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...
March 18th is International Recycling Day. But, not to confuse the order of operations for creating more sustainable materials use: #1: Developing a healthy respect and appreciation for the environment #2: Refuse #3: Reduce #4: Redesign #5: Reuse / Repurpose #6: ...
Video of an experiment I made visiting a backyard plastic recycler in a village outside of Colombo. We are doing an experiment to 'test' what kind of plastic constitutes these objects. In the rural context, there is no lab to verify if the plastic is #2 or #6...
Plastic is cheap. The environment is not. New investments in fossil fuel extraction, and new investments in plastic production further the trajectory of this persistent pollutant. Plastic is all-pervasive to the point of entrenchment; society is suffocating with...
Every single piece of plastic that has ever been made, still exists today - and we keep making more, with no thought for tomorrow. Globally the weight of plastic produced annually (approx. 300m tons) is almost equivalent to the weight of humanity (approx. 316m...
Modern society Controlled by its shadow self content in consumption oblivion Does not know how to ask the right questions, not aware enough to be aware there is a...
The amount of plastic produced in a year is roughly the same as the entire weight of humanity...take a minute to digest this bit of information. The rate that we consume is inverse to the health of the planet. Read more on the catastrophe plastic bottle...
In just 10 min I picked up over 30 plastic pieces. fragments from items it only took people a few minutes to use and discard, modern conveniences that will last for decades to come..the irony of using something to save time, that in the end costs the earth a lot of...
The world is awash with policy and rules that are made to facilitate business and the flow of goods and materials. Trade policy, partnerships, economic theory that runs international discussions etc., and yet, we have no accountability for the pollution the global...