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Environment
Video: Van Jones Speaks at TEDxGPGP on the Economic Injustice of Plastic
Van Jones talks about the injustices—health, economic, environmental—of plastic and our addiction to disposability.
Design
GOOD Design Daily: A Vacuum Made With Trash
The vacuum manufacturer hopes to make a statement about the lack of plastic that's recycled by making five vacuums made from ocean trash.
Environment
Intermission: The Majestic Plastic Bag Migrates to the Sea
In the following nature documentary, one of the world's most delicate creatures, the plastic bag, migrates from the city to its natural habitat...
Environment
The (Bottled Water) Battle of Concord
In Concord, Massachusetts, an 82-year-old woman named Jean Hill, after hearing about the Pacific Garbage Patch, advocated for a flat-out ban on...
Environment
Five Gyres: More Ocean Trash Than We Thought
You may have heard of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," the swirling mess of plastic junk that's floating in a gyre in the pacific ocean. Well,...
Environment
Transparency: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By now, most of us are aware that there is a large patch of floating plastic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. What you may not know is that...
Environment
"Island" of Trash Update
A while back we posted about the Texas-sized "island" of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, and marveled that there weren't pictures of the...
Environment
Floating Island of Trash
Apparently there's an island made of plastic bags floating in the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Hawaii. It's not hard to believe; we use...
