Reduce Your Use Tampa Bay

This was a wonderful experience. I was able to be conscious of my actions and express my concerns with a community of like-minded individuals.

I'm really hopeful of the day I don't have to actively say "no straws, please" or catch the servers right before they take them out of their pocket. 

We can just use our hands. No more utensils.

I can shame my friends and family on how much plastic they use. I could make carrying your own cutlery a fashion trend. The south is very dependent on single-use plastic. And they don't care about climate change either. To reach them, I think there should be a movement of collecting all of the waste possible and dumping it on the properties of...

I guess as the global citizen and climate warrior i am has always noticed. This month I did try much harder than normal.

I chew gum so I can keep fresh breath. I use alternatives now.

I have actually been doing this for a long time, but mostly did it for the economical reasons, as well as how my one small bottle was perfectly fine after dozens of refills.  And now that my kids wash the dishes, it's much easier for them to use the small one, too (yes, I torture my kids with chores, lol).  I can always find the larger bottle...

Sometimes the food is hot. Sometimes the worker handing you the food is alarmed and they can make it awkward. What was difficult is disrupting a workers routine before they begin to take the bag out. That might be the hardest part because they are usually so quick with it. If you ask at the beginning of transaction sometimes the transaction...

People looked at me weird, but not weird enough to bother me. One snack bowl at time.

We have to get back to publicly shaming folks. I heard my friend's excuse for using styrofoam plates and cups because she was too lazy to wash dishes. I put her on blast. I educated her that her laziness is  contributing to this ecosystem's downfall. Normalize plastic bullying. It works.