Weekly Link Round-Up: 09/25/09
No commentsCongratulations to Basalt, winners of the Colorado Ski Towns 2009 Reusable Bag Challenge! [The Mountain Culture]
The Grand County town collective came in second, in this challenge that eliminated the usage of an estimated 5.3 million plastic bags. [Sky-Hi Daily News]
San Jose votes to ban plastic and paper disposable bags starting in 2011! [Eco Geek]
After a [...]
The Earth Day Cavalcade Continues!
No commentsEarth Day — it’s still coming! The eco-awareness world is abuzz with excitement, but one big question remains: why limit yourself to just one day? With the sheer amount of help this world needs, shouldn’t every day be Earth Day? This is the question that New York’s Star Gazette asks us today.
As we are [...]
Tags: activism, conservation, Earth Day, facts, plastic, plastics, reusable bags, reusables, tips
A Sustainable Lunch is a Happy Lunch: Seven Tips For Success
No commentsA simple and unfortunate fact is: lunch is one of the most wasteful times of the day. Between fast food cartons, microwave meals in loads of pre-packaging, and a proliferation of disposable brown paper sacks, mountains of garbage collect across the country between noon and 1PM. We’ve touched on this topic before, but every new [...]
Oregon Coast Clean-Up Goes Swimmingly
No commentsIt seems like the blogosphere is abuzz this morning with news about the 24th annual SOLV Great Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup conducted this past weekend along the entirety of Oregon’s coast. Over 4,300 volunteers showed up along the 362-mile stretch of shoreline, despite being plagued by stormy weather, ready to rid their beloved beaches of [...]
Tags: activism, beach clean-up, conservation, environmental policy, Happenings, ocean, Oregon, plastic, plastics, reusable bags, SOLV, Surfrider Foundation, trash
Bottled Water Backlash in London
No commentsDisposable plastic bags are capable of drawing massive ire from the eco-conscious wherever they show up, but bottled water isn’t very far behind at all. In the United Kingdom especially, bottles of water are looked to as the next target for banishment, and headway is already being made: the Thames Valley District school board is [...]
Tags: bottled water, England, environmental policy, London, plastic, plastics, school, UK
How to Remember Your Reusable Bags VIDEO
No commentsAre you still forgetting to bring your reusable bags to the grocery shop? It’s okay, you can admit it — it happens to everyone! Sometimes you just need to develop a solid routine to help you remember. Over at the eco-blog site My Zero Waste, Mrs. Green has put up a video showcasing how she [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 10/31/08
No commentsA frightful thought for Halloween: our plastics are not getting recycled! [Eco Women]
Speaking of Halloween, check out Danny Seo’s green Halloween tips. [Ecorazzi]
That said, the AMA Conference took care of almost a ton. [Country Standard Time]
Midhurst makes a bid to go disposable-bagless. [Chichester Observer]
MRM recycling is catching on across the country. [Good Clean Tech]
Reminder: reusable [...]
Whatever Happened to the Lunch Box?
No commentsKaren Youso is the Home and Garden columnist over at the St. Paul Star Tribune, and she has a thing or two to say about plastic bags — specifically, their inferiority when it comes to packing a lunch. A reader wrote in with a simple question: “Which is better environmentally, packing sandwiches in plastic bags [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 09/26/08
No commentsWal-Mart: not as keen on waste as you might have believed. [Reuters Business and Finance]
A young man tries to find the words to describe his inner struggle with eco-consciousness. [The Lariat Online]
And then, along came the snarky rebuttal! [Mission Laughter]
The plastics industry continues to cry foul. [The Nor'wester]
Composting: the D’Artagnan to the “Three Rs” Musketeers? [...]
Wash That Plastic Right Out of Your Life
No commentsIt’s very heartening to see how, when it comes to environmental issues, some people in the world are constantly pushing themselves past their minimum-effort comfort zones. Doing the least of what is expected is rarely (if ever) enough, but, for every person complaining about the loss of convenience, there’s one more person picking up the [...]
