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
Friday Link Round-Up: 10/24/08
No commentsCanadian teens pledge to serve the environment. [Welland Tribune] Reusable bags coming to Palm Springs. [My Desert] They’re coming to Battle Creek as well. [Battle Creek Enquirer] Assemblymen distributing them even on Roosevelt Island. [Roosevelt Islander] Democracies run a bit slower, sometimes. [Everything's Corner] A reusable bag on your shoulder is pennies in your pocket! [...]
When it Comes to the Economy: Green is Good
No commentsSorry, Michael Douglas. You were close, but no cigar. It’s not greed that’s good, it’s GREEN — as in, the green movement that’s so all-the-rage these days. Why are so many college papers working the environmentalism beat lately? Not entirely sure, perhaps they’re just simply the ones most committed to making a change. Regardless, it’s [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 08/29/08
No commentsIt still isn’t over yet in Seattle. (Seattle Times) On the other hand, a bag tax beckons in San Francisco. (ABC7 SF) Packing reusable bags is strenuous? Also: BAG RAAAAAAGE!!! (The Standard) Hawaii’s big island is ready to follow Maui into bag restrictions. (Pacific Business News) Meanwhile, Honolulu is dragging its feet. (Honolulu Star Bulletin) [...]
Tags: activism, California, contest, Hawaii, India, Minnesota, opinions, recycling, reusable bags, school, Seattle
Friday Link Round-Up: 08/22/08
No commentsOh snaps, son! The plastic bag war gets snarky. [Oregon Live] It’s easier being as green as you can be. [Tracey French] “Critters” is such a strange and amazing word. Save them! [News & Observer] Palm Springs decides to take things to a vote. [My Desert] More on making back-to-school a green experience. [Peekaboo] Speaking [...]
Schools Gone Wildly Green
No commentsIt’s almost back-to-school time, and this year it seems like quite a few colleges across the country are making some major changes as the next fresh batch of students arrives. Students arriving on campus this month are seeing green — and not just from the money they’re spending on tuition. For example, students coming to [...]
Bringing Lunchbox Back
No commentsWhen did lunch boxes become so rare? Maybe it stems from my Navy brat youth in Japan, where bento boxes reign supreme, but my mother was packing my school snacks in a tupperware-filled lunch box decades before I’d ever even heard the phrase “reusable bag.” The lunch box seems to have lost its clout here [...]
