Posted by nancyastrid in Facts, Plastic, Waste, Water/Oceans on 06 1st, 2008 | No Comments

The Garbage Patch

For about the past 60 years, since the invention of plastic, there has been a giant mass forming in an oceanic area known as the North Pacific Gyre. It is located about 1,000 miles west of San Francisco and 1,000 miles north of Hawaii, in the midst of the Pacific Ocean. About a one week boat ride from...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Facts, Plastic, Waste, Water/Oceans on 05 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Our Oceans

Few people know that the ocean provides us with Oxygen. All city trash, litter, and pollution ends up in our seas, through storm drains, wind and gravity; only later to be consumed by us, as it is part of our food supply chain. Don’t toss cigarette butts or matches on the street – find...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Energy, Facts, Natural Reources, Plastic, Waste, Water/Oceans on 05 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Facts

• 2.5 million bottles of water are tossed each hour and 3 million are placed into landfills in California alone! • Plastic outweighs plankton in Southern California waters 24:1 • A water drip can waste up to 20 gallons of water a day • A running toilet can waste up 200 • The...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Facts, Green Living, Plastic, Waste, Water/Oceans on 05 28th, 2008 | No Comments

Waste Not, Want Not

first published in the Santa Monica Mirror – April 17 – 23, 2008 With recycling proving to be an annual steady increase over the past 40 years, since the inception of waste management programs, people seem to still be perplexed as to what they can and cannot recycle. Perhaps, this confusion...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Energy, Facts, Farmer's Markets, Green Living, Organic, Plastic, Sustainable, Waste, Water/Oceans on 05 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

Simple Steps to a Greener Life!

First reuse, then reduce and lastly recycle Turn the lights off in unoccupied rooms Save water from the shower, waiting for it to get hot, to water your plants! Use biodegradable organic soaps and hair products Stop junk mail Don’t use toxic chemicals instead make your own! Take your canvas bags...

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