Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Soup on Wednesday - Food for Thought: Plastic Challenge

As is typical during Advent, I'm going to offer some "Food for Thought" on Wednesdays and some Friday Fun on Fridays. So, without further ado ...

Jill Dickin Schinas aboard Mollymawk offers a challenge this month: Can you live a month without purchasing any plastic? Yes, she knows that this is the Christmas Season when gifts are often bought and given, which makes it all the more a challenge. She offers in depth background information, too.  Here is a teaser from their website, with a link to the full article.

Enjoy, and Blessed Be,

Joel

The Plastic-Free Challenge – Can you do it?

Everybody’s heard about the Pacific garbage patch. It’s the size of Texas and it’s so dense that you could build a house atop the debris. Last week I read an account by someone who sailed past the floating island and who claims to have faced a constant battering from all the rubbish hitting the hull. “The debris isn’t just on the surface,” he says, “it’s all the way down. And it’s all sizes, from a soft-drink bottle to pieces the…

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