The First Years….really?

I have to admit that with the nice weather here, it has been harder and harder to keep our blogs coming.  But when I see something that sparks the fire in me again, this is where I come.  So I was at Save-On doing some grocery shopping the other day when I came across this [...]

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Eco-Lifestyle Seminar

Well we did it!  We have been planning for some time to host a free seminar on ways to live your life more aware and less harmful.  Thank you to those that attended our seminar at our community league Friday evening.  Attached here is a copy of our presentation in case others would like to [...]

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Plastic Soup

Short and sweet post to share with you this influencial video on one perspective of the impact of plastics on our world that few have considered.  We all know that plastics are a convenient product that package our consumer products, food products, and allow advancing technologies to change our lives (mostly for the better).  But [...]

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Pet Peeves on Plastics

 A world without plastic is almost unimaginable.  Take a look around the room you are sitting in, I bet you can see over 2 dozen items formed, molded, or extruded from one type of plastic or another.  I use the term “plastic” in a general sense.  There is no doubt that since World War II plastics [...]

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Here we go…

It is now 2010.  As many resolutions go we aim to improve our lives in one way or another in the up coming year.  My goal (including our family) is to improve our lives, while making an improved (or “reduced”) impact on the world around us.  My inspiration came from reading an amazing book by Colin Beavan [...]

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