Splashes of Green

I attempted to add a 'best of green pages' to my sidebar but I am so blogger illiterate that I had to post a blurb instead. For those environmental nerds and wannabes out there, click your heart out. These are my favourites, for now..

Australian Conservation Foundation (these guys are the big kahuna for environmental activity and knowledge)

G-Online (you won't believe the expanse of information on everything Green in this online magazine. It also comes with a weekly newsletter too which is a snapshot of current green tips and issues).

Green Revolution - a blog on tips to live a practical green life powered by young entrepeneurial spirits in the USA.

Treehugger - a discovery company, I couldn't agree more.

The Kitchen Garden Foundation - Stephanie Alexander's gold lion action to get young people engaged in their health and wellbeing through the support of an education program to grow organic food and learn to cook to sustain a lifetime of good energy - all this at school! I wish I was in Prep again.

Do you remember my post about The Plastiki boat, well here is more on the Pacific Trash Gyre, if you can't handle the pictures then get proactive on reducing waste and educating others to do the same. This image was taken by the AMAZING environmental artist, Chris Jordan.

The Plastiki

The Plastiki on Flickr

I wrote a short story in anger recently. It was about a silly old man at the supermarket who had not quite figured out that our planet was extremely delicate and his wastage of plastic bags for his individual fruit and veg items was completely unacceptable.

I almost lost it but decided instead to demand the employee 'to educate the customers' on the use of plastic bags.

So here it is for the record, we do not need to put fruit or vegetable with skin that we are going to peel in a bag, to go in another bag, to potentially go in an environmentally friendly bio-degradable shopping bag. It defeats the purpose. Next time you shop at your LOCAL grocer think of the following:
Will I wash this item?
Is this item eaten without the skin?
Is this item something that can co-habitat with another item of shopping?
Is this plastic bag endangering the lives of millions of sea creatures?

If you answered yes to any or ALL of these questions, you do not need a plastic bag. Cutting down might be as good as cutting out, just like cigarettes and meat.

I was completely inspired today after reading about the David Rothschild project to build and sail a boat made completely from recycled plastic bottles. You can go to The Plastiki to discover their journey. It is unbelievable and as they prepare to sail into Sydney Harbour, I can't help but throw my support to the cause. Go to the website and make your own pledge - no money, just a promise of your commitment to the environment.

Other coolio projects for plastic bag expulsion are below:

in today's news, 'Chillingham now plastic bag free' and the first Australian town to co-ordinate and succeed as plastic bag free - Coles Bay