#plasticchallenge

Princess Bubblegum with a bucket of candy 🍭 🌸 I think I want to make some more Adventure time fanart soon. Maybe a bit of Bubbline ❤️ Adventure Time fanart for @plastic.pen #plasticartchallenge Reference is @pi_thepie on-screen gardening 🧑‍🌾 ❤️ #plasticchallenge #psaf21 #pinkart #princessbubblegum #adventuretimefanart #fanartchallenge #pbfanart #princessbubblegumfanart (at The Land of Ooo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP2u0_uDTd2/?utm_medium=tumblr

Happy 1st day of Spring!! I can't wait for this weekends Health Expo at the Madonna Expo Center with @inspiredexpos We've been discussing single use plastic waste in one of my FB groups "All Things Green! Green Living". I'm going to challenge my group members to 7 days against single use plastic! Can you go a whole day without using this stuff??! How about 7?? I myself am very interested to see how this challenge goes! Want in?? Just request to join the group. You'll find the link in my bio. Everyone who stops by my booth during the expo will be encoraged to join the challenge! What's more you'll be entered in a drawing for a gift basket full of reusable personal care and household cleaning products. What better way to help rid our planet of single use plastics then to use the very items that help make this mission possible? Everyone is encouraged to the challenge. Whether you're at the expo this weekend or not! Who's with me??! . . . . . #singleuseplastic #plasticchallenge #healthexpo #getinspired #inspiredhealthexpo #slo #californiacentralcoast #momonamission #spring #theelitesuite #empowersocial #norwexconsultant #reusablebags #reusablestraw #reducereuserecyle #saveouroceans #oceanlife #californiacentralcoast #pismo #arroyogrande #shellbeach #earthwarrior #saveyourhealth #savetime #safehaven #lososos #groverbeach #allthingsgreenliving #greenliving #sanluisobispo #nipomo #santamaria #baywoodpark (at Santa Maria, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvP6VbUA85S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mmsruz0zbbyw

Toilet paper which comes wrapped in paper, not plastic! They also donate 50% of profits to countries with poor sanitation to build toilets which is awesome. Feels good on your butt too. Win win. Here's my link to £5 Off your first shop: https://www.talkable.com/x/S7pwwI #whogivesacrap #charity #bloggertips #ecoblogger #ethical #plasticfree #plasticchallenge #peoplescreatives @whogivesacraptp (at Southsea)

Mornings sponsored by blood, sweat, tears and chilly's water bottles. #plasticfree #plasticchallenge @mcs_uk @chillys #bloggerlife (at University of Portsmouth)

“By 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish and 1 bin lorry’s worth of plastic is dumped into the sea every minute” Dame Ellen MacArthur (Guardian January 2016).  Unless people stand up and say no to plastic, the situation will continue to get worse.  Only 5% of plastics are recycled effectively, whilst 40% end up in landfill and about 35% ends up in fragile ecosystems such as the seas.  A carelessly dumped plastic bag can strangle wildlife, or creatures such as seals may eat it; plastics can break down in the sea releasing toxic chemicals that may be digested by fish and eventually end up on your plate and inside you!  So all in all, is that plastic cup, that bag, that pot really worth it? Try the challenge this month and see how you can live without plastic and how you can help protect our seas and marine wildlife.

For those interested or those taking part in the MCS plastic challenge. Southsea Beachwatch are having a beach clean tomorrow by the coffee cup from 10am (until 12pm). See you there? #surfersagainstsewage #plasticchallenge #plasticfree

I've been living without plastic for nearly a week now and it has been ok. I have really enjoyed it. Saturday was a challenge as I woke to discover Thames Water had cut my water off while they mended a burst water main cue frantic dash trying to find water in glass bottles but found the last two in the back of Sainsburys. Hurrah. I loved doing my shopping locally on Saturday and was really pleased that although I spent more at farmers market and butchers market, I spent substantially less at Sainsburys and think I was within my usual food budget. (One of the things I'm interested in is whether I spend more or less overall during this challenge.) The farmers market was super fun this week as I had good chat with the people from Wild Co who sell the most amazing salad leaves and was recognised at the cheese stall as the "girl giving up plastic". However my trip II to Whole Foods has changed that slightly. I found a range of goodies in Whole Foods in High Street Ken - paper-wrapped chocolate, museli, coffee, almond butter, bulk goods that you can dispense in paper bags (nuts, mango, seaweed crackers) to help with snacks at work. While there are some things that are brilliant in Whole Foods - it is also a place full of plastic and it really hit me on Saturday. Also I found lots of packaging that I couldn't work out if it was paper or plastic - like the Clearspring ranges. I'm assuming it is all plastic but at some point will check. Having come down with a horribly sore throat I also found some throat sweets in glass jar there (we just do not speak of the price). Since Saturday I have been sick so drinking honey and lemon and padding about at home so it hasn't been hard to remain plastic free. I need to find a better way to keep bread fresh though. My hot cross buns from the farmers market went super dry. I have been surprised by all the lovely messages I have been getting about the challenge from friends and family at home and abroad. It is very cheering indeed. Going into the second week and still feeling positive about the challenge.