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10 reasons to mug America - seriously BYOM math + research
I'm a potter and I mean it. I sincerely believe that BYOM ( bring your own mug ) could be the key to a major shift in ridding America of a lot of garbage, By doing this simple act of mugging America we would simultaneously be halting the weight of a few million barrels... 
"Zero Waste" Extreme Recycling is Becoming the Norm
"Zero waste" is recycling to the max. Nothing gets wasted, only recycled and composted. Growing out of the environmental movement that has gone mainstream in the last few years is the newest and most... 
Windsor, Ontario Going to Waste
July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks... 
Chiba Day
By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan. Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In... 
Update: Toronto CUPE Strike Supense
Update 2: Add to the Insult, Macleans Magazine's Cover feature Mayor Miller in a garbage can with a banana peel with raccoons all around him. That adds to more insult to the city and brownie point to the unions. Yikes, now we know who Maclean sided with!Update:... 
Toronto CUPE Strike: Near No End at Sight
Update: Mayor Miller Spoke to CNN's host host Ali Velshi about garbage strike!Quoted from the article National Post: "CNN has done reports on Toronto’s trash situation and the San Francisco Chronicle recently added Toronto to a travel advisory list alongside... What isn't bought with Green, ends up in Green Bins
North American culture in my opinion is powered by consumerism. Whether it is the jobs we do, the things we eat or the material things we want, they are all related to the consumption of money. We work to gain money to be spent on food, to afford shelter and for whatever we... 
Recession in America prompts Californians to produce less trash
The recession in America has led to an unexpected drop in the amount of trash produced by California residents. Katie Evarts and Kevin Lu report.
Another Inconvenient Truth
WE ARE ALL BEING POISONED HERE AND EITHER PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING OR THEY KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING AND CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. GARBAGE LEACHATE CONTINUES TO BE SPREAD ALL OVER THE STREETS AND... 
Is Ignorance Really Bliss?
As a student of Simon Fraser University active in both Burnaby and Surrey campus, an inherent need for using the Translink system is required to get to each location. All these transiting experiences have brought... 
Cruise ships using Caribbean Sea as dump
Have you ever wondered what happens to all the waste collected while sailing through those pristine blue waters of a Caribbean cruise? "These are floating cities that go back and forth through our waters,... 
created by Blue Crush | 41 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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2359 views | 108 recommendations | 38 comments
Wasting it, in a time of trouble
"The very basis for life on earth is declining at an alarming rate": Kofi Annan, March 2005, sounding his usual spiritual self!
Hunter Lovins (of Natural Capitalism Solutions) puts it better: "Every... 
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Pollution From Plastic Threatens Beach
This is an ocean planet. On Vancouver Island we have been blessed with the bounty from the ocean. Oysters lay on the clean beaches. Children play on the sandy beaches in the summer. Dog... 
created by Barbara McPherson | 42 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
546 views | 32 recommendations | 6 comments
546 views | 32 recommendations | 6 comments
