Weekly Link Round-Up: 09/04/09
No commentsAuckland supermarkets take a giant step backwards and crumbles under pressure to stop charging for plastic bags. [New Zealand Herald]
Santa Cruz fights the scourge of plastic bags. [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
A small New York town makes reusable bags a bullet point at the last town hall meeting. [Riverhead News-Review]
What does “going green” mean? Lots of things, [...]
Weekly Link Round-Up: 08/21/09
No commentsFree movie screening in Fort St. John, Canada, aims to bring awareness to the plastic bag problem. [Energetic City]
The Seattle bag tax proposition is shot down in the vote, prompting Portland to rally in an attempt to avoid the same results. [Oregon Live]
Seattle voices sound off on the bag tax failure. [Seattle Times]
Go green for [...]
Tags: back-to-school, bag tax, Canada, Oregon, plastic bags, plastics, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle
Friday Link Round-Up: 05/22/09
No commentsPlastics industry attempts to scare off consumers with killer microbes — that said, don’t forget to wash your bags! [Globe and Mail]
Los Altos, California, makes a move to ban single-use grocery bags. [Los Altos Town Crier]
A columnist sees the light at the end of the reusable bag. [My San Antonio]
Grocers around Seattle band together to [...]
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 [...]
