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The Little Shop of Zero Waste Hope

Women-Run Store Providing Their Local Community Accessibility to Sustainable Products

How long have you been purchasing the same brand of supermarket deodorant? Shampoo? Dish soap or peanut butter?

Purchasing industrially manufactured items – almost always housed in plastic containers, and always single-use – has become second nature to almost everyone in the 21st century. Increasingly, however, people are questioning their consumer choices, and looking for viable, chemical-free alternatives in reusable packaging, made by real people in local community settings.

PVA Detergent Pods: Gone But Not Forgotten

Dissolve Does Not Mean “Disappear”

Poly…vinyl…alcohol…

What comes to mind? Well, “poly” alludes to ‘many’. “Vinyl” conjures images of musical records. “Alcohol”, well, we all know about alcohol. In reality, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and it’s corresponding blends such as PVOH, is a material being used heavily in the textile industry and it’s now becoming more popular in our homes and potentially in the environment.

Inaugural Trees & Seas Festival A Major Success

100,000 Trees Were Planted and Over 25 Million Square Feet of Land and Sea Were Cleaned Up

August 26, 2021 – Malibu, California – Plastic Oceans International is pleased to share the impact of its first-ever Trees & Seas Festival, a diverse celebration that united ocean and forest conservation worldwide, from August 2 to 8, 2021.

Interview With “The Blue Economy” Author Gunter Pauli

The Blue Economy changed the Reality for Small Manufacturers, Farmers, and Associations

Gunter Pauli is an entrepreneur, global speaker, economist, innovator and author whose projects and activities span the whole world. He is most widely known for his book The Blue Economy, which he wrote in 2010, proposing a new type of business model in order for our society to become more sustainable.

Changing Habits to Help Stop the Plastic Invasion

15-Year-Old Ava Bland Provides Her Insight

We have all seen how plastic has invaded every inch of our planet – from our oceans, lakes and rivers, to our coastlines, forests, parks, roadsides and more.

Many of us want to stop this plastic invasion, however the problems that we face are huge and it can often feel very overwhelming. This is why so many people ignore this plastic crisis when they are only presented with the problem and not a hint of the solutions. For this reason I have chosen to take small steps towards my goal of living life with as little plastic as possible, rather than taking one huge leap.

Fundación MERI: World Class Science and Environmental Education in Patagonia

Groundbreaking Chilean Organization Sets International Standard

Patagonia.

For those lucky enough who have visited – and the millions more who have yet to – that single word conjures up immense notions of beauty and the sublime just as much as Galapagos, or Amazon.

La Sierra Artist Residency Is Making the Link Between Art and Nature

Creativity and Conservation Are Alive and Well In the World’s Most Incredible Coastal Mountain Range

The foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Colombia feature the world’s highest coastal range, a stunning geography where mountains drop off vertiginously into the sea with barely any warning. Its elevation, in fact, runs at an incredible average of a meter in height for every seven meters inland. Oceans and mountains co-existing in unique proximity – and consequently are home to an astonishingly diverse array of flora and fauna.

TREES & SEAS FESTIVAL BEGINS

Weeklong Celebration Unites Ocean and Forest Conservation Worldwide

August 2, 2021 – Malibu, California – Today, Plastic Oceans International and ÜÑÜ are pleased to officially announce the launch of the inaugural Trees & Seas Festival – a global celebration running now through August 8, uniting ocean and forest conservation with the goal of building a healthier and more just planet for all.

Montes Wines Bringing Sustainability, Conservation and Community to Chile’s Wine Industry

Innovative Winery Serving As Presenting Sponsor for First-ever Trees & Seas Festival

At the heart of the environmental debate is an often ignored but hyper-present quandary: can industry and economic development ever truly sit comfortably alongside environmental responsibility. On the vast, uninterrupted littoral of Chile, in its Aconcagua Coast, lies a resounding and affirmative answer to that question.

Meet Nature Artist and Surfer Marissa Quinn

Quinn Serves As the Official Artist of the Inaugural Trees & Seas Festival.

Limited Edition Prints Now On Sale to Benefit Efforts.

Marissa Quinn is already a woman of many hats — artist, professor, surfer, environmentalist. Speaking to her, in fact, you get the sense that, much like her uniquely detailed artwork, she has gone through life being meticulous about her choices, honing in on areas of greatest importance – whether professionally, emotionally, or pedagogically – and giving them her soul.

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