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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
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
Hurricane Harvey from space. Courtesy of NOAA

Hell and High Water Predicted Houston Disaster

August 28, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

A Peabody-award-winning report, Hell and High Water,  on how Texas, and the Houston area in particular, might suffer catastrophic hurricane damage in a future storm, was made public in March […]

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Cities, Climate change, Environment, Netherlands, Rising Waters, Sustainability, Water, Weather
Northern Lights Reykjavik. Courtesy of Travel Zoo

Cities: Hamburg, Venice, Rotterdam, Reykjavik & More

August 25, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Cities with water are sizzling! Tourism, commerce and 24/7 lifestyle flourish in beautiful, watery settings. Some places are experiencing both sides of the coin–runaway success and inadequate resources to handle […]

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Cities, Environment, Europe, Germany, Green Practices, International, Italy, Netherlands, Rivers, Travel, Water
Swan Bridge and waterfront Rotterdam. (Bobbie Faul-Zeitler CC 3.0)

Rotterdam and Resilience: Dutch Know-How

June 19, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

  Michael Kimmelman’s front page story Dutch Face Rising Seas in the New York Times is a must-read for anyone concerned about the rising threat to US coasts, coastal cities, […]

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Cities, Climate change, Europe, Green Practices, Netherlands, Rising Waters, Sustainability, Urban design, Water, Weather
Courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Friday Roundup Apr 29: Ches Bay, Space Colony, Hummingbirds, Feeding Africa

April 29, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Our stories this week: Chesapeake Bay’s good news,  Kaplana –a NASA space colony, Howard Buffett’s “brown revolution” to feed Africa, bison wins new status Chesapeake Bay’s Good News The Chesapeake […]

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Birds, Extinction, Farming, Food, Friday Roundup, News, Rivers, Science, Water, Whales, Wildlife
Dar Si Hmad Fog Harvester Morocco

Friday Roundup Apr 1: No foolin’!

April 1, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Friday Roundup April 1: Our stories — how cities and islands may disappear by the end of the century, making water from fog, a 65-year-old “mother” osprey, salmon spawn for […]

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Birds, Cities, Climate change, Environment, Fish, Friday Roundup, International, Oceans, Rising Waters, Science, Water
Sunset at Shenandoah(Bobbie Faul-Zeitler, (CC 3.0)

Hot, Hot, Hot: A Climate Editorial

August 19, 2015by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Unrelenting heat, drought, and lack of potable water are more likely than insurgents and militant attacks to bring down civil society in the Middle East. So says New York Times […]

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Climate change, Environment, Extinction, Opinions, Sustainability, Water, Weather

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