Go Green Expo - L.A.

We went out to the L.A. convention center today for the Go Green Expo. We had a very nice time there and learned about some great new products and even found some companies that we might be able to use in fixing up our newly acquired house.


Probably our favorite find of the day was the Vapur water bottles. We had been looking to replace our old Sigg water bottles with something free of BPA. These bottles are super cool. They fold completely flat when they are empty, are easy to fill up with water, have a sport cap for easy drinking, and you can even fill them half way with water and stick them in the freezer over night so you have ice cold water. We are already falling in love with our new water bottles, and the 2 and 1/2 year old is a huge fan already. He loves that he can squeeze the bottle to get the water out rather than having to tip the water bottle to get water out - much easier for the little one.

Bottled Water

I will admit that sometimes it is really nice to have a bottle of water beside you, but I really hate to think of throwing out all of those plastic bottles. Yes, I know they can be recycled and yes I do recycle what I can, but to me that doesn't mean it's alright to discard stuff just cause it can be recycled. Recycling is the third part of Reduce-Reuse-Recycle. We should always first try to reduce what we use, then we should reuse what we can, and only after those two have been done should we recycle what is left.

For today's little project I took an old glass soda bottle with a screw on lid and cleaned it up and removed the label from it and now I have a lovely glass water bottle to keep on my night stand or on the table while we are eating our meals so that there is always water on hand to refill our glasses with. I like it so much that next time I buy soda I may keep the bottle again for keeping fresh lemonade and other good stuff in.