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In 2007 the City of San Francisco banned the plastic bag — so did the entire African Country of Rwanda. At the time of the plastic bag ban Rwanda did not have a domestic manufacturer of a reusable option, but the Rwandan government and people viewed [...]
Emily Utter was instrumental in getting the City of San Francisco to ban plastic bags. Now she works on staff with Bag It The Movie to help other cities and towns do the same. In spite of the plastic and chemical industries millions of dollars and best efforts, Emily and [...]
A light bulb built in 2012 will last for 1000 hours. A light bulb built in the 1890s has been on in a Livermore California Fire Station for over 970,000 hours (and is still going).
Here is a bit of its story as told by Dick Jones retired engineer and member of the Livermore Centennial [...]
Dr. Marcus Eriksen will quickly tell you the island of plastic in Pacific, the size of Texas, is a story created by the media. Then he will tell you – the problem is actually much worse.
Eriksen studies and leads expeditions through the plastic pollution in our oceans. Eriksen, so [...]
Jeff Klein moved to Detroit 15 years ago. He moved there for music. He quickly found himself immersed in Detroit’s agriculture and landscape scene. A decade and a half later he is a voice and leader within this community. In April, he will be opening Detroit’s first and only farm, garden and landscape supply facility [...]
In 2007, while Beth Terry was recovering from surgery she stumbled across an article with a photo of an albatross whose stomach was filled with everyday plastic items she regularly used. It hit her like nothing ever had. The picture drove her to the decision of getting plastic out of her life to the absolute [...]
Rufus Haucke was a chair lift operator in Winter Park, Colorado. Over time, he found himself gravitating towards gardening and thoughts of his family farm. In 2004, when his father put the family farm up for sale, Rufus decided to give it a go.
Here is a [...]
For 16 years Catherine has studied, worked and lived food. I have yet to meet research she is unaware of, a health issue she can’t provide dietary advice for or a recipe she can’t fix. Five years ago she decided to be a vegetarian. Two years [...]
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