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Sweet suggestions to limit plastic in your lifestyle

The following quotes are from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation
“Use of plastic materials reached approximately 100 kg per year per capita in North America and Western Europe in 2005 and is expected to increase to 140 kg by 2015.”

“Every year large amounts of plastic debris enter the ocean, where it slowly fragments and accumulates in [...]

Chemical industries deliberately(!!!) conclude insignificant health effects of BPA

I was listening to a podcast called “Skeptically Speaking” and an interesting point about industry bias was mentioned regarding bisphenol A (BPA).  You’ve likely heard about BPA when it was widely popular in the media since “Canada was the first country in the world to declare that it intended to label BPA a toxic substance.” [...]

Breathtaking – majestic and tragic

The following is quoted from http://www.midwayjourney.com/ in support of their documentary film and incredible activism.
“We are at a mid-way place. On a remote and isolated island in the middle of the Pacific, twelve-hundred miles northwest of Hawaii.
This is a moment in time, a chance to witness and understand our role in an astonishing environmental tragedy. [...]

Visiting a pristine island! … pristine?

The island off the eastern coast of Mexico, Cozumel, is naturally one of the world’s most beautiful Coral Reefs.  However, this island is not pristine as I originally thought. Well, of course when I say pristine I don’t mean that I thought it was untouched by human activity and was in its original, natural condition. [...]

Dryden Reuses!

Click HERE to visit the fantastic, user-friendly website developed to promote practice of the 3R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
“Give a second life to items in good condition by using the on-line posting board to list items that you no longer want, or to look for items that someone else no longer needs.”
Check out the “recyclopedia” [...]

Timmy the Tumble Bag

“Take Pride Winnipeg!” is targeted to children to educate them on plastic shopping bags.  The book follows Timmy’s journey from the factory through the rest of his lifecycle.  The book lists facts and includes activities for classroom discussion.
For more information click HERE.

(photo credit to the included link)

1.1 Million People in a City that Will Ban Plastic Bags

A follow up on the “Trash Your Friends” campaign by Heal the Bay…
“The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3 – 1 to approve a sweeping single-use plastic bag ordinance. With this historic and far-reaching decision, L.A. County becomes the largest municipality in the U.S. to adopt a plastic bag ban for its 1.1 [...]

An Inspirational Step Forward!

Sioux Lookout is the first community in Ontario that can proudly say they are making the greatest effort to reduce plastic bag distribution. On September 15th, 2010, five of seven Council members voted in favour of a ban on the free distribution of single use plastic shopping bags in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout.
Mayor Kathy [...]

The Majestic Plastic Bag: A Mockumentary

Sioux Lookout Bylaw: Public Invitation

BY-LAW NO. 20-10: BEING A BY-LAW TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OR FREE DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC BAGS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIOUX LOOKOUT
Sioux Lookout Public Invitation: A Special Council Meeting will be held Thursday, September 2, 2010 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., in the council Chambers, Municipal Office, 25 Fifth Avenue to provide further opportunity to the public [...]

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