Eve O. Schaub's Blog, page 3
March 30, 2023
The Hermit & the Bookstore
I used to think authors were hermits who spent a lot of time sitting in a darkened study packed to the rafters with books, contemplating their next work with knitted brow. Every once in a while, they might become daring and go outside for a walk. (I’m reading The Magician right now, about the life … Continue reading The Hermit & the Bookstore →
March 15, 2023
It’s Time for a Garbage Makeover
Who doesn’t love a good makeover? I’d say our poor, neglected garbage cans are definitely overdue. I mean, we all recycle and throw things away every day, but there’s so much misinformation out there that I feel like we need a Garbage Czar— or at the very least a Garbage Miss Manners— to help us […]
March 7, 2023
Can Mardi Gras EVER go Green?
The annual New Orleans celebration of Mardi Gras is unlike anything I’ve ever seen anywhere. Its focus is parades: lots of them. Between January 6 and “Fat Tuesday” they have literally dozens of them. This year there were over seventy parades, each with its own theme, costumes, paraders and music. It’s a celebration that is […]
February 15, 2023
Don’t Be Fooled: Wipes Are Plastic
Wipes are sneaky. Environmentalists can spend countless hours discussing the benefit-versus-harm of everything from glass jars and compostable forks to Legos, but when if you bring up wipes you’re likely to get a lot of blank looks. That’s because wipes fly under the radar. They look like paper, but their whole purpose in life is […]
February 8, 2023
The Shell Game of Carton Recycling
I’m excited. I finally found a place I can buy milk in returnable, refillable bottles. No longer do I have to worry that my milk contains synthetic chemicals leeched from the container’s coating, and neither do I have to agonize about where that container will end up after I’m done using it. Is it expensive? […]
January 23, 2023
How Hard IS a Day of No Plastic?
It seemed like everyone I’ve ever met sent me the A.J. Jacob’s article “Trying to Live a Day Without Plastic” when it came out in the New York Times a little over a week ago. I love that people thought of me when they saw an article that might as well have been entitled “Stunt […]
January 18, 2023
So Why Purge Plastic?
We all know that there can be “bad” things in plastic. Most of us have heard that BPA is “bad.” But it is still legal to use BPA in plastic (except baby bottle and sippy cups) so how bad could it really be? And probably, most other additives are safe, right? But what if I […]
