Living Without Plastic is a new book from Plastic Oceans International and authors Christine Wong and Brigette Allen. This beautiful guide offers over 100 creative and stylish swaps that allow you to easily reduce you personal plastic footprint. We are proud to have Brigette and Christine provide this guest blog about their journey with the book.
“Una guía reveladora sobre cómo reducir la dependencia de los plásticos. . . . Esta es una llamada de atención convincente y clarificadora sobre el alcance del problema global del plástico y lo que los lectores pueden hacer al respecto “.
– Publishers Weekly
10 de noviembre de 2020 – Malibu, CA – Plastic Oceans International, una organización mundial sin fines de lucro que trabaja para acabar con la contaminación plástica, se une a Artisan Books para anunciar hoy la publicación de Vivir Sin Plástico, de las autoras Christine Wong y Brigette Allen.
Este nuevo libro sirve como una guía concisa sobre cómo adoptar fácilmente un estilo de vida libre o reducido de plástico. Ofrece más de 100 intercambios simples, sostenibles y elegantes en todos nuestros hogares, brindando a los lectores alternativas de plástico para todo, desde la cocina y el comedor, hasta la salud, la belleza, los viajes y más.
“An eye-opening guide on how to lessen one’s dependence on plastics. . . . This is a clarion, convincing wake-up call to the scope of the global plastic problem and what readers can do about it.”
– Publishers Weekly
November 10, 2020 – Malibu, CA – Plastic Oceans International, a global nonprofit working to end plastic pollution, joins Artisan Books in announcing today the publication of Living Without Plastic, from authors Christine Wong and Brigette Allen.
This new book serves as a concise guide on how to easily embrace a plastic-free or plastic-reduced lifestyle. It offers over 100 simple, sustainable, and stylish swaps throughout our households, providing readers with plastic alternatives for everything from kitchen and dining, to health, beauty, travel, and beyond.
Plastic is everywhere and this seems to be common knowledge these days. It’s all over our grocery stores, in our food deliveries, all throughout the oceans, come to think of it, it’s actually hard to find an ecosystem or community that isn’t riddled with plastic waste. What remains a mystery is if plastic is making its way in our bodies.
A medida que el interés de los consumidores en la ética verde crece en todo el mundo, los especialistas en marketing han encontrado una nueva forma de explotar esta tendencia reciente al tratar de hacer creer a las personas que pueden continuar consumiendo de la manera en que lo hacen sin afectar el medio ambiente, siempre y cuando sea “ecológico”. El lavado verde, como se le conoce, se está volviendo cada vez más frecuente en todo el mundo, incrementado aún más por la falta de regulaciones de la industria que dejan en claro qué reclamos se pueden hacer y cuáles no.
Greetings from my quarantine to yours! I hope you are staying well and safe whenever possible. I wanted to pop in and say “hi” since my social interactions these days are at an all-time low (for good reason) and I’ve found myself talking to inanimate objects. Nothing to be too concerned about, although my dresser and I are still not on speaking terms…
About 16 years ago, I was in a supermarket with a friend getting groceries for the week. The produce section was where our shopping trip began. It was also where my awareness began…
Océanos sin Plástico es una campaña gráfica para informar al público sobre productos plásticos desechables y cómo afectan el medio ambiente y por ultimo a nosotros mismos. En este blog les dejamos los fuentes de información en que se basó cada gráfica.
Le Rosé Bleu, a new rosé from Saint-Tropez in Provence, has been created with a global mission – to help raise awareness of ocean plastic, prevent it from entering the ocean and encourage people to discuss the issue over a glass of wine.
We are delighted to see Christine Wong’s #PlasticFreeFoodie project continuing on. Volume 2 of her highly popular publication features 60 mouthwatering recipes from 50 inspirational food Instagrammers – all made from ingredients free of plastic packaging and accompanied by photography that is as much art as the culinary creations themselves.
You can buy your digital copy now, for just $8.99. In addition to benefitting our cause, proceeds also go to Lonely Whale, which was founded by actor Adrian Grenier and Lucy Sumner.
Without further adieu, we offer up the official foreword for Volume 2, as written by our Global Executive Director Julie Andersen:
