More Environmental Musings

If you read my blog (why else would you be here) you know that I often set out to do grand things in the form of making my life more sustainable. While some changes end up being more successful than others I like to think that on the whole at least I make changes. This link to The Story of Stuff has always intrigued me. It's a little bit long but if you haven't watched it you might find it thought provoking even if a little overdone.

I want to be separate from my things. I don't think I could go so far as living in a tumbleweed house but I do try to get rid of things. Of course, I've found that freecycle is a much better way of getting rid of things than throwing them away.

I guess this post ended up being shorter than I thought it would be... oh well.

I also realized today that sort of like Cory I generally have two types of posts... except instead of cat videos and theology I post Pearls comics and environmentalism.

One less thing for the landfill

In my quest to eliminate the amount of waste I produce I have always been troubled by the toothbrush/toothpaste dilemma. I am not a person willing to forgo some clean teeth, well, at least not permanently. Should a person merely use the toothbrush longer than the three months recommended by the American Dentists Association in order to decrease the number of toothbrushes used over time? Well, I already do that (coupled with boiling water to kill germs) but it just doesn't seem like enough.

I like the sound and look of these toothbrushes. Unfortunately shipping them from Australia isn't exactly going to be helping my initial problem of waste.

http://environmentaltoothbrush.com.au/

So, I found and settled with this one. I don't actually need it yet so it will sit in my drawer for a while (sorry, no review). 2.99 isn't a bad price and finding it at target (less than a mile from my house) is a plus for convenience and transportation cost/impact. It's packaging doubles as a postage paid envelope to be sent back at the end of it's life for recycling. No landfill for this one!

http://www.preserveproducts.com/products/personalcare/toothbrush-mail-back-pack.html