President Permanently Blocks Arctic Drilling
By Fredrica Syren: In a last ditch effort to save the Arctic, President Obama will use executive authority to permanently block offshore drilling there and in the Atlantic Ocean. Following suit...
View ArticleExpired Food: What Is Ok to Eat and What Is Not
When you know that almost 800 million people around the globe do not get enough to eat, and that poor nutrition kills 3.5 million children each year, it’s frustrating that about... The post Expired...
View ArticleFeel the Heat—2016 Was the Warmest Year Yet
By Fredrica Syren: Did you feel that last year was miserably hot? Odds are you did not imagine it because according the UN, 2016 was a record hot year, a new high for the third year in... The post...
View ArticleWater—What Would We Do Without It?
By Fredrica Syren: “Without water, life would not exist.”- Water.org Since I live in sunny San Diego and have a homestead where I grow food for my family, whenever it... The post Water—What Would We Do...
View ArticleThe Real Junk Food Project
By Fredrica Syren: The real junk food project is a charity that campaigns against food waste by challenging businesses and trying to highlight the issue. They do so with three “share... The post The...
View ArticleWhy Recycling Is So Important
By Larraine Roulston: Utilizing timber, plastic, steel, aluminum and glass, as well as expensive metals that are found in electronic equipment, come at a cost to the earth and should be reused... The...
View ArticleProducts Made from Ocean Plastic
By Larraine Roulston: Approximately 40 years ago, scientists began to study ocean pollution. During the 1990s, they discovered the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch — an array of discarded floating......
View ArticleHappy 4th of July!
Let make it a clean, green and plastic free celebration! The post Happy 4th of July! first appeared on The Zero Waste Family®.
View ArticleHawaii to Say “Aloha!” to Plastic Straws
By Fredrica Syren: The paradise of Hawaii is working on saying “Aloha!” to single-use plastic straws, as Bill 2285 is making its way to approval. This bill will ban use... The post Hawaii to Say...
View ArticleWhat We Should Learn from France’s Plastic Ban
By Fredrica Syren: When we were in France in July, I noticed how restaurants, ice cream bars and coffee shops offered only paper straws. When I went grocery shopping, I... The post What We Should Learn...
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