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Zoom Meetup: How to Start a Produce Bag Sewing Bee

Posted on June 10, 2024July 31, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Would you like to socialize with crafty, like-minded friends, make something useful together, help reduce plastic pollution and build community, all while having fun? Then consider organizing a sewing bee for making reusable produce bags. Learn how to get started in this free Zoom meetup on Friday, July 19th, 2024 at 10am PT/1pm ET. Plan […]

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10 Free and Easy Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

Posted on July 27, 2023July 27, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A bouquet of fresh vegetables wrapped in burlap sits on a wooden background

You have cut all kinds of plastic: to-go cups, shopping and produce bags and bottled water. Here are 10 easy, free ways to cut more.

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13 Painless Ways to Participate in Plastic Free July

Posted on June 30, 2022July 2, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau

This Plastic Free July, cut loads of single-use plastic from your life painlessly with these 13 simple strategies.

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What I Eat in a Day: Plastic Free July Challenge

Posted on June 30, 2021June 30, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

You may wonder what you’ll eat in a day, let alone all of Plastic Free July. You need a (simple) plan: what to eat and how to shop and prep.

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Plastic Free July: Cut These Top 4 Single-Use Plastics

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Purple produce bag upcycled from a donated linen sheet, filled with avocados

If you don’t know how to start Plastic Free July, cut the Top 4: the very common, very swappable sources of single-use plastic pollution.

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How to Make A New Sustainable Habit Stick

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Are you attempting to adopt a new sustainable habit but find sticking with it difficult? These 11 strategies will help you succeed.

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Virtual Screening of The Story of Plastic

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Neither Covid, nor Big Oil, nor Big Plastic can stop us from watching The Story of Plastic to learn about the real causes of the plastic pollution crisis.

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Plastic Free July: The Pandemic Year(s)

Posted on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Like much else in 2020, Plastic Free July will look a bit different this year. Here are 17 ways to participate during the pandemic.

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How to Cook Use-It-Up Corncob Broth

Posted on July 27, 2019July 22, 2025by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Vegetable broth made with corn cobs, husks and floss tastes absolutely delicious and contains only the minimal ingredients that you yourself put in the pot.

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