Author Archives: cecilyvan

Fresh Bread

It is interesting to me how the whole “green lifestyle” thing can grab you and take you places you never thought you’d be. For example. two years ago, after I decided I wanted to consciously do things to help the environment, I did things like change lightbulbs, be even more cautious about saving water and…

The ABC’s of Feeling More Positive

I am feeling especially blah lately. I’m seeing my family and my house and my accomplishments – but I am seeing through them, allowing these negative feelings to pervade my life and put its ugly fog in front of the beauty that I have created. I am not going to write about Waste Prevention today,…

Put the Cycle in Recycle

It’s a new explanation of the idea of recycling that I heard on TV recently. A huge part of Recycling is the Cycle. If you purchase a product and its packaging and they are manufactured from virgin material and then you toss what you can of the packaging into the recycling bin – IS THAT…

Answers: How Long Does It Take To Biodegrade?

From 4/11/08: Can you put this list in order? (Answers below) Tin Can Disposable Diaper Plastic 6-pack Holder Paper Wool Cap Aluminum Can Glass Bottles Rubber Boot Sole Banana Peel Cigarette Butt Hard Plastic Container Here are the answers to the list I posted yesterday: (I did my research at the Bureau of Land Management)…

How Long Does It Take To Biodegrade?

Can you put this list in order? (Answers posted tomorrow) Tin Can Disposable Diaper Plastic 6-pack Holder Paper Wool Cap Aluminum Can Glass Bottles Rubber Boot Sole Banana Peel Cigarette Butt Hard Plastic Container