Comments on: Weekly Recipe: White Bean, Tomato, & Olive Bread Gratin PLUS daily food log

By: Synaptic Spazism

Synaptic Spazism — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:56:00 +0000

While reading this blog has a very positive vibe to it, just trying to not buy plastics is not going to stop waste. Considering plastics are everywhere, in the computer you use to type this. Plastics are use to prepare the foods you purchase, even if they dont have plastic on them when you by them.

A more productive method we as a people should be pushing is to see more recycling. Considering plastics are made from petroluem, they can be reused nearly infinitly and should be considered more valueable with the price of oil going up, plastics will not be far behind.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:02:00 +0000

I’m very excited to have come across your blog. I’m not as environmentally conscious as I should be, so I hope to gain a few tips from you. What made you decide to want to focus on reducing your plastic waste?

By: taxitalk

taxitalk — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:13:00 +0000

wow lot of comment rules, that s cool
i just want to ask you if you really think the people of planet earth will really change, most people enjoy watching the world end, I am becoming more and more pessimistic about that, you heard about alberta canada, it’s a province that does not care about the environment, fort macmurry is an oil sand city and it very bad for the future of our children, but my government does not care, I am going to try to use less plastic for my son but the future still looks bleak, our world is filled with humans and our race is a parasite on this world, I and starting to believe that there is no hope how do you feel

By: Meg

Meg — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:09:00 +0000

Does this mean you’re a vegetarian? It seems like you can’t get meat anywhere without it being wrapped in plastic unless you get it from a butcher or shoot it yourself.

By: blog4reel

blog4reel — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:46:00 +0000

Great blog! What a contribution! You should join the blog4reel.com competition.

By: Clif

Clif — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:30:00 +0000

Cheez Whiz!? When that popped up on arrival at your site I screamed NOOOOOOO! I reached to tear out my hair (and I can’t afford to lose any). I raced through your post to be greatly relieved that you were not recommending eating plastic. I think I’m calm now but be careful what pictures you post!

By: klasieprof

klasieprof — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:18:00 +0000

Hey…just wanted to let you know I have been reading.

Will try to incorporate a couple ideas.
We have started reusing shampoo bottles …and like the bulk health food store shampoo better than Suave anyway. (to tell you how remote we are, the health food store is 26 miles away).
I will start using mason jars again. Did it all the time as a kid.
Donna In Mid Michigan–5 degrees when we got up this morning.

By: Blue Rains and Daisy Chains

Blue Rains and Daisy Chains — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:28:00 +0000

Now I'm feeling hungry. Your week sounds much healthier than mine. Much, much healthier.

I'm from the UK so veggies here are usually individually wrapped in plastic, and so expensive it's only slightly cheaper for me the be vegetarian than if I ate burgers everyday.

Oh, and I was also one of those people who only found out that most veg doesn't come from the freezer when she was in her teens. But then again, my mum likes to boil her veg until its very very dead, so i've also only found out in the past few years that veg is chewable, not just drinkable.

much love, i am eating chocolate in celebration of you...that is my excuse and i am sticking to it

By: kenni

kenni — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:25:00 +0000

your crusade is worthy of note. i do try to limit my use of plastics but most grocery bags here in our country is made of plastic. we do reuse the plastic for wrapping and carrying stuff. well, we use it also to throw our garbage and the garbage man is the one who segregates them and their contents. we are still far from keeping our homes plastic free.

good luck to you and congratulations on your blog for being recognized as a blog of note.

By: grellgrün

grellgrün — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:22:00 +0000

Beth, your blog is deeply inspiring! You are actually living up to what so many people are talking about these days… amazing. I spent my summer in the US (I am from Austria) and was appalled to see how you get heaps of plastic whenever you buy something to eat – be it bottles, cups, plates or trays made of pvc that go straight into the waste after having finished eating! The most shocking thing was to see how all my American friends did not even think about what they were doing when throwing whole trays away.