Litterless Living

Hello friends, Thanks for joining me today. Kind of a heavy topic today, so please enjoy this photo of my daily morning view from my office. Despite it's beauty, this river is one of the most polluted rivers in the US. This is what I'm trying to fight with my efforts discussed below. I came to the decision to cut plastic out of my life about six months ago. I had stumbled across a Zero Waste youtuber, Kate Arnell, at her channel  ECO BOOST , which opened my world to environmental concerns I never knew existed. Kate Arnell's channel is just one of many I now follow as she and others share about their Zero Waste journeys. (I hope to talk with you more about the Zero Waste movement soon.) As I learned more about how awful plastics are for our environment, I decided I needed to cut them from my life as much as possible. When I made this decision I had lots of fears. I was afraid that others wouldn't understand. I was afraid my friends and family would mock me. I wa...

Friends: cheese. So many of us love it, but it is one of the hardest things to get without plastic. So silly! Cheese has been made, bartered, sold, transported, stored, and eaten for centuries LOOONG before plastic was around. Yet in today's market it's almost impossible to find any cheese plastic-free. I believe it is possible to buy big wheels of aged cheese coated in wax, but who can use that all up before it spoils? Usually when I have an item that I just can't find without plastic I try to make my own. However, I've heard that cheese is a very difficult, precise process that requires specific equipment. I was daunted to try making it on my own. And honestly, I don't really want to learn how to make everything I could possibly ever need. Don't get me wrong. Self-sufficiency is a wonderful thing. But there is a reason that most societies developed specialization--not everyone will be able to make their own bread, or build their own house, or fix their car, ...