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Time's Up for Plastic
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Belinda Waymouth
The proliferating plastic trash crisis calls for drastic measures— 'out’ the worst offenders, demand brand accountability, then bust the myth about biodegradable plastics being the fix. Plastic keeps making headlines....
Seeking Refuge from the Storm: ten things I learned from kayaking in Bangladesh
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Michael Buckley
Photos by MONTY. World Refugee Day is celebrated every June 20: this UN initiative was set up to raise awareness about the situation of refugees worldwide. The media tends to...
Manhattan Beach Passes Historic Ban on Single-Use Plastic Straws, Stirrers, and Utensils to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Straws are out in Manhattan Beach The Manhattan Beach City Council voted unanimously to prohibit the sale, distribution and use of single-use plastic straws, plastic stirrers,...
Plastic Pollution is Rising, But So Are We!
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Lisa Kaas Boyle
By Lisa Kaas Boyle and David Helvarg The inaugural March for the Ocean -- which will be held on Saturday, June 9th in our nation’s capitol, with sister marches around the...
Plan Bee for Refugees
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Michael Buckley
Tsechu Dolma, founder of Mountain Resiliency, with log-hive in background. May 20, 2018 marks the first ever celebration of World Bee Day, an FAO initiative. Why...
Nepal’s Last Wild River
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Michael Buckley
The Karnali in western Nepal is the nation’s longest river. It flows gloriously free for now, to the benefit of rafting tourism and the people and wild animals that depend...
The Connection Between Environment, Conflict and Security
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W. Douglas Smith
There are two directions the connection between conflict and the environment can take that influence security. The degradation of the environment can cause conflict and a reduction in security; or...
Join the Rising Tide Summit at AltaSea
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Ocean Champions
There’s a big problem facing our planet today, and yet many aren’t talking about it. The beautiful little blue ball that we all live on is 71 percent ocean, but...
Transitioning to Renewables: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Smaller-Scale Systems
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W. Douglas Smith
Mark Twain said, “It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.” Policy, politics and popular opinion sometimes have little relationship to scientific knowledge. Modern...
Straws Upon Request Makes Sense and Cents
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Lisa Kaas Boyle
New legislation (AB 1884) proposed by California Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon to decrease plastic pollution by requiring restaurants to offer plastic straws only upon request is facing pushback. And...
Biodiversity in the Greater Mekong Region
According to the WWF, 115 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region. These include Three mammals, eleven amphibians, two fish, eleven reptiles and eighty-eight plants were...
DAnCiNG like a CRANE
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Michael Buckley
November 11 is Crane Festival Day at Gangtey Monastery in eastern Bhutan. The main performers are school kids who enact a special crane dance: this is hands-on environmental education. The Bhutanese...