Melanie Jade Rummel

This article was written by Melanie Jade Rummel. Melanie Jade and her husband, Mark, dedicated one year of their lives to learning about plastic, its environmental impact, and how they could reduce or eliminate non-essential uses of plastic in their lives. Join them for this year of discovery, revolution, and reinvention! Learn more about the project.

Considerations While Choosing our Next Eco-Friendly Home

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May 012011

Considerations While Choosing our Next Eco-Friendly Home

Hi Friends! We mentioned several months ago that we were preparing to move to San Francisco. About 5 days before we were going to leave, it just didn’t feel right to us, so we decided to stay in Dallas near our family and friends. We are really happy about our decision and are now looking for our next home together. We fell in love with all the eco-friendly practices in San Francisco, so we decided to create the life we imagined living there, here. I want to share with you some of the eco-friendly living aspects of choosing our next [Continue Reading...]

Freedom From “Stuff”

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Feb 242011

Hi Friends! I just wrote an article on MyMagicalJourney.com about how clearing out your “stuff” and not buying into consumerism (ha! no pun intended) can lead to a healthier, happier, and more prosperous life. Mark and I clear out our home quite often, and each time we’ve found new sources of money and felt so much lighter and more joyful. It’s as if clearing the clutter allows the energy of creativity to flow. Check out my article, Freedom From “Stuff”, and be sure to let me know any additional ideas you have and stories about your own experiences clearing out clutter [Continue Reading...]

Tom’s Toothpaste and Preserve Toothbrush Reviews!

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Dec 222010

Tom's Toothpaste and Preserve Toothbrush Reviews!

Hi Friends, You may have noticed in my last post I did a bit of Target-bashing. However, there are some great products at Target, and I even bought new toothpaste and toothbrush there and am about to give you….dun dun DUN! …my review!!! I can’t wait to tell you about my new toothpaste. It is so delicious!!! Mark and I have had an issue this year finding toothpaste that is not in plastic packaging and that actually tastes good. You may remember I tried straight baking soda first. However, as I almost vomited every time I used it, I figured [Continue Reading...]

No New Plastic Shopping Adventures

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Dec 152010

Hello Friends, This morning I went on a little errand to Target looking for an ingredient in a Christmas gift. Since beginning our project, regular shopping has ceased to be a big activity for us. First, we have realized we appreciate only having things we really need and don’t feel any drive to just buy stuff for the sake of stuff. Second, I’m so much more aware of the products we buy and how and where they are made and packaged, that even though some items initially look appealing, they usually aren’t appealing enough to take home. For example, I [Continue Reading...]

Japanese Man Converts Plastic Into Oil

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Nov 202010

Hello Friends! My wonderful Father-in-Love just sent us a youtube video about Akinori Ito, a Japanese man who invented a machine to convert plastic back into oil. With this process, the plastic waste can be converted into diesel, kerosene, or gasoline. He has found a way to look at plastic trash as treasure. His machine is portable, which has allowed him to easily transport it to many countries. In many developing countries, where extensive plastic recycling may not be available, this machine can help them decrease their trash and create what is currently a valuable product. From 1 kilogram of [Continue Reading...]

Live Streaming Saturday!

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Nov 032010

Hello Friends! The Plastic Pollution Coalition is hosting a conference that will be streamed live this Saturday, November 6th, at 11:30AM EST. The topic is the Global Plastic Pollution Crisis. You can watch it live by visiting this post on Saturday and clicking on the video below… (at least I think that’s how this works) Many thanks to Beth Terry from FakePlasticFish.com for letting us know about this. tedxgp2 on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

Healthy Food, Healthy Bodies, Happy People

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Nov 012010

Healthy Food, Healthy Bodies, Happy People

Hello Friends! This post is all about food. I love food, and I love really good food. Tasty and good-for-me food is my favorite. At different times in my life, I’ve paid a lot of attention to nutrition labels in food – how much salt, iron, fat, calories, etc. something I’m about to eat anyway (ha!) has. The past two years I’ve been looking at food totally differently. When I became a vegetarian two years ago, I started reading the contents of packaged food very carefully to make sure there weren’t any hidden meat products, like lard added to beans. [Continue Reading...]

Eco-Friendly Storage Clean-Up

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Oct 262010

Hello Friends! Mark and I currently have all of our belongings in storage, and yesterday we went to reorganize. Keeping in mind the vision of our new home, we cleared out any items we won’t be taking with us. We filled up the entire car with items to go to goodwill, and only had a handful of items to throw away. As I strive to make my life more eco-friendly, one of my goals is to avoid sending anything to a landfill. The few items we threw away were from purchases we made a long time ago, before I was [Continue Reading...]

September Update!

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Sep 122010

Hello Friends! Mark and I are in Florida now on our honeymoon, and we are having a wonderful time. I cannot tell you how relaxed and fabulous we feel. Each day we are living in the moment, and it is truly a refreshing experience. I am writing today to catch up on random no new plastic tips and let you know what we’ve been up to. First, we were both so thrilled to be interviewed by a British radio station a few weeks ago. Joe Hudson did the interview for Southside Radio, and we loved it. One of the questions [Continue Reading...]

Is Your Life Too Plastic?

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Aug 182010

Hello Friends! I just received a press release from my friends on the Live Green In Plano team, and wanted to pass it on for those of you who live in the DFW area. I love that the City of Plano does such a great job of educating people about eco-friendly living. I’m still vacationing in Florida at the moment, so I won’t be able to make it, so when you go to see the movie (or if you’ve already seen it), please let us know what you thought about it. Melanie Movie Time! 6:30 p.m. on Monday, August 30 [Continue Reading...]

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