web links
July 25, 2009
Latest links – I like these blogs
Plastic Refuseniks
All these sites have been and still are really useful
UK
- No Plastic Livejournal community
- Fantastic No Plastic (finished)
- Plastic and Physics (finished)
- BBC’s A Month Without Plastic (finished)
- Plastic is Fantastic
Canada
- Living Plastic Free (year three)
Tunisia
America
Envirowoman is amazing – not only has she given up all plastic all at once – she keeps all the plastic she has used in her living room. Yes I know. And theres hardly any of it. How does she do it?
Beth over at Fake Plastic Fish monitors her weekly plastic consumption and has a good set of links.
www.lifelessplastic.blogspot.com- more on giving up plastic
Trying to make cheese and killing big pigs – this is hardcore stuff. Im still with the biobags and letting the local butcher do the ham slicing www.avoidingplastic.blogspot.co
Leonardo Di Capreo – yes the filmstar- is campaigning against plastic- you can sign his pledge here <
Dirty Beaches and Plastic Soup
The surf rider foundation have had enough of bobbing about in a sea of bottles – see their Rise Above Plastics Petition
The Junk Raft – these guys are sailing round the world on a boat made of rubbish to raise awareness of plastic in the sea
Ban The Plastic Baggers
This UK site is committed to seeing the back of the nastly plastic bag – take a look – they are really great
The all American bag monster is daft but really gets the mesageĀ accross.
Eco blogs
For all things green and wonderful
Try Make Wealth History – a U.K. based site about important issues
Zero Waste
Cutting garbage back to the bone
My Zero Waste in England
The Rubbish Diet also homegrown
pig pen doing it in New Zealand – makes her own noodles
Zero waste America is a worthy if rather ugly site about yes you guessed it..
365 days of trash is the story of one man and his bin and a year of throwing nothing away – the resources are American the sentiment global.
planet trash is fighting rubbish wherever it is to be found.
Garbloggers
Those that write about garbage…
Everyday trash is one of my favourites full of facts, trash art and great photos.
Well through her exceptional blog I was introduced to a Miz Ruby Reusable of yet another fine garblogging site and Olympia Dumpster Divers though because the link button has decided to stop working you will have to find them yourselves.
Well I have dug and delved through the masses of rubbish they have accumulated and here is a small sample of their inspiring wares.
Junk To Funk – the recycled fashion show
http://www.junktofunk.org/index.iml/call_to_artists
http://www.crackedpots.org/gallery1.cfm
July 25, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Good links here thanks!
July 26, 2009 at 11:45 am
Thanks to all the good folks out there giving up rubbish
July 26, 2009 at 7:56 am
Thank you so much for the mention. I love what you are doing here and you’re developing a really valuable resource for your readers
July 26, 2009 at 11:45 am
you are more then welcome in my bin
September 7, 2009 at 7:16 am
another interesting option is:
http://www.worldwithoutbottles.com/