Deborah Jordan

I haven't been as diligent as I would have liked to have been, but I check some boxes already - carry my water bottle, recycle curbside and at the hub, carry go containers and reuseable bags in my car, try to buy cotton or at the thrift store, buy soap sheets for laundry now, took some plastic containers to the thrift store and try to use glass, am looking into the microfiber filters for washing machines, pick up litter and recycle the plastic, am involved with a rights of nature group, contribute to environmental groups, speak up when I can about not using plastic water bottles particularly. I'm inspired to look for more ways since it all seems so little compared to the mountains of plastic used, including packaging is huge.

Went with friends to see the movie How to Poison a Planet focused on 3M's role in poisoning the planet with "forever chemicals." It included the indigenous perspective of the natural world as part of who we are.

Even though I am eco-conscious, I still have lots of mainstream habits to rethink. Today I'm going to the Recycling and Reuse Hub www.cincinnatirecyclingandreusehub.org It's a great citizen-started space to recycle everything possible the city doesn't. Everytime I go (monthly) though, I'm reminded of how much plastic we use. So here's a picture of our recyclables (plus some litter recyclables I picked up) before I get my neighbor's to take down.