Did you know that there is an enormous soup of plastic litter that floats somewhere between California and Hawaii? You are at the beach and decide to roll up a message, put it in a bottle, and throw it out to sea hoping it will reach land.Please don’t follow through with that thought. The bottle ... Read More about Plastic Soup
Keep your Butts off our Beach
Summer has arrived and all the beach-goers have probably seen them hiding in the sand with their butts ever so slightly peeking out -cigarette butts littering our shorelines. Most people are aware of the health risks associated with smoking cigarettes. However, they often forget the environment ... Read More about Keep your Butts off our Beach
It Starts with Me- Beach Cleanup
If small everyday actions have lead us to the current environmental state we are in, then maybe small everyday actions can just as easily reverse the damage. How can you possibly make a difference? In 20 minutes, my husband I were able to pick up all this trash that would have otherwise polluted our ... Read More about It Starts with Me- Beach Cleanup
Do you have 20 minutes?
It's "trash" week here on Good Girl Gone Green, so turn up the volume and let this trashy party begin! Sorry for the background noise, it was a clearly a windy day! ... Read More about Do you have 20 minutes?
How Many Disposable Water Bottles do you Use a Week?
Did you know that 60,000 plastic water bottles are disposed of in landfills daily in the United States alone?To me that is a frightening number. That is a lot of plastic just sitting in a pile somewhere.Plastic water bottles negatively impact our planet to a greater extent than just sitting in a ... Read More about How Many Disposable Water Bottles do you Use a Week?
Could you go plastic-free?
Everywhere we look—from food containers to DVD packaging to the insides of our cars—we see plastic. It seems almost impossible to escape, but can we reduce our plastic consumption?Yes, we can recycle our plastic, but it is downcycled. Every time plastic is recycled, it gets weaker, so we will ... Read More about Could you go plastic-free?
Water conservation
I always try to conserve as much water as possible during any given day. Some days, it can easier than others, but I figure every bit helps. Don't get me wrong, some of the items on the list will be a challenge, yes even for me, while others are an everyday occurrence.20 ways to help reduce your ... Read More about Water conservation
Refuse. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
Every day, people dispose of billions of tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American typically produces an astonishing 4.4 lbs (2 kg) of trash a day, which translates to 1600 lbs (725 kg) a year. You may wonder where all this trash goes. It disappears from ... Read More about Refuse. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
6 Reasons to Buy Organic and Locally Sourced Foods
Where do your fruits and veggies come from? It is amazing to me how today we are “fortunate” enough to have access to any type of food, no matter the time of year. We eat berries and cucumbers in the middle of winter; we can have oranges in the summer. Now take a step back and think about: ... Read More about 6 Reasons to Buy Organic and Locally Sourced Foods
3 ways to Compost Successfully
I do realize that composting with red wigglers is most definitely not for everyone. However, there are alternatives to setting up a worm composting bin. After my worm composting experience went sour, the thought of having all my food scraps put in a landfill was unappealing and not an option for ... Read More about 3 ways to Compost Successfully