tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post5800538247834529044..comments2024-02-15T17:21:26.481+00:00Comments on The Rubbish Diet: Thinking differently: An international perspectiveAlmost Mrs Averagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-7787156405808113522009-05-13T23:44:00.000+01:002009-05-13T23:44:00.000+01:00Hi Beth - thanks for the heads up about your guest...Hi Beth - thanks for the heads up about your guest post. I'll pop over and have a read tomorrow. It's also interesting what you you write about the reaction to being brought up in a poorer household. I experienced that too and my reaction was to spend, spend, spend on lots of stuff that I didn't really need. I feel lucky to have now found the balance. :-D <br /><br />Hi John - yep, reusable wrapping is most definitely the solution and the great thing is every time you give a Furoshiki-wrapped pressie, it becomes an opportunity to share the idea. :-D<br /><br />Hi Fi - how wonderful and I love your story about the boxes that keep getting reused. Thank you.<br />P.S. That greenhouse on your blog is fabulous....I nearly wrote "a smasher" but that would have tempted some horrible fate :-DAlmost Mrs Averagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-50450505510942261792009-05-13T10:44:00.000+01:002009-05-13T10:44:00.000+01:00I wrapped our boy's giant box of a Christmas prese...I wrapped our boy's giant box of a Christmas present in a piece of green and gold tartan remnant I'd had for ages. All gathered up at the top and with a gold bow (another piece of ribbon we had about the place) it looked great. My sister in law, who teaches at an International School in Denmark, told me this is how the Japanese do it. There was, however, also a big bin bag of normal wrapping paper - oh dear. <br /><br />I now try to use the gift bags - we have one in our family which has been going back and forth for at least four years! And we save attractive boxes to put things in, just with a ribbon round them, hoping (or hinting if we know them well enough!) the giftee will go on to do the same...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-17179604917306536082009-05-13T08:35:00.000+01:002009-05-13T08:35:00.000+01:00Hi Mrs A,
Great to see you spreading the word abo...Hi Mrs A,<br /><br />Great to see you spreading the word about waste reduction. Learning from others, including from further afield, has value.<br /><br />Reusable wrapping is the answer, apart from unwrapped. Furoshiki, the Japanese stylish wrapping, can also be practised here.John Costiganenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-64304095817032778412009-05-13T07:50:00.000+01:002009-05-13T07:50:00.000+01:00It is great to be exposed to other cultures and re...It is great to be exposed to other cultures and realize that our wasteful ways are not universal. In fact, I've got a guest poster over at Fake Plastic Fish tomorrow morning who writes about the culture shock she experienced coming back to the consumption and waste of the U.S. from Mexico.<br /><br />And this reminds me of one other thing I've been puzzling about. One of the most wasteful people I know grew up very poor. I wonder now if for her, being too poor to waste then has created a desire to show the world that she can now afford to be wasteful. I feel compassion for her, and also utter frustration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com