Comments on: I’m in an Eco-State-of-Mind!

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:43:47 +0000

Simple and straightforward: Follow the guidelines of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program seafoodwatch.org to make ocean-friendly choices that are also good for your health. Seafood Watch is even available for the iPhone and any internet-enabled mobile device.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:02:16 +0000

Although I prefer using reusable bags as Heather suggests there are stores such as Wal-Mart and Meijer that recycle clean plastic bags–––or so they say! Upon entering these stores there are big plastic barrels where you can deposit your bags. I usually collect a large bagful of bags before dropping off mine.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:17:18 +0000

What a wonderful article! Many times we don’t think about the use of one’s plastic bags used in the course of a year. Multiplied over by million and almost 400 billion plastic items
discarded in a year is a huge pile up. You bring to mind awareness we all need to be concerned with. The world is changing on how we deal with most things!
Thanks for the insight!

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:43:34 +0000

My company recently developed an environmental management program to comply with an ISO 14001 certification. Although this certification may be too large of an undertaking for most the benefits of a few policies are great for the ecosystem. A district wide recycling program and elimination of styrofoam into the facility were a couple of the things implemented. Talk with a manager in your company and start a trend.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:10:03 +0000

Sarah you pretty much took the words right out of my mouth. I swear that nickel adds up and it’s not bad motivation to run back to the car. I like to use my giant purse as a bag sometimes. I also like to see how many paper bags I can fill with recyclables.

By: Karl Rouwhorst

Karl Rouwhorst — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:46:03 +0000

I’m glad to see that I have made an impact on your daily life. I follow the concept if I forget my reusable bags in the car. I walk back out and get them after doing this a dozen times it’s amazing how you start to remember the bags. :)

By: Sarah G

Sarah G — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:02:20 +0000

Heather!! You know how I feel about being Green; I’m glad to see you spreading the word!!! Also most grocery stores credit you a nickel for bringing your own bags; we all know that every penny counts right now… You don’t have to be a tree hugger to be green!