Posts Tagged ‘Plastics’
Going Green!!! by Adopting the Green Movement
Becoming Green is a new catch phrase which means to use environmentally friendly green products. The goal is to reduce each person’s carbon footprint to “save the planet”. The belief is that if we reduce certain types of resources the public currently uses, like oil, some plastics, and our waste consumption then we will be able to slow down or stop
Plastic kills
To be specific, over 1,000,000 sea birds die every year because they ingest single-use plastics. Birds can’t digest plastic. Plastic gets stuck in their digestive system and then they die.Here are a few more photos of what sea bird deaths look like. These photos were taken by Chris Jordan, who’s been profiled on this blog [...]read the entire article
Plastic by the numbers
I hope you will check out my previous post, “ The problem with plastics ” for a better understanding of the need to reduce your plastic use in the first place. In addition to all the information I included there, in case I haven’t convinced you yet, please read this Planet Green blog post, “Is plastic making us fat?” So not only is plastic bad for your health and bad for the environment, it can also make you fat?! What the heck, I’m never using plastic again. The problem with that solutio
Need A Cute, Eco-Friendly Kid’s Backpack?
I don’t fancy myself a conspiracy theorist, but there are harmful chemicals all over the place! I recently watched a disturbing documentary on line, The Disappearing Male , that gave me even more motivation to protect my children from endocrine disrupting chemicals found in most plastics. In my quest to seek out safe products for my family, I’m grateful that Mimi The Sardine makes adorable, low-maintence, earth-friendly, people-friendly backpacks for children ! PVC and vinyl contain harm
A Glance at Eco Friendly Asian Furniture
A Glance at Eco Friendly Asian Furniture At this phase of our lives, we’re dealing with very significant issues about our surroundings and how it has experienced over the century. The need to find ways to be ingenious in managing our homes has led us to explore the green options in order to make our plant a tidier place. Taking the alternative of recycling materials has never been as needed as now. Plastics, paper, cans and light bulbs, for instance, are a small number of things we have