The Succulent Wife's Favorite Things

Reduce Bottled Water Waste

I've blogged about this before ( here and here among some of the posts) and it appears that there is no end in sight with this subject, the heartbreaking and wasteful use of water bottles. This latest campaign is highly visual. You might not be able to read the copy that says "Last year 14 million gallons of oil were consumed to make plastic water bottles". 

What bothers me more than having a hard time reading the copy (and having to think that NO ONE but a two year old drinks out of a water bottle with such spill results),  is that Brita, the company behind this campaign is not so upfront about... being behind this campaign. I don't know what there is to hide. The Brita home water filtration system proposes a legitimate way for hardcore water bottle users to make a switch. Anyhow, I'm still glad to see that the volume of noise on the subject is escalating. This will hopefully show some results before it's too late. FWIW, there is also a pledge that you can take to indicate your involvement in the cause. Go to the FilterForGood website for that.

Raw Food Lifestyle - Rawlicious

When I have a moment, I need to tell you about the raw food, aka living food lifestyle that my husband and I are incorporating in our lives.

My lunch today looked so beautiful, simple and healthy, I just had to snap it. Mixed vegetable & nut salad with honey lemon dressing and olive-sundried-tomato crackers. Miammmmm.

We took a raw cooking class at the Ki-Atsu Institute and have been running with it since. Delicious and satisfying and beautiful and a remedy to my constant low blood sugar. Love, love, love it!

More on that later!

Garbage! The Revolution - Great Documentary About Our Trash Problems

My daughter school held a screening of "Garbage! The Revolution" on Earth Day this last week.  This fantastic and highly digestible documentary has made us all much more aware of our over-the-top consumption habits. I thought that my family was well versed on the topic of trash and recycling. Not even close. If you think you know everything about our trash problem, think again... or watch the documentary. As a society, we are largely ignoring the problem because of the typical "out of sight, out of mind" syndrome. When our trash is hauled away, we don't really need to think about it any more. But we are running out of place to put it and then, there is the toxic seepage, among some of the obvious garbage issues.

Buy, rent, borrow this movie and share it with as many people as you can and discuss it with friends and their children. Spread the word. And yes, you should feel ambivalent (better yet, guilty) when you eat out of that Styrofoam cup or plate or grab that pile of napkins that you won't even use when you go out to eat. That would be the desired outcome after you've seen this documentary and raised your awareness of the issue. Here's the trailer. Order the documentary here at www.GarbageRevolution.com