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The Oceans, The Fish, The Plastic
Trying to combine Oceans, Fish and Plastic will be hard to do. I do like to fish, and I do like to fish in the Ocean! and I do use Plastic products! (It’s hard not to!) After a recent trip … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Environment, Environmental Policies, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Pacific Ocean, Plastic Pollution
Tagged Nature, Photos, Recycle, Reduce, Renewable Resources, Reuse
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Adaptation – Volume 9 – Food Management
How much food do you waste a week? Americans on a whole waste more food than most people in the world. From NPR, the NRDC, as well as CNN reports of food waste by Americans is eye-opening! An estimated 40% … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Food Banks, Food Waste
Tagged Adaptation, Community, Environmental responsibility, Food Management, Recycle, Reduce
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Adaptation – Volume 8 – Solar Lighting!
How many of you out there turn lights on inside your house during the day? I know I am guilty of such an offense, but unless you have large windows and plenty of sunlight during the day, there are many … Continue reading
Needed – One Billionaire to Fund a Plastic Cleanup
Plastics are found everywhere! I know I’ve gone on about it in many past blogs. Does that mean I don’t use plastic products? No… Does that mean we should change the way we use and dispose of plastics? Yes… I … Continue reading
Get Rid of the Plastic Bag!
It Has Always Been a Pet Peeve of Mine What do you usually see as you drive along our highways? Plastic bags hanging from tree branches? Plastic bags cluttering up the gutters? Plastic bags swirling in the wind? or Plastic … Continue reading
Our Plastic Planet
“One word Ben…Plastics” – From the movie The Graduate 1967 Remember when very few things were made of plastic? Lincoln logs were made of wood. Games were made of cardboard with metal men. All groceries were put into brown paper … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Pollution, Recycle
Tagged Peak Oil, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Sustainability
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Reduce
My neighbor and cohort in TTP Dean Gooding has provided me with this excellent post on “Stuff”. Can’t we learn to get by with less and still enjoy life? Energy descent is a term that refers to scaling back our … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Environment, Recycle, Water Conservation
Tagged Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Sustainability
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Zero Waste Ambassadors
Have you found that your Recycle Bin is fuller than your Trash Bin? Not that I have really been weighing or measuring my trash but it does seem like the recycle bin is fuller than the trash. What if we … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Economics, Education, Environment, Gardening and Composting, Recycle, Water Conservation
Tagged Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Zero Waste
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