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Our October film series was a success
If you missed the series, the descriptions & links are below:”Just Eat It” A 74-minute documentary film about food waste and food rescue https://foodwastemovie.com/ “WASTED! The Story of Food Waste” Aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Attenborough, documentaries, food waste, pbs, plastic, wasted
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Grannies Gems No. 7
Consider switching from conventional shampoo to a natural shampoo bar. According to Lush, one of the industry’s leading beauty brands, shampoo bars can last up to 80 washes. This is equivalent to two to three bottles of conventional liquid shampoo. … Continue reading
Posted in Bag Committee, Education, Recycling
Tagged plastic, recycling
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Granny’s Gems No. 5
Granny’s Gems offers simple solutions for everyday life to save our planet, ourselves, and future generations. These solutions will save money, save the environment, find alternatives, and reduce the chemicals all around us. Each one of us can reduce, reuse, … Continue reading
Posted in Bag Committee, Diet & Climate, Education, Recycling
Tagged foodprint, plastic, recycling
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Becky Ross Oct 19, 2013 letter to editor, PC
Have you noticed how more and more plastic has crept into our lives? You can hardly buy anything that isn’t packaged in plastic. Glass bottles and jars have been changed to plastic. Yes, it’s convenient, but it’s polluting our earth … Continue reading
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Plastics pollution in our oceans
Chirping Bird Society Compares Winston Churchill to Capt. Charles Moore: In 1937, Britain’s Winston Churchill was ‘chirping’ incessantly like a bird about the territorial threats of Adolf Hitler and the potential of an upcoming war but the world was asleep … Continue reading
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Tagged Chirping Bird Society, oceans, plastic
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