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.

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[snobahr.livejournal.com]

chronovius takes his lunch to work with him. Usually it's leftovers from the night (or two) before... he keeps an almost complete table setting at the office, so there's minimal waste (and an absolute guarantee of a fork, spoon, and serving vessel - he has one of my small visionware pots w/lid). That bamboo set is pretty cool - maybe we'll get a couple of sets to keep in our SCA gear.

[legion-myers.livejournal.com]

Drop me an email and let me know what your schedule is like for next week. A visit is long overdue!

[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]

Hell, it's no secret - *laughs*

Next weekend, it's Mother's Day, at least on Saturday when I have to drive out to Hemet. Sunday, Jim works - so no plans that day, really. To catch us both, and it's high time you did, think dinnerish. Or, failing that, think dinnerish any day of the week thereafter.

[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.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I have gotten into the habit of cooking just enough for the meal served - seriously. (Do I weigh and measure everything? Why, yes. I do WW. *facepalms*)

I just wish I could come up with something I could cook and pack down that didn't leave me with one choice every day for a week. Yanno?

[drlaurac.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to do some shopping at Weave for new babies and Christmas!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

*thumbs up* YUP!