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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.... |
Posts Tagged ‘contest’
PlanetBox Stainless Steel Lunch Kit Give-Away
12/11/09 Update: The winner of the PlanetBox stainless steel lunch kit is… Andrea. Congratulations!
Last month, Fake Plastic Fish reader Alanna sent me a link to a very cool new stainless steel lunch option. PlanetBox, a company created just this year, has designed a lunch box that is airtight and has compartments for all [...]
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 entire post.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 [...]
Beth’s Big Back to School Binder Debate & Give-Away
10/13/09 Disclosure: As of today, I have become a Sustainable Group affiliate, which means that I receive a small percentage of sales of ReBinder products purchased through this web site.
08/13/09 Update: The give-away is over, but the debate continues. Feel free to voice your opinion in the comments. Find out who won [...]
Joey Totes Reusable Bags Give-Away
Almost two years ago, I published the rant, “Be Careful On the Reusable Bags Bandwagon” in which I slammed people who ran out and bought brand new reusable bags instead of reusing the disposable plastic bags they already had on hand.
While I still believe that it’s generally more sustainable to make use of what we [...]
Big Plastic-Free SoapNuts Giveaway from LaundryTree
Put on your fuzzy slippers. Grab a mug of cocoa. Sit back, and let me tell you a little story about why it’s worth it for us to ask for what we want. There’s free stuff at the end, so hang in with me.
Have you ever done your laundry with soapnuts or [...]
And the winner is…
… @greenmoms! Last month, the Green Moms Carnival Group, of which I’m a member (It’s unnecessary to have your own kids or even be female to be in this group!) won the Shorty Award in the Green category for our Twitter ID. Check it out. Several of the green moms even got [...]
Read the entire post.Find the plastic contest winner!
Last week I held a contest to find a big mass of plastic hidden in some photos from Vajrapani Retreat Center. And the winner is… JULIE who wrote, “I definitely think it’s the decking around the larger building. I’ve been at houses with the reclaimed plastic decking before.” Julie, please email me your [...]
Read the entire post.Week 47 Results: .05 oz of plastic waste and A CONTEST
So the million dollar question is: Why do organic bananas come with a little bit of plastic around the stems when regular bananas do not? Inquiring minds want to know. There’s plenty of speculation, but I haven’t heard the definitive answer from an expert. So here’s the contest: Since I don’t [...]
Read the entire 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!
