by Katie Conlon | Sep 1, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
What if we had ‘Packaging Facts’ similarly to how we have ‘Ingredients Facts’ mandated for products today? We know what is inside our food, but what about on the outside? These ‘Packaging Facts’ labels would be justified not only for the health of the...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 1, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate” -Jung. Even at the end of the day, if the waste management system works seamlessly, efficiently, it is still destroying and wasting resources at a faster and...
by Katie Conlon | Aug 28, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
The global recycling markets effectively collapsed in January 2018. It was not a slow decline, but a sudden jolt due to an abrupt shift in Chinese policy. China up until this point had been the ‘golden egg-laying goose’ of US, Australia, Japan, Europe, and basically...
by Katie Conlon | Aug 27, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Trying to understand waste issues is like pulling a string and unraveling a whole sweater. Processes that are more ‘masked’ or ‘hidden’ in the US or Europe or Japan, are laid bare in places like India. A lot of people complain about...
by Katie Conlon | Aug 24, 2019 | Biophilia, Climate, Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Pollution, Waste
Despair, but be aware -Some people profit from destruction,some benefit from war,poverty makes other’s rich,sickness, another’s bounty,and waste in one’s eyes is another’s bread.When we fight against external circumstancesthings never change,...
by Katie Conlon | Jul 14, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
I am all about collaborations, and this work between Keb Mo and Plastic Pollution Coalition is some of the best teamwork I’ve heard lately : ) If I had a 5th grade class, I would definitely be teaching them this song Watch Keb’ Mo’ Decry Single-Use...