We would like to introduce ourselves. We are Shayda and Tristan, a married couple living in a small home in Pomona, California.
We have always been disturbed by the notion of trash, of how it is so deeply rooted in our lives and of how consumption seems to destroy everything around us. When we watched a short online movie called Story of Stuff, we knew we had to do something to change our relationship with the earth and with this thing we call "trash."
After drinking tea, and talking late into the night, we listed the small steps we had taken towards recycling, but we knew that there was still too much trash in our lives.
We dared ourselves: could we take one year of our lives and dedicate it to finding interesting, fun, and ingenious ways to move away from trash?
For the next year, this blog will document how we purchase and dispose of the things we buy. We will log all of our purchases and track what happens to them. We will try, for one year beginning January 2010, to be free from trash.
This means, all of the things we buy will either be reusable or recyclable.
We will catalogue all of our possessions, analyze their toxicity, and what we will do with them if they break or if we wish to dispose of them.
As we develop ways to reduce trash, we will post links, take photos, and share the knowledge with you.
So, here is the plan as it stands:
-By January 1st, 2010, we'll have an inventory of our worldly possessions. This will give us an idea of exactly how much we have and may influence us in what we buy in the next year.
-We will also document all the things that we are currently doing to reduce and recycle waste.
Starting January 1st, we will blog once a week with an update of purchases and a tracking of those purchases.
And for next week, we'll blog on tips to reduce waste during holidays~
S&T
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