~‘Waste’ may be out of human sight in one area, but it is never out of the global mind.~ How ‘waste’ is discussed determines the level of the problem and the remedial solutions. If overconsumption is the problem, then solutions target consumerist norms. However,...
Re-envisioning Materials Use ~ The EPA says manufacturing an item with PET plastic is effectively creating 100 times the amount of toxins as the same item made of glass (Rogers, 2005). Humans were able to design goods without plastics for thousands of years, with...
It is ironic that global environmental change discourse warns of resource scarcity, of food scarcity, of water scarcity, when human society and the earth faces an abundance of waste. It is as if our equation is in reverse, and we are creating outputs of exactly...
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Why do we only label what is on the inside of packaging, but not the packaging itself? Packaging is treated as if it is invisible, harmless, a non-entity, but in reality it is often made of harmful plastics. Many studies show that plastics leach chemicals used in...
The industrial food complex is an extremely competitive industry and companies that don't adapt and look for new markets are likely to lose margins and lose out to their competition. (After all corporations have a fiduciary duty to maintain growth). To be...
What is Zero Waste and what could it potentially look like? Is it possible to act consciously and responsibly toward materials minimization and recovery? How can a community shift their behavior from waste apathy (incineration) to waste accountability and...
What does the endless quest for growth, development, and accumulation cost the earth? Industrial Scars (book)- images of the impacts of global consumption on the earth's...
We live in a world where we outsource and externalize problems of waste and pollution onto marginalized populations and geographies. The documentary Plastic China peels back the layers that hide how the western world's waste is managed, and shows how waste that...
Strength like a mountain, tireless soul, Winona is a beacon for current and future generations, those trying to navigate a way through these challenging times, eyes wide, head high keep the spirit alive ~ Watch...