by Katie Conlon | Oct 5, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Pollution, Waste
We are not responding as a society to the harm that we do. Human response mechanisms are numbed. We have forgotten how to listen and interact with nature and the other species on this planet. Pretty soon she (nature) will cry no more, and then it will be too late....
by Katie Conlon | Sep 14, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Reduce your use/exposure to chemicals and packaging. At least there is one country that is taking the link between chemicals in products and health seriously!! PFAS exposure includes: liver damage, thyroid disease, decreased fertility, high cholesterol, obesity,...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 13, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Instead of seeing the problem of too much waste and asking a logical question like: ‘why don’t we make less of it? What tap should we turn off?’ More and more these sorts of deceptive/distractive ‘solutions’ are popping up. The last thing we need is more chemicals on...
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...