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Irritated with Plastic Berry Containers? Give Them Back

7/11/11 7:55am by Beth Terry
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Strawberries in a basket

How do you buy berries and cherry tomatoes without plastic? Most small fruits come in those green plastic mesh baskets or increasingly in clear plastic clamshells. If you shop your local farmers market, it’s not a problem. The farmers want their containers back!  Read more >

I’m An Environmentalist and I’m Not Having Kids

3/28/11 3:11pm by Beth Terry
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Babies

It would be easy for me to feel self-righteous about my decision not to breed. According to many thinkers, population is the number one factor driving such problems as global climate change, pollution, and hunger. And children born and raised in affluent nations have a significantly higher impact on the planet than those born to more modest means. As one of my blogger friends put it, population “relates to everything – including the amount of plastic crap circulating in the ocean.”  Read more >

Green Changes and Eco-Resolutions

1/11/11 1:00pm by Beth Terry
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Vegetables

I polled my other green blogging friends to find out what their eco-resolutions were for 2011, and I got a variety of answers. Some want to simplify and relax. Others want to jump into new challenges. Have a look at the responses and see if any of these goals match ones you’re pursuing this year.  Read more >

Protect Yourself: BPA is in Metal Cans and Receipts

1/1/11 12:00pm by Beth Terry
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Canned Food

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is not just a worrisome chemical in hard plastic water bottles, baby bottles, and sippy cups. Almost all canned foods are full of the stuff. And our biggest source of exposure could be the thermal paper cash register receipts we handle every time we shop, especially during the holiday season. The fact is that BPA is in a lot of surprising products we touch every day and in higher levels than we previously thought. Will our government protect us from this chemical? Or must we as consumers take matters into our own hands?  Read more >

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My Plastic-Free Life

Finding ways to reduce our plastic consumption and plastic waste and have fun in the process.

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Full Name
Beth Terry
Member Since
April 2007
About Me: 

Several years ago, recovering from surgery, I read the article and photo that changed my life.  The article was Plastic Ocean and the photo showed the carcass of a dead sea bird, its belly full of plastic pieces:  bottle caps, cigarette lighters, even a toothbrush.  I looked at my own life and realized that  through my unconscious overconsumption, I was personally contributing the the suffering of creatures I didn't even know existed.  That week, a new passion and blog was born: My Plastic-Free Life (originally called Fake Plastic Fish).

I've been blogging steadily ever since that defining moment in June of 2007, collecting and tallying my own 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.

Living with less plastic is really not as hard as it seems, but our awareness of disposable plastic in our lives can be transformative.

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Oakland, CA
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maryland,san francisco bay area

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environmental issues,gender and sexual politics

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fresh organic food cooked served by someone else,one naughty husband,two naughty black cats,karaoke,riding my bike,movies,chocolate

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