Plastic-Free February: Day 2

I've been thinking a lot about my plastic-free challenge. To recap, I will be:

1: Not buying or acquiring new plastic.

2: Not cooking with plastic or storing food in plastic.

3: Minimizing all other plastic use.

The easy bit for me is #2. I don't ever microwave in plastic. (Say what you will, I believe plastic does leach while cooking in the microwave. And I just don't want to take any chances, especially with my young son. Plus it's just as easy to microwave food in a glass or ceramic container.)

I think I am going to struggle most with not buying new plastic. For breakfast, my son wanted his organic yogurt, conveniently packaged in individual portions.  Now I could just buy him yogurt from a large tub - or in keeping with the theme - I could challenge myself to make my own yogurt. Heck, Martha Stewart has a recipe. http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/perfect-homemade-yogurt (Although you have to cover it to set in...wait for it...PLASTIC wrap!) We could also reuse the yogurt containers to make cute seed planters!

So does anyone have any recommendations for  what to do about this?

For tomorrow: Tackling our Toothbrushes.

Rodale.com's Plastic-Free February

I've been so inspired by other bloggers and Rodale to take the Plastic-Free February challenge.


I'll be the first to admit I'm not perfect by any means. In my workshops and consultations, I really stress the need to be completely non-judgemental (of others and most importantly, ourselves) and do what we can with what we have in the moment. We can strive to better but always from a place of compassion and goodness. (Okay, enough of my preaching!)


So on with the challenge:

Rodale's plastic-free ground rules:

1: No buying or acquiring new plastic. 2: No cooking with plastic or storing food in plastic. 3: Minimize all other plastic use. Why go plastic free?There are plenty of reasons to cut down. It's made from either petroleum or natural gas, two nonrenewable resources extracted in ways that pollute our air and water. Plastic manufacturers add chemicals to certain types of plastics that can be highly toxic, likebisphenol A and phthalates. And very few types of plastic are widely recycled. Is anyone else interested in joining?  Check out http://www.rodale.com/plastic-free for more information!

I'm back - for a challenge!

It's been a bit of time since I've blogged...Seems like life gets in the way of good intentions sometimes. But I'm back for a month's challenge - To be revealed tomorrow! :)