by Beth | Apr 25, 2012 | Education, Good Causes
Here is a creative and imaginative interpretation of what you can find when you spend a day at the beach. It’s not just seashells and sand crabs. You guessed it. LOTS of trash, junk and plastic. The best way to end the glut of plastic junk that ends up in our...
by Beth | Apr 19, 2012 | Beach Crafts, Games and Activities, Good Causes, Plastic Pollution
One way you can take action to reduce plastic pollution on our beaches is volunteer for a beach clean up. Local residents of Santa Cruz county can sign up with Save Our Shores who is organizing several Earth Day beach cleanups. For a complete calendar of cleanups and...
by Beth | Feb 29, 2012 | Good Causes
Narrated by Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons, this “mockumentary” video, hammers home the stark reality of California’s plastic bag pollution situation. Share...
by Beth | Feb 24, 2012 | Education
Visual artist and Plastic Pollution Coalition co-founder, Dianna Cohen, creates art using the medium of plastic bags. In this Ted Talk, she reveals the tough truths she has learned about plastic pollution. For instance, there is now believed to be eleven gyres of...
by Beth | Feb 6, 2012 | Education, Good Causes, Recommendations
As part of my month long feature of The Plastic Pollution Coalition, here is another thought provoking and compelling article written by PPC co-founder, Lisa Kaas Boyle. The Occupy Wall Street Movement reflects a growing realization that our Democracy has been...
