Better than nothing -

[kyburg]

Not much, mind -

I have to admit it - I'm doing a lot of single-serving, one-off use frozen meals at work as lunch. Everything disposable - *winces* - and I know I can do better than that.

One little step towards reducing that carbon footprint?

I went out and got a set of To-Go Ware. It rides in the purse now wherever I go - coming soon to a fast food place near you. Yeah, I got the red one.

The side benefit? The carrying case is part of a project in Thailand called WEAVE - Women's Education for Advacement and Empowerment - pretty neat, you ask me. A bit like Novica, some...except for the profit margin. And where it goes. And for what.

But much more like RAWA. Remember them? They used to have a handicrafts program to help fund their project, but it looks like it's gone now.

Resources like these are worth seeking out - if I have to spend the money, maybe I can spend a few more moments targeting where it has to go.

*sighs*

And I need to start building meals in reusable containers instead of buying them at the market. Okay, that's going to take a bit more work. And planning. Yay.

Comments

[sidelobe.livejournal.com]

Funny how the lingo changes ("carbon footprint") but the message has been the same since the 60's. Why buy anything new? Just wrap a stainless table setting in a clean sock.

I keep plasticware in my desk at work, and often carry my lunch from home in re-usable containers. The only thing I typically throw away is a napkin and the little sticker from an apple (I don't count the apple core, but perhaps I should, if sending it in the direction of a landfill).

I don't care what the lingo is, as long as Joe Sixpack gets the message and can put it into practice.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I usually toss my cores someplace they could actually grow another tree with a hearty "Go! Make more of your kind!"

Buzz words. Gotta love 'em.