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Sustainable Cooking During the Pandemic: Instagram LIVE

Plastic Oceans CEO, Julie Andersen, Tallks with Co-Author of Living Without Plastic

This Earth Day, join Julie Andersen as she chats with Christine Wong, author of the #PlasticFreeFoodie series and Living Without Plastic on Instagram Live.

As Christine prepares a plastic-free recipe, she will discuss with Julie the pandemic and how it affected shopping, avoiding using plastic, how not to break the bank when shopping for plastic-free ingredients, and more.

Join us on April 22, Earth Day, at 11 a.m. PDT for what is sure to be a scrumptious discussion.

En sus palabras: Voces líderes sobre la salud de nuestro planeta

La Esperanza es Eterna: 14 líderes de opinión brindan su opinión sobre 2021

Con todo lo que nos arrojaron en 2020, y todo lo que seguimos lanzando al mundo a su vez, el principio de enero de 2021 a menudo se han sentido como un lugar solitario, con un largo año de incógnitas por delante. Pero la esperanza es eterna, como dicen, y aquí en Plastic Oceans International pensamos que escuchar a una amplia gama de voces notables, sobre sus esperanzas para el próximo año, nos ayudaría a todos a recuperarnos y avanzar hacia horizontes valientes y positivos.

In Their Words: Leading Voices on the Health Our Planet

Hope Springs Eternal: 14 Thought Leaders Provide Their Take on 2021

With everything that was thrown at us in 2020, and everything we continue to throw out at the world in turn, early January 2021 has often felt like a lonely place to be, with a long year of unknowns ahead. But hope springs eternal, as they say, and here at Plastic Oceans International we thought that hearing from a wide range of notable voices, on their hopes for this new year would help us all gather ourselves and push on towards brave, positive horizons.

Real popcorn as packing, from Living Without Plastic

Why We Wrote Living Without Plastic

Authors Christine Wong and Brigette Allen Provide the Book’s Origin and What Sets It Apart

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.

Comunicado de prensa: “Vivir Sin Plástico” ¡ahora disponible!

Un nuevo libro que ofrece más de 100 formas en las que puedes reemplazar el plástico en tu vida

“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.

Press Release: “Living Without Plastic” Hits Bookshelves!

A New Book Offering Over 100 Ways You Can Replace Plastic In Your Life

“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.

PlasticFreeFoodie Volume 3

Over 40 Recipes Made from Products Free of Single-Use Plastic Packaging

100% of proceeds benefit Plastic Oceans International

It’s been three years since my eyes were opened to the tremendous problem that plastic imposes on our environment. I am grateful to the documentary film, A Plastic Ocean, for empowering me to take action in my daily life as well as inspiring change via my Instagram feed @conscious_cooking.

PlasticFreeFoodie Volume 2 is Here

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:

The #PlasticFreeFoodie eZine is Here!

Simple Apple Galette.

Little did I know that my life would change so considerably after watching A Plastic Ocean. While I’ve always been conscious about reducing, reusing, recycling and repurposing, I never considered that one could actually refuse plastics, let alone inspire others to do the same. Sure, I always say “no” to straws, plastic bags and cutlery, but that was about the extent of it. At the same time, I was getting more and more annoyed to be given plastics at every turn when purchasing food. I have since found ways of going around this, by shopping at the greenmarket and eating according to the seasons, as well as bringing my own containers to purchase bulk food items and takeout foods.

Guest Blog from Christine Wong of Conscious Cooking and Yommme

Two weeks ago, to kick off Clean Up The World Weekend and the Ocean Conservancy’s Coastal Cleanup here in New York City, I thought I would watch “A Plastic Ocean” which was recommended to me by a friend on Instagram who lives in Australia. Needless to say, the film had a profound effect on me. While I have always been eco-conscious in that I bring my glass water bottle and my own bags everywhere to go shopping; I frequent the farmers’ market and am a member of a local CSA (community-supported agriculture); I recycle my packaging; and I compost my food scraps, the movie made me realize how much MORE I need to do, as does the rest of the world. When I traveled to Asia this summer, it broke my heart to see in a supermarket, that less than a dozen food items were free from packaging of any sort. We live in a downward spiral of a “disposable” world. What can we do to change this?