I know I said I would be back on Sunday evening with my next slow living blog post. I will do that but in the meantime I wanted to share something which I heard about today.
Plastic Free July started in 2011 as a community initiative of the Western Metropolitan Regional Council in Perth, Western Australia. From that small beginning it has spread with individuals and groups all over Australia and New Zealand becoming involved. 2013 is the year it has gone truly international.
I only became aware of this today. First, I read an article in the ReNew magazine which is published by the Alternative Technology Association. Later, I saw a link to the website posted on Simple Savings.
It seemed as though I was meant to find out more about this and I checked out the website and signed up for the challenge. Will you?
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We do not use a great deal of single-use plastic in our home but I will be keeping track more closely over the next month and blogging about our progress every Saturday so make sure you pop in and see how I am going. It would be great if you can join in too and share your story.
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Plastic-free is a goal of mine, I will gladly join you for plastic-free July.
It will be good to compare notes.
It will, thank.goodness the farmers market opened. I can’t find good produce without bringing plastic home.
Good luck! That’s a difficult challenge at times, in our hyper-over-packaged world. Looking forward to seeing how it goes for you.
It is a challenge and I already know that I will not come through the month unscathed but it is all about raising awareness.
We are now registered for Plastic Free July. Thanks Fairy 🙂
The more, the merrier……..
Good on you. I’ll be updating on how I’m going on my blog on Saturdays too. If I remember, weekends anyway.
Barb.
I am pleased that you alerted me to the existence of this challenge. Looking forward to it. 🙂
Excellent! I have just registered and will share as well. Will also promote in newsletter once school hols are over.
Thanks for sharing. We just need to get more people aware and involved.
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