Heath Whole Food Ledger

Today saw the death of a valiant cowboy, one who had "10 things he hated about you" and loved a good "jousting match". He was a patriot for the film world and a "joker" in the face of challenges. Heath, you will be missed! Heath Ledger, 1979-2008.

Good news on the environmental front today, Whole Foods has decided to ban plastic bags in all of its outlets by Earth Day 2008 (April 22nd). One of the test runs in San Fransisco said that the use of paper bags only rose 10% compared to normal usage, which hopefully means that more consumers were switching to reusable bags. On the Plastic Fish link here, the author has a pet peeve though of so called "Eco-shoppers" who use their recycled bags. When they go to buy produce, each piece of veggies and fruit are in their own plastic sack. Kind of defeats the purpose right? Hey, we have to start somewhere, though I agree with the author. If you can start by getting used to using a large reusable bag, migrate up when you bag your produce. Its hard to imagine a supermarket with out plastic. I was in the supermarket tonight and when you stop and look, literally everything is plastic. How much oil/landfill space could we save if we reduce our packaging by say 1/3 or 1/2! Something to ponder. How ever did our ancestors survive without plastic? Maybe we should take a lesson? Cheers!