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… zero-waste event. Bring refillable water bottles/canteens, and eliminate single-use plastics and trash. …

…  del Norte International Bridge , I saw individuals and families living on the streets with plastic makeshift tents as homes. I witnessed children without shoes, a baby with a high fever, …

… where the city meets the ocean, is one of the most polluted in the world, filled with the plasticized detritus, the filth and the effluence of the city's 12 million people and the slums …

… including a review of its investment guidelines, its carbon neutrality goals and the use of plastic on campus. The campus is also in the final stages of hiring a sustainability director. A …

… and bylaws. According to the university, two referendums passed last year — one to remove plastic bags from campus and another to phase out plastic straws from its food service. In both cases, they supported work already under way …

… car manufacturers develop electric cars, municipalities go to zero waste, single-use plastic begins to disappear, people begin planting milkweed to attract butterflies and bees to …

… , a broader green sustainability designation. It has joined several parishes in ditching plastic foam cups and has explored coordinating bulk purchases so more can use more …

… has explored bulk buys of biodegradable or compostable products for parishes to replace plastic foam cups and plates. While the going can seem slow at times, Doyle sees signs of a …

… Candler 252 Wednesday, November 13th: Lecture by Dr. Candace Timpte, "Water, Waster, and Plastic: The Big Three," 1-3pm, CST 360 Thursday, November 14th: Community Sustainability Forum, …

… with gray donated blankets. Some mothers nap, their little child nestled against them. The plastic bags we've handed out filled with toiletries, a change of clothes, diapers, small baggies …

… possible and, additionally, to reduce the amount of garbage they produce and to avoid using plastic. They also promised to "cultivate true friendships with the poor, visit the simplest …

… eight cars belonging to Klopfer. In the trunk of one late 1990s Mercedes-Benz, they found five plastic bags and one box containing fetal remains. "We anticipate simply adding these remains …

… with its concomitant overconsumption and waste, especially nonbiodegradable materials like plastics and concrete, that dramatically alter the dynamics and functioning of the Earth system. …

… ocean pollution, while  a government study in 2017  stated that, on average, Thais use eight plastic bags a day, amounting to nearly two billion bags a year. As Francis continues to preach …

… the world, and am free. … — Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things … Americans use 50 billion plastic water bottles per year. Consider your use of plastics. … 4Ocean.com … is an innovative business; it hires people to remove plastic from the oceans; the business is funded through sales of bracelets made from recycled …

… and forgiving those who offend can we see the quality of our faith." "The martyrs are not 'plastic saints,' but men and women of flesh and bone who  – as the Book of Revelation says  – …

… it and how long it will be until it is back to raw-material stage. (The average time for a plastic bottle to completely degrade is at least 450 years. From:  postconsumers.com ) Start saying "No, thanks" to single-use items, especially plastic ones (bags, cups, containers, straws, etc.) Special thanks for those who model reverence …

… artist, in a piece labeled with the ironic title "Seven Rooms of Hospitality." It features plastic 3-D printed models of "uncertain spaces occupied by refugees, deportees, and exiles." …

… water, the development of more frequent super storms and "the considerable presence of plastics and microplastics in the oceans" are signs of how human greed is making the planet …

… of us on the women's side of the bus had slipped our wrists out of the first set of heavy plastic zip ties, there was no getting out of them at the warehouse. But there, at least, I had …