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FOUND: One plastic-free toothbrush and minimal plastic floss
TODAY'S post is brought to you my the letter T for teeth, and the letter E for excitment. I know I must sound like a big time geek when I say this but I am quite excited by the fact that I have managed...
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WEEK 38: New deodourant sans plastic
A COUPLE of weeks ago I used the last drop out of my last remaining bottle of excessively-over packaged plastic bottled deodourant (pictured below left). So for the last week I popped down to Lush on...
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September plastic: The Spring Clean-Out and Sweet Tooth Edition
SPRING is in the air so naturally last month I thought I would have a bit of a "Spring clean out" in an attempt to declutter my university flat room before I move out at the end of the trimester. As a...
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He Wai, He Oranga - Water is life
TODAY is Blog Action Day and this year's theme is "water". With my plastic-free project, I was originally going to write something along the lines of the perils of bottled water and something ocean...
View ArticleWEEK 40: Update on the oral health front and prescription drugs
A COUPLE of week's ago I wrote about finding a nearly plastic-free dental floss. Though I'm still going through the remainder of my existing packet of floss, I have used the GentleFloss once. I have to...
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WEEK 41: Plastic-free pantyhose
THIS week's post is a bit late, considering it's halfway through week 42 now but oh the wells. But I have some good news for all you eco-conscious Kiwi's out there who still like to wear stockings but...
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WEEK 43: October plastic tally - 31 items
IT'S been a couple of weeks since my last post and November's halfway over but nevertheless, here is my plastic tally for October. Between finishing university for the year, moving out of my term flat...
View ArticleNovember tally - 27 items
APOLOGIES for the irregular blogging lately. Inbetween finishing Uni for the year, moving back to Wairoa for the summer, starting a summer job, getting ready for my grandparent's 50th wedding...
View ArticleLast minute Christmas ideas
IF anyone else is like me and leave all your Christmas present shopping and making then you are probably also stressed right now. Every day this week I have been sending parcels to people - although...
View ArticleDecember plastic tally & wrapping up Year 1
SOOO my first year of ditching plastic for Tangaroa's children is officially over eight days ago. While I got a bit lazy with the challenge in the last couple of months - due to a couple of...
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Running for the fish and coast
I wrote this story for the Wairoa Star today and thought it might be interesting to Hine Taiao readers since it covers the issues of marine pollution and unsustainable fishing:AFTER travelling the...
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FebFast: Taking a break from the booze
IN THE lead up to starting back at Uni at the end of next month and as a post holiday detox, I've decided to take a break from alcohol for a while and just signed up for FebFast today. I'm pushing...
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YEAR 2: January 2011 plastic tally – 24 items
Only one month gone for 2011 and already my plastic box has got a lot of items in it – 24 for January! Looks like I really need to get over this post Christmas/New Yar lull and get back into being...
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YEAR 2: February plastic tally - 23 items
I SEEM to be on a par for the couple of month's with my plasic tally for February with 23 items again. And looking at what it consists of - mostly incidental or "old" plastic it does not seem so bad....
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Changes...
IT HAS been awhile since my last post and a lot has changed since then and all so quickly. Not only am I no longer a student, but I got a new job working in television and moved cities. But I'm getting...
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March-April combined 2 months of plastic!! ~43 items~
AROHAMAI for the lack of postings lately. Betweent moving cities, starting a new career, and moving again (into new apartment) and not to mention my laptop breaking. I have been pretty flat out busy....
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May Plastic tally - only 6 items WTF!!
OFFICIALLY my smallest monthly plastic tally on record. Either I'm finally getting the hang of this or I'm just getting lazy about collecting and declaring all the plastic I use (I suspect it's...
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Challenges to the Plastic-Free Challenge
AS you know already I have recently moved to the opposite side of the island, from the small village-like community city of Wellington to the sprawling metropolitan of Auckland - New Zealand's biggest...
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July plastic tally - 7 items
MAYBE I am finally getting the hang of refusing plastic. Maybe this was a lucky/successful month. But I'm pretty darn proud of myself that I managed to only collect 7 items of plastic this month. Time...
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PRODUCT REVIEW: Earth Wise laundry powder
I BOUGHT a new brand "eco" laundry detergent recently, it was on special at the supermarket (2 for $10) and cheaper than my normal preferred brand Next Generation, which has no, as in ZERO, plastic...
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