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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: oral hygiene
Baking Soda: So Many Uses; So Little Money… and Plastic
I hear people bemoaning the high cost of “going green.” And while organic food does cost more than its chemical-laden counterpart, I’m here to tell you that it’s easier to spend more for healthy food when you save money in other ways. We can skip many of the green cleaners, deodorizers, and personal care products, [...]
Read the full post.Ice Cream Cones Are Green…
That’s the title of my latest post on Blogher.com, which lists some very simple (to me, anyway) steps people can take to start reducing waste. Please check it out and leave a comment if you’d like:
http://www.blogher.com/ice-cream-cones-are-green-simple-fun-steps-protect-planet
And speaking of Blogher, are any of you going to the conference this summer? If so, please, please, [...]
Does your new Eco-Dentist offer foot massages?
Just wondering. Because mine totally does.
(Okay, just to be clear — the foot massage is not performed by the dentist. That would be weird.)
Transcendentist in Berkeley, CA is the practice of Doctor Fred Pockrass, founder of the Eco Dentistry Association, and is the first certified green dental practice in California. When I made the [...]
BPA in your toothpaste & Recycling the tubes.
As you know, I switched from baking soda tooth powder back to toothpaste last summer when I found the former to be too abrasive for my teeth. At the time, I went with the SLS-Free Trader Joe’s brand and used as little as possible. The TJ’s tube, of course, is all plastic, and [...]
Read the full post.Year 2, Week 27 Results: .6 oz of plastic waste.
I failed to notice last week that another 6 months had gone by since the inception of Fake Plastic Fish. We’re just swimming right along here with no end in sight. Small victories are what we are after. Step by step, day by day, people waking up to their impact on the [...]
Read the full post.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. [...]
The Vodka Variations
On November 4, I wrote that I had finished up my last bottle of Act fluoride rinse and had decided not to replace it. Several dentists told me they didn’t think I needed it. However, I wasn’t just using the rinse for the fluoride; it had also served as my mouthwash for the [...]
Read the full post.Beth visits the dentist
Meet my dentist, Dr. Michael Parrett. He’s great because he never criticizes or nags or does any of those other annoying things that cause people to avoid the dentist for years. And all his hygienists have the same pleasant, non-threatening chair-side manner. Every time I leave his office, I run my tongue [...]
Read the full post.Preserve Toothbrush Update: Response from Recycline
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:07:35 -0400From: “Tever Dooley” td@recycline.comSubject: RE: Online Information RequestTo: beth@fakeplasticfish.com
Hi Beth,
Thank you for your support of Recycline and the Preserve Toothbrush we really appreciate the plug on your blog!
I am very happy to say that we do work with several dentists nationwide who offer their patients the environment-friendly [...]
Homemade Tooth Powder: a DIY project that actually worked! (plus info on Preserve toothbrushes)
Well, I said I’d do it and I did. I used up the last of a tube of Crest (and believe me, I squeezed out every delicious bit before sending the tube to plastic purgatory) without having found a plastic-free replacement product. So I made my own tooth powder with the ingredients pictured [...]
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!
