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I began writing about the dangers of single-use plastics and the damage they inflict on our environment in 2008. At that time, I thought surely once people understood how harmful plastics were they would want to do something.
I WAS WRONG! Continue reading Single-Use Plastics are Dangerous & Old Fashioned; Time for a New Way of Thinking
There was a time, not that long ago when you would see countless cigarette butts littering the landscape. Then, something happened ever so slowly, the ugly disgusting cigarette butts began disappearing from bars and restaurants, parking lots, sidewalks, beaches, ashtrays in public and private buildings. Continue reading Single-Use Plastic Bags & Bottles Destructive to Our Oceans, Our World
There are more and more reasons to Say No to Plastics. Most single-use plastic bags are used an average of 12 minutes by U.S. consumers, yet their real life span, unless recycled, is many hundreds of years. The plastic trash building up in our oceans is a ticking time bomb. Continue reading More & More Reasons to Say No to Plastics
According to a recent article in National Geographic News, 44 percent of all seabirds eat plastic, apparently by mistake, sometimes with fatal effects. And 267 marine species are affected by plastic garbage—animals are known to swallow plastic bags, which resemble jellyfish in mid-ocean, for example—according to a 2008 study in the journal Environmental Research by oceanographer and chemist Charles Moore, of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. Continue reading Death by Plastic Bags & Bottles
It remains incomprehensible to me how ANYONE who talks about saving the environment and the oceans can continue to use single use plastic bags, products, and bottles. Less than a minute into the video, pause it for a moment and take a good look at the contents inside the stomach of that bird. Continue reading SHOCKING VIDEO… OUR LEGACY OF PLASTIC TRASH & THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OCEANS & OUR ENVIRONMENT
I’m betting you already know about death and taxes, but not so much about dog poop! Well, here’s a real eye opener for you. According to the Association of Animal Waste Specialists: Continue reading DEATH, TAXES, & DOG POOP … 3 THINGS WE CAN BE ASSURED OF!
As Kermit already knows, it’s not easy being green, particularly when you are trying to eliminate the unnecessary use of plastic from your life. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIOiwg2iHio] I’ve been writing about using less plastic in all of its forms for close to Continue reading IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN