Musings

Monday, May 11, 2015

Eco-Challenge Part 9: Rinsing Plastic Down the Drain

Do you wash your face with plastic?

Although some companies are phasing them out, and New Jersey has banned them, there are still plastic microbeads in many beauty products. They make a cheap and effective exfoliant. However, when you rinse them off and they go down the drain, the end up in the ocean. These beads are too small to be filtered out.

There are options.

Microbeads are not the only effective exfoliant. there are natural ones that are safer for you and the environment.

Ava Anderson Non-Toxic sells products without plastic ingredients. Other companies do, too. I happen to be hosting an online Ava Anderson Party right now, so if you are interested and you know me in person send me a Facebook message or an email.

Otherwise, just look for "microbeads" or "polyethylene" in the ingredients list of your products and, if you find them there, consider switching.

Here's more info:

http://www.newbeauty.com/blog/dailybeauty/7519-should-micro-beads-be-outlawed/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/nyregion/ban-sought-on-microbeads-in-beauty-items.html?_r=0

http://grist.org/news/new-york-california-move-to-ban-beauty-products-containing-microbeads/

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Forgiveness: A Psalm About Our Forgiving God.

Psalm 103 is labeled "Forgiving God." in my Bible. It fits.

I offer it as today's post in the forgiveness series. May it be a blessing to you.

¹Praise the Lord, my soul;
    all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
²Praise the Lord, my soul,
    and forget not all his benefits—
³who forgives all your sins
    and heals all your diseases,
⁴who redeems your life from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,
⁵who satisfies your desires with good things
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.

⁷He made known his ways to Moses,
    his deeds to the people of Israel:
⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;
¹⁰he does not treat us as our sins deserve
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love for those who fear him;
¹²as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³As a father has compassion on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴for he knows how we are formed,
    he remembers that we are dust.
¹⁵The life of mortals is like grass,
    they flourish like a flower of the field;
¹⁶the wind blows over it and it is gone,
    and its place remembers it no more.
¹⁷But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children—
¹⁸with those who keep his covenant
    and remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.

²⁰Praise the Lord, you his angels,
    you mighty ones who do his bidding,
    who obey his word.
²¹Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,
    you his servants who do his will.
²²Praise the Lord, all his works
    everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Finishing the Challenge

The Ultimate Blog Challenge requires 30 posts within the month to complete.

Earlier today, I posted my 29th article. So, one more to go.

This is cheesy. It might even be cheating. But...

I really have nothing more to say today, so I will just say that, with this post,

I have completed the

Ultimate Blog Challenge!

And I am happy about it.

Thank you for listening!

This is my 30th, and final, post for the April 2015 Ultimate Blog Challenge.