Comments on: My Dirty Secret https://troutsfarm.com/2017/12/31/my-dirty-secret/ Where Reality Becomes Illusion Thu, 09 Jul 2020 21:14:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Camille Armantrout https://troutsfarm.com/2017/12/31/my-dirty-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-31418 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 18:11:32 +0000 http://troutsfarm.com/?p=5319#comment-31418 Linen! I looked it up and learned it’s made from flax. Well, how about that. So, if leather, wool, silk, and synthetics are out, that leaves us with cotton, linen, and hemp. Every time you open your mouth, I learn something.

]]> By: Linda Watson https://troutsfarm.com/2017/12/31/my-dirty-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-31417 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:02:52 +0000 http://troutsfarm.com/?p=5319#comment-31417 Spot on, Camille! My dirty secret is delivery Indian food after a hard Friday of blogging. It comes in a styrofoam boxes, plastic containers, and a plastic bag. I reuse the plastic bag repeatedly and then recycle it, but what about the rest? The GrubHub delivery is easy for me and maybe means fewer car miles than if we drover round-trip to the restaurant. Maybe not. I also struggle as I avoid leather, wool, and silk .. but then found out about the effects of synthetic fabric on the planet. Just found a linen blouse at a thrift store to wear while I eat my Indian dinner.

Every step counts, though. Awareness like yours is why some places ban plastic bags and have effective recycling programs.

]]> By: Steph https://troutsfarm.com/2017/12/31/my-dirty-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-31393 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 06:28:44 +0000 http://troutsfarm.com/?p=5319#comment-31393 Remember at the zoo when you were a kid and they had those big machines that would press whatever animal shape you wanted out of plastic on the spot? That’s one smell I can still conjure up at will. I hate plastic too, but like you, it’s a love/hate relationship. We can’t escape it. It’s one of those things we just have to put in the ‘can’t do anything about it’ basket (it can be aluminium if you want 😉

]]> By: donna https://troutsfarm.com/2017/12/31/my-dirty-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-31392 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:45:34 +0000 http://troutsfarm.com/?p=5319#comment-31392 I enjoy reading your writings, Camille.
I wouldn’t be too very concerned with living with plastics even if it includes driving a plastic ’95 vehicle. That is vintage plastic still serving its purposed life. Besides, a plastic car fits your plastic farm motif well. :p
It is just the time of the world in which we were born.
Your carbon footprint is not so secret even if you give more than you take and leave behind more than plastic.

May the new year 2018 shine much happiness, health and good fortune upon you. And, Bob, too.

By the way…waxed paper is my go to kitchen wrap. Great for refrigerating cheese.

Cheers,
Donna

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