Although I’ve only been tracking his blog for a short time, it feels as though an end of a phase of *my* life has occurred. Whose? No Impact Man – a NY Journalist – has been living in NYC for a year with wife & 2-year-old with the aim of having net no impact on the environment. His year ended this week. His family’s journey has been fascinating and uplifting, I wish there were more folk like this in the world.

This week he pointed me (yes, me personally) at another interested site – fake plastic fish. This time, an artist in San Francisco is eliminating plastic. I’m now looking at the recycling symbols on everything with new knowledge – 1,2,4 & 5 not-so-bad, 3 really bad, also 6 & 7 also bad unless 7 recyclable. Remember to make sure what you’re check is empty before you check it, if the symbol is on the underside…