Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
America’s First Plant-Based, Solar-Powered, Zero-Waste School Is Opening Its Second Location
America’s first plant-based school is opening a new location! Founded in 2006 by movie-industry legend James Cameron; his wife, actress Suzy Amis Cameron; and her sister, Rebecca Amis, the MUSE School is not only completely vegan but solar powered and zero waste.
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How to Get Better at Thrift Shopping
“Shop second-hand” is a message often touted by eco-minded individuals, myself included. “It’s good for the planet! It’s good for your wallet!” we say, which is all good advice, but usually that’s where it ends. Fortunately, some professional guidance for navigating thrift stores is at hand.
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Tiny Homes Are Very Eco-Friendly, New Research Confirms
The tiny house movement is an environmentalist dream’s come true — less space means you need less stuff and you consume less energy. The problem is you have to live in a cramped space and dedicate yourself to the Marie Kondo credo of only having a few objects in you home that spark joy.
Read More9 Easy Ways You Can Protect the Oceans
The ocean is astonishing, but it’s also deteriorating. A report published in the journal Current Biology in 2018 found that 87 percent of the world’s oceans are dying. Just 13 percent of oceans have intact marine ecosystems “untouched by the damaging impacts of humanity,” The Guardian reported last year.
Read MoreClimate Plan
The Climate Plan advocates measures that can be taken in efforts to improve the situation regarding the climate, as well as regarding the health, prospects and wellbeing of people and life in general. These measures can and should be implemented immediately, in line with the current climate crisis.
Read MoreHow Africa Is Leading the World in a Shift from Plastic
Tanzania isn’t the only African country to introduce such a ban. Over 30 African countries have adopted similar bans, mostly in subsaharan Africa, according to National Geographic.
Read More“They’ll Give Me a Detention but It’ll Be Worth It”—A Climate Scientist Interviews His Climate Striking Daughter
The new generation has new heroes and they aren’t us oldies who have failed to act. It seems the next generation is more globally minded and ecologically aware than any previous one. Maybe we should listen to their wisdom.
Read MoreThis Is How to Store Produce Without Plastic
Looking for environmentally friendly plastic alternatives to reduce your impact on the planet? Here are some plastic-free wrapping ideas to get you started.
Read MoreA Next-Generation Plastic That Can Be Recycled Again and Again
A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has designed a recyclable plastic. Like a Lego playset, it can be disassembled into its constituent parts at the molecular level. It can then be reassembled into a different shape, texture, and colour again and again without loss of performance or quality.
Read MoreNearly All Countries Agree to Stem Flow of Plastic Waste into Poor Nations
Almost all the world’s countries have agreed on a deal aimed at restricting shipments of hard-to-recycle plastic waste to poorer countries, the United Nations announced on Friday. Exporting countries – including the US – now will have to obtain consent from countries receiving contaminated, mixed or unrecyclable plastic waste.
Read MoreNew Research Exposes a Crisis in the Global Trade of “Recyclable” Plastics
Plastic waste from industrialized countries is literally engulfing communities in Southeast Asia, transforming what were once clean and thriving places into toxic dumpsites. It is the height of injustice that countries and communities with less capacity and resources to deal with plastic pollution are being targeted as escape valves for the throwaway plastic generated by industrialized countries.
Read MoreWhy Plastic Pollution is an Environmental Justice Issue
Both around the world and in our own countries, waste often flows into the communities without the money or government support to protect themselves. We need to wake up to the fact that plastic pollution is an environmental justice issue.
Read MoreInterfaith Power & Light Connects Faith and Climate
“I read an article on the geopolitics of food that really helped me connect the dots between crop losses that were due to drought and wildfire that were fueled by climate change, resulting food shortages, and then the rise of conflict that was connected to that.” Interfaith Power & Light works on a variety of programs with places of worship to help connect people of faith to climate action.
Read More Nature May Have the Answer to Plastic Pollution
Scientists working on solutions to the growing problem of plastic pollution are now focusing attention on a potential breakthrough supplied by Mother Nature.
Read MoreWWF Releases Report on Global Plastic Pollution Crisis
Unless there is a dramatic change of approach to the global plastics crisis an additional 104 million metric tons of plastic pollution could enter our ecosystems by 2030. Over 75% of the plastic ever produced is already waste.
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