Another “story” from Annie Leonard.  If  you haven’t switched back to the tap, this story may inspire you.  While, I believe that most tap water is safer than bottled water (due to lack of regulation in the bottled water industry), we still use a water filter to filter out a little...

This year we decided to take our almost 2 year-old to the Marin County Fair on the 4th of July.  We live within walking distance to the Civic Center and Fairgrounds and have been watching the fireworks display for the past 3 nights from our bedroom window as the sounds from below keep wafting up, beckoning...

I have something called PPA, or what I call, Plastic Packaging Awareness.  I’ve had it for a few years now -since I first became pregnant.  I think I acquired it through motherhood; but it came on slowly.  I was thrilled to find Beth’s website at www.fakeplastcifish.com to learn...

If I want to get anything done, I need a To-Do List.  I can prioritize and organize, and I get extreme satisfaction from checking things off the list when they are done. I am a little OCD and I have about 6 planets in Virgo. That may explain my obsession with lists. Lately, I’ve had a lot of...

Do you feel guilt or remorse when you separate your plastic lids and caps from the recyclable plastic bottles and have to toss them in the trash?  I do. I also have to confess that I put recyclable items that are not accepted by my facility, Marin Sanitary, into my recycling bins, so they can be the...

I decided to take Beth’s challenge over at FakePlasticFish and tally my family’s disposable plastic trash for one week, starting friday morning 5/15 and ending at midnight 5/21. I was curious to see if having a toddler increased my plastic consumption in any significant amount. Turns out,...

When Beth at FakePlasticFish asked for more bloggers to write about plastic, I thought, what could I possibly have to say that she hasn’t said already? She’s the plastic-free goddess! Then my toddler clamored and clawed his way on to my lap to see what I was doing on the computer and I realized...

If the Great Garbage Patch is estimated to be at least twice the size of Texas and upwards to 15 million km (roughly the size of United States and India combined), then it makes me wonder how much land is being used in the US for trash in the landfills?  The garbage in the North Pacific Gyre is estimated...

For the past few years I have been seeking out natural and organic foods and personal care products for my family.  The irony, is that some of the wonderful non-toxic, organic lotions come packaged in plastic, as does our laundry detergent, organic yogurt and sunflower seed butter. Yes, these products...

I don’t  have much to say today. These pictures show why we moved to Marin to raise our son. Here are some wild turkeys from a  flock who visit us regularly. I am amazed by these creatures and can’t stop photographing them.  When they plume out their feathers and puff up -competing for...