Go Zero and Be a Hero

Over the weekend my family and I stayed at a beach resort in Subic. I had every intention of not leaving anything behind and was so happy when we saw this at their restaurant during dinner after we dropped off our stuff in our room. Yehey!! They did serve everything in reusable ceramic plates, stainless steel utensils and glasses. When we ordered fresh coconut juice, they used a paper straw.  After dinner, though, we had a chance to look around our room and found some items in plastic packaging. Hopefully they are trying to use up existing stock. We ended up bringing these home so we can stuff them in ecobricks.  Here's another item on my to do list. Maybe I can convince these hotels and resorts to switch to shampoo and lotion bars and bamboo toothbrushes. 

What I thought it was. When I decided to get on board the zero waste movement I thought it was all about getting rid of ANYTHING PLASTIC.  I WAS WRONG. I thought it was to refuse anything plastic and to get rid of anything plastic at home. I, at least, got the first part right. We bought metal straws so we can refuse plastic straws. We started using our eco bags so we can refuse plastic bags at the grocery store. I felt that wasn’t enough so I looked at other ways to replace anything made of plastic at home. That’s when I found more articles about zero waste.  !Side Bar! Recommended Search Terms: zero waste, zero waste movement, zero waste diy, new to zero waste, get started zero waste, refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot Almost there. I found articles to help me get rid of some of the items at home and replace it with ones that don’t come in a plastic container. This is how I found the recipe for one of the zero waste products I make and promote (...

When I visit a blog the first entry is typically the blogger's WHY... their purpose for putting up a blog. Who am I to go against that "tradition." I am a mom of one, a step mom of one and a partner of a man who loves the beach as much as his sons do. Recently I've decided to be an advocate for this whole Zero Waste movement and any other issues related to and associated with that. I wish I had acted on this a long time ago but only recently did I realize how my everyday choices impact our environment. A little over six months ago my boys and I went to the beach with some of our friends. It was the same beach that we go to almost every quarter but this trip was different. My little boy ended up crying. We had to cut his beach time short because the beach and the water was so dirty. Picture below isn't the actual picture but it's so close that it might as well be. I was so frustrated until I realized I was being a big fat hypocrite. I contributed to...