Deb's,I have 5 grandkids ranging from 10 to 28. The 1O year old grandson isn't a bit interested in Mobile phones, however,he was obsessed with Nintendo Switch,then Play Station, now Oculus. Mum works for a Toy Giant as a software expert. She goes on courses and gets gadgets before they hit the shops. The other 4 are surgically attached to their phones. Middle grandaughter had her own smartphone at 2. The 2 adults don't give a monkeys about climate change, altering their lifestyle,and wouldn't be seen dead in second hand clothes. That's why I said I wondered if my green changes offset theirs.
The move away from gas will probably just be because 'the west' doesn't want to depend on Russian gas for its energy supply. Ditto the move to electric vehicles will be to lessen our economies dependence on middle east oil rich countries.
Those are actually just happy side effects. The real driver is the economic risks of having to deal with climate change and of being left in a high carbon economy in a low carbon world if we don't find a way to transition.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
You certainly seem to be doing your best @Nanny Beach and hopefully your grandchildren and mine will benefit from the changes that really need to be made.
I had to stop in the town that has the local zero waste shop yesterday so I popped in to get dental floss refills and a new toothbrush. They had those toothpaste tablets there too so I bought a month's supply to try them out. I'm quite impressed by them so far but the only thing that puts me off using them full time is the price which works out at about £2.50 for the month. It's not going to break the bank but I doubt that I spend £1 on toothpaste a month at the moment. I guess it goes back to the original question of how far will people go to save the planet. £240 a year for a family of four on toothpaste?
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Oh I see, never thought of that. Thanks @Hostafan1. My own thoughts are that it wouldn't help much if everybody threw their plastic toothbrushes away though and the tablets must come packaged? My daughter has a bamboo toothbrush, she says its a sustainable, quick to grow crop which provides jobs and ultimately biodegradable. Her old one is very handy for scrubbing plant pots!
What's the advantage of toothpaste tablets over ordinary toothpaste?
The ones I've seen come in either a tin or a glass jar with refills in paper bags. You do use a toothbrush (you can get wooden ones when your plastic one needs to be replaced next time) - you chew the tablet to get a paste then use your brush. They don't have microbeads, generally use fewer chemicals, are made dry so save weight in transport (tubes of toothpaste contain a lot of water) and don't come in plastic tubes that are very difficult to recycle.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
The tablets are just toothpaste in a single serving solid form. You chew them to break them up and then just brush as normal. They sell them by weight either in a paper bag or you can bring your own container to refill. Plastic toothpaste tubes aren't recyclable via council systems, so it's one of the plastics that's better off not being used. If these things take off in popularity the price should come down and hopefully the big manufacturers will start making similar products soon. A few of them are already getting into bamboo brushes and similar things.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My daughter has a bamboo toothbrush, she says its a sustainable, quick to grow crop which provides jobs and ultimately biodegradable. Her old one is very handy for scrubbing plant pots!
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”