze organic lunch bags is: school teacher Cynthia. I’ll have another lunch-related give-away next week, so stay tuned.
Another day; another give-away. I told you there would be more from the SF Green Festival.
As my roommate at the BlogHer conference this past summer, Mindful Momma Micaela Preston brought [...]
Read the full post.Green Festival SF: Life Without Plastic & Luna Pads Give-Away
11/20/09 Update: The winner of the Luna Panties is… (see below.)
The Green Festival… this weekend was my third and probably best experience attending. I’ve read negative reviews of the Green Festival from green bloggers bemoaning that the vendor floor is so consumption-oriented and there is still so much plastic packaging and plastic products. Those [...]
Practically Green Book Give-Away & DIY Challenge
11/20/09 Update: The winner of the Practically Green book is… (see below.)
I first met Micaela Preston through the Green Moms Carnival. Her blog, Mindful Momma, is full of practical advice and Do-It-Yourself projects for living a more sustainable life. She was also my roommate at the BlogHer conference this summer, where she impressed everyone [...]
Obama & the Ocean Need You! Participate & Win a LunchBots Eco!
10/08/2009 Update: Heather is the winner of the LunchBots Eco stainless steel lunch container. Congratulations. And thank you everyone for all your work.
Our oceans are filling up with plastic. But you know that or you probably wouldn’t be here. Aside from personal changes to reduce plastic in our own lives, [...]
No Impact Man Book Winner & Discussion
Ready to start reading No Impact Man with me? Do you have your book yet (borrowed or new or electronic?) Oh, wait, one of you doesn’t. And that person is Erin, aka Conscious Shopper, who is the winner of the give-away. Erin, email me your mailing address so I can send [...]
Read the full post.No Impact Man teaches me to suck eggs.
I’m giving away a free copy of the book No Impact Man to one lucky reader. Instructions are at the end of this post.
In May of 2007, I listened to a radio program that changed my life. The show was To The Best Of Our Knowledge’s Going Green episode, and the interviewee was Colin [...]
Picnic Basket Crafts: Interview and Give-Away
08/27/09 Update: And the winner is… named at the bottom of this post!
When I start to feel depressed about the state of the world, I think about you guys, the folks who read this blog, those that I know and those I’ve yet to meet, and I realize how grateful I am to be [...]
Announcing: School Binder Winners!
Well, I’m leaving for another vacation. This time to Hawaii for a week to help my parents pack up all their crap to move (collecting crap runs in the family.)
Before I go, I want to announce the winners of the school binder give-away:
Sustainable Group has been kind enough to offer 3 sets of Back [...]
New Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies
The Center for Health, Environment, & Justice has released its Back to School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies today. It’s a free downloadable guide to all the products kids might need for school, from binders and notebooks to clothes, electronics, lunch boxes, and a host of other products. It includes a comprehensive guide to [...]
Read the full post.Sponsors
Read my post about plastic-free recycled ReBinder school & office supplies here.
Read my post about GreenBoatStuff.com here! Their stuff is not just for boats!
