Paper or plastic? After campaigning against trans-fats, this San Franciscan has dismayed his fans by founding SaveThePlasticBag.com.
Paper or plastic? After campaigning against trans-fats, this San Franciscan has dismayed his fans by founding SaveThePlasticBag.com.

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This flyer by the fashion illustrator Julia Durgee offers tongue-in-cheek responses you can employ when a store clerk tries to give you a plastic...
Nothing says all-American business like Walmart. It's the largest grocery retailer in the United States, the largest majority private employer,...
California is considering banning the single-use plastic bag from grocery stores (and adopting a 5-cent charge for paper bags). The legislation,...
California couldn't pass that plastic bag ban we were expecting, but the city of Brownsville, Texas, is going ahead with a law that will charge...

Military chocolate milk and Jimmy Choos are being served up in today's daily roundup of what we're reading at GOOD Food HQ. Enjoy!
This morning I was tipped off to a new article over at Self called "The Dirty Truth About Reusable Shopping Bags." It cites a study that found "64...
In the following nature documentary, one of the world's most delicate creatures, the plastic bag, migrates from the city to its natural habitat...

You don't use plastic bags at the grocery checkout. So why do you still use them in the produce department?
Made from more than 40,000 plastic bags and 7,500 plastic cups, this monster winds its way through the streets of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
This is part four of Stiv Wilson's tour to better understand how plastic ends up in the ocean. Read the previous installments here, here, and...

Watch this mock music video and learn everything you need to know about why plastic bags are really, really dumb.
A firm in Brazil is taking plastic bottles out of landfills and repurposing them as high quality rope. According to the Arteplas Web site, the...

The most popular internet video in years has sparked tears and controversy. We talked to one guy who started the madness.
Everyone knows the VP loves his trains, so his new opinion piece at Huffington Post isn't really telling us anything new. It's a little misty-eyed...
A few days ago, we told you about the burgeoning controversy about a chapter in the new Freakonomics sequel, SuperFreakonomics. Well, Steven...

In their latest video, the duo Two Teachers and a Microphone make the case for music programs, which are getting cut across America.
With the fight over teacher tenure that's been going on in recent months, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers-the...

Historian Douglas Brinkley reminds us that the Alaskan wilderness is not just a bartering chip in energy debates, but a treasure in its own right.

Our Secretary of State makes an incredible case for why women's reproductive rights should be a priority worldwide.
Corporate jets have a bad name these days. And between all the negative publicity and the generally hard economic times, new planes are down at...
