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Our oceans are filling up with plastic: plastic that harms wildlife and never biodegrades; plastic that enters the food chain and leaches toxic chemicals. This blog is a record of my journey to live with as little unnecessary plastic as possible. Won't you join me? Fake plastic fish may be cute, but if we keep filling up our oceans with plastic, they could be the only kind we have left.... |
Category: National
Captain Moore Paints a Bleak Picture for David Letterman. Now What?
Did you guys see Captain Charles Moore on the David Letterman show Monday night? He laid it all out — the complete picture of what our plastic waste is doing to the ocean and ultimately the food we eat and the climate we depend on — in his usual direct style. I’m amazed that Letterman [...]
Read the full post.Farewell to Del Martin, SF activist for whom the personal and political were no different.
This post has nothing to do with plastic but everything to do with personal activism and the power of each individual to make change in the world, if she or he simply tries.
When I first moved to San Francisco in 1989, I struggled to get by financially and relied on the services of [...]
Election Day 2008
It’s Super Tuesday, and California is one of the states electing our presidential nominees today. In a few hours, the polls will open. Which candidate do you feel will do the best job of protecting our environment, and by environment I mean the water we drink, air we breathe, food we eat, and [...]
Read the full post.Weekend radio: Trash Challenge Interview
Wednesday, I had a phone interview with Tess Vigeland of NPR’s Marketplace. You know, Tess from the Trash Challenge. Today, her radio segment on the Trash Challenge included pieces from our interview. You can listen to it or read the transcript here:
Lessons from the trash challenge
The interview was quite a bit longer [...]
Tess’s Trash Challenge
I just read tonight on the Californians Against Waste web site that Tess Vigeland, of American Public Media’s Marketplace Money, is carrying the trash she generates for two weeks in order to raise awareness of America’s throw-away society.
Read About Tess’ Trash Challenge.
Vigeland is challenging Americans to carry with them all their waste for two [...]
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