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Plastic baled for recycling. Courtesy National Public Radio

Plastics Update – New Frontline Documentary

April 3, 2020by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Plastic production, pollution and recycling — a new Frontline/NPR documentary Plastic Wars,  that premiered March 31 on PBS stations and online — reveals the sordid truth about why we are […]

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Endangered species, Environment, Fish, Oceans, Plastic, Waste and Recycling, Water
Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, Austria

Aligning Architecture with Nature

February 12, 2019by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Utopian or pragmatic, celebrated or untested—cities, communities and structures that work for the benefit of nature and humankind are featured in our new update. How can buildings– and cities– do […]

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Architecture, Art & Design, Biodiversity, Cities, Energy, Environment, Parks, Sustainability, Urban design, Waste and Recycling
Below the waterline. Copyright Caroline Power Photography.

Oceans: The Perils of Plastic Part 2

November 21, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Plastics are ubiquitous — raw materials, packaging and post-consumer waste are spewing into streams, rivers, oceans, and landfills around the world.  Look down at your feet in parking lots, shopping […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Conservation, Fish, Oceans, Plastic, Rivers, Sustainability, Toxics, Travel, Waste and Recycling, Water
Enlarged microbeads banned by President Barack Obama. Photo by 5 gyres Oregon State University

Cleaning up the Oceans: Coming

October 16, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Are we facing an “Ocean Armageddon, “ with a trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans and 8 million tons added every year ? That’s what Erik Solheim, U.N. Environment […]

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Environment, Fish, Oceans, Rivers, Sustainability, Waste and Recycling, Water
Ocean plastics. Courtesy of doyourpart.com

Oceans: The Perils of Plastic

July 22, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Travelers, ecotourists,  beach-goers, sports fans, consumers: It doesn’t matter where you live or travel, plastic pollution is invading our oceans—it is affecting you and your well-being, as well as animals, […]

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Endangered species, Environment, Fish, Oceans, Plastic, Rivers, Sustainability, Travel, Waste and Recycling, Water, Whales
Below the waterline. Copyright Caroline Power Photography.

Oceans: Perils of Plastic Coming Up

June 28, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Travelers, ecotourists, beach-goers, homeowners – We want you to be informed about how plastic in every form is choking and killing marine life, and poses a threat to human health. […]

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Environment, Fish, Food, Oceans, Sustainability, Travel, Waste and Recycling
Kids and grownups help make the sculptures for Washed Ashore. Courtesy of Washed Ashore.

Washed Ashore: Sea-Saving Art

August 2, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

How do you delight and educate about the oceans’ worst predator – plastic waste – to encourage people to change their buying habits, and how they handle their plastic waste?  […]

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Animals at risk, Art & Design, Biodiversity, Exhibitions, Fish, Oceans, Travel, Waste and Recycling, Whales

Oceans: Plastic Trash Endangers Everyone

February 13, 2015by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

A new study reported in Science  (Feb 13 2015) shows that all forms of plastic trash (containers, fishing buoys, bottles) are rising in the world’s oceans – and will continue […]

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Fish, Oceans, Waste and Recycling

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