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Plastic in Their Tummies

by Beth March 31, 2011

Inspiration. It’s what we all need, right? So head on over to Midway Journey on Facebook. A small group of people traveled to Midway Atoll to take still pictures and video of the birds of Midway Atoll and show how the presence of plastic trash was affecting the parents and chicks. Amazing pictures of birds, [...]

5 Gyres Sails to South Pacific Gyre

by Beth March 18, 2011

California nonprofit 5 Gyres Institute will conduct a study of the plastic pollution in the South Pacific Gyre, sailing a boat from Valdivia, Chile, to Easter Island. The group has already sailed through the other four ocean gyres: North Pacific, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Indian Ocean. Why should I care? Here’s a quote from [...]

Culture-Tilt: Abortion and Drones

by Beth March 16, 2011

The main thing that concerns me about the United States right now is its political and military culture, how we seem to be pressing full steam ahead with what I think are dangerous projects (DP). The first DP is the US use of drones, which we started about 7 or 8 years ago in the [...]

Green Product of the Week

by Beth March 9, 2011

For my first post on this subject, I present two products: Breezesta patio furniture, made from recycled milk jugs and water bottles. It’s an example of “closing the loop” with recycling. It’s great to throw all that stuff into recycling bins instead of the trash, but what happens after that? New products happen, that’s what. [...]

Afghan Women Move Out

by Beth March 7, 2011

Most of the news these days from Afghanistan seems depressing. More civilians killed in what were supposed to be attacks on insurgents; more “night letters” distributed; more schools destroyed. But that’s an example of how our media can focus on the negative. An article in the fall issue of Ms. magazine focuses on the positive. [...]

Obama Orders More Drone Strikes Than Bush

by Beth March 3, 2011

Obama has ordered CIA employees to kill many more suspected terrorists using drones than Bush ever did. Bush ordered about 42 drone strikes; Obama has ordered at least 180. Why? Because they’re “clean.” Yes, targeting a man for execution and blowing him up in front of his family is what amounts to “clean” in the [...]

GMO Alfalfa: Why It’s Dangerous

by Beth February 24, 2011

On January 27, 2011, the US Department of Agriculture pretty much gave a green light for Monsanto to sell seeds for its genetically engineered alfalfa and sugar beets. (Monsanta has been selling seeds for GMO corn and soybeans for years.) Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa, is said to have close ties [...]

How Big City Burritos Set Off My Plastic Alarm

by Beth February 22, 2011

Just spent 15 minutes or so dealing with recycling. No, it doesn’t take me that long to find the recycling bin. I had to rinse out a small plastic bag so that I could recycle it; plastic bags are made into Trex decking, and apparently they need to be super-clean and dry. Then I took [...]

Deepwater Coral Reefs Discovered Near Puerto Rico

by Beth February 16, 2011

Divers have found deep-water reefs (up to 500 feet) thriving off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, in a area where shallow-growing corals are struggling. The deep underwater landscape they encountered was populated by lettuce coral, the lace-like star coral and several species of sponges, as well as groupers, snappers and reef sharks, said [University [...]

Reuse Now, Clean Up Less Trash Later

by Beth February 14, 2011

As part of Rodale’s Plastic-Free February, I have been looking for items that don’t contain plastic. Although I have not succeeded in avoiding plastic during the first two weeks of February, I have discovered some interesting products. Grocery stores generate a lot of plastic. Nearly everything in a grocery store comes packed either in plastic [...]

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