‘We’ve done more damage to the environment since the United Nations established its climate change framework in 1992 than we did in all the millennia that preceded it’ (*caps all collected from one beach...
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It was tumultuous to have to leave Sri Lanka right after the bombings in April. It is a country I have grown to love and appreciate for the warmth and hospitality of the people; the temples and spirituality; the biodiversity and incredible landscapes; the thousands...
Mt. Lavinia Beach Sri Lanka, An optimistic sized globe to contain the large quantities of plastic that wash up on this beach. It started out properly segregated into just PET bottles (which have a market value, so in theory someone will pick it up) but as the...
A university student from Inside Access put this infographic together based off of our waste findings. Pictures are often an effective way of getting the message...
*Although I do not advocate that clean-ups be the solution for plastic pollution, I do think they are a valuable tool to understand waste trajectories when waste categorization and brand audits are included. Clean-ups that immediately take and dispose of the...
We design the world we want to live in. Our products are a result of human ingenuity. Design that places 'no value' on the environment looks like single-use packaging. We live in holistic systems of interconnection. Even the *smallest thing like packaging connects...
How can plastic material be reused, repurposed, or salvaged so it is kept out of the oceans and other ecosystems? Social awareness about the impacts of plastic pollution is growing, and there is a trend for creative, social solutions to the ‘plastic menace.’ Every...