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  1. Plastic, plastic everywhere!

    June 27, 2013 by admin

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    As much as we actively avoid plastic, we always seem to end up with a supply of plastic bags that litter our home’s storage closet.  You might wonder why we just don’t throw out all those plastic bags?  We use them for everything from dog waste, to lining small trash cans, to carrying stuff from one place to another.IMG_2157

    Trying to organize this stash of bags has been a maddening task – until recently.  Thanks to Pinterest, we stumbled upon an ingenious tip that utilizes our love of up-cycling!    Take your empty wipes container and cram into it about 20 bags for tidy safekeeping!

    Tip: TR Dad discovered that it is necessary to remove the inner ring of the container, as it grabs and rips the bags as you try to loosen one out.

    We made sure to label the repurposed wipes containers to avoid any confusion when searching through the closet for cleaning supplies.  And now our storage closet has gone from the disarray of flimsy plastic bags getting in the way of everything, to slightly more organized.  And in our busy TR household, every little bit helps!


  2. Inspirations: Abby Goldberg Fights Big Plastic

    June 25, 2012 by admin

    Kids are so awesome.  We get tired of reading about the bad kids, we’d rather celebrate the good ones.

    Go Abby!

    Abby Goldberg is trying to stop the use of plastic bags in her hometown, Grayslake, Illinois.  She ran into a problem when a bill started moving through the Illinois legislature which would prohibit towns from making their own decisions about things like plastic bags.  This ridiculous limitation of local government is supported by the plastics industries, under the guise of improving recycling programs.  So Abby’s goal of restricting plastic bag use in her town hit a roadblock at the state legislature.

    Did she give up? No!  She took to the internet and started a petition urging her governor, Pat Quinn, to veto the bill.  Over 130 thousand people have joined her cause.

    Did I mention that she’s just 12 years old?

    It would have been so easy for her to give up.  When we were young we heard: “You can’t fight City Hall.”

    Abby says that you can.  Abby fights not just city hall but also the State house.  She’s not backing down.

    We hope our kids will be like her, the kids who stand up to bullies!  Whether these bullies are on the playground, in the statehouse, or just transnational corporate conglomerates.

    We hope our kids will not give up when faced with an obstacle, but will find a way around it or through it.  We hope our kids will be as righteous as Ms. Abby Goldberg.  Abby, your energy inspires us.  We will join your ranks and do what we can to stop this bill so that you can stop plastics from polluting your town and our world.

    Sign and share her petition here: http://www.change.org/petitions/governor-quinn-don-t-let-big-plastic-bully-me

    Follow her campaign on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/ActivistAbby