A newbie runner who blogged about my successes and failures of marathon training, I found myself without an obsession while recovering from surgery for several weeks. That's when I heard a heartbreaking news story that woke me up to the problems of plastics in our environment, and a new passion and blog was born: Fake Plastic Fish.

I've been blogging away on Fake Plastic Fish for over a year now, collecting and tallying my weekly plastic waste and writing about plastic-free alternatives and ways we can do better.  Sometimes I succeed.  Sometimes I fail.  Sometimes I'm a lot preachier than I mean to be, and afterwards I feel like a jerk.  Really, I'm no different from anyone else who cares about the planet.  Hope you'll come visit and see for yourself.