Dear Kosterina Family,
Did you know that in the United States alone we use 500 million plastic straws per day?
Like many others, I've been slowly seeing how much of an impact our small actions can have. I’m behind the eight ball again on this one but I’m seeing how our personal wellness and the wellness of our world are one in the same. And our actions affect our food sources and what we’re putting in our bodies. Environmental waste, particularly from plastic, affects our oceans and soil and therefore all the seafood, meat and even plants that we eat. Our food is literally contaminated with toxic chemicals from plastic.
Over the past few weeks, I've been trying to make tiny changes to go green in my everyday. I know that they seem small, but collectively our actions add up. Here are a couple of changes I've made:
- Using a glass water bottle (I’m really into my overpriced lavender Bkr water bottle)
- Swapping my Starbucks paper cup and plastic cap for a reusable one (you can purchase it at the counter for $2)
- Unplugging my computer and phone chargers when I'm not using them
- Buying fashion basics (think slow fashion, not fast fashion) from more sustainable apparel brands like Reformation or Everlane and making sure that my old clothes are recycled in some way, shape or form. (Apparently the fashion industry is the second largest polluter in the world behind the oil and gas industry!)
Oh, and refusing plastic straws everywhere I go.
As our customers know, Kosterina EVOO is bottled in beautiful glass bottles that that can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity. They make a nice kitchen or table accessory too.
