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...
by Katie Conlon | Jul 13, 2019 | Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
‘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 cleanup) Post Views:...
by Katie Conlon | Jul 11, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Waste
**If you don’t have access and need a copy, please let me know. Article here: https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/WRSTSD.2019.099377 Post Views:...
by Katie Conlon | May 11, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
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 months...