Guided by the pale moonlight peeking through the clouds above, Luis Antonio Góngora Domínguez walks his careful patrol along the Payucan beachfront in the Campeche state of southern Mexico. There is no one else in sight, but he knows he is not alone.
En los esfuerzos ambientales progresivos se está reconociendo cada vez más que la autonomía y el compromiso locales son clave. En parte, esto se debe a que, claramente, nadie conoce su espacio inmediato mejor que quienes viven allí; y, en segundo lugar, porque la única forma en que cualquier proyecto logra el más elusivo de los atributos, el legado, es si personas reales en el terreno viven y respiran una acción y la llevan adelante.
For many, plastic pollution is often looked at as being just an oceans-based issue. That’s what tends to get covered in the media, so it’s understandable, but as more research continues to reveal, it is as much or more of a problem on land and in our freshwater sources.
Santiago, Chile, May 20, 2021 – Plastic Oceans International today announces the passing of new legislation in Chile that will implement regulations to greatly reduce single-use plastic waste throughout the country. Although just a formality, the bill will now go to the President for signing and then presented as a public notice, at which time it will become national law.
It’s increasingly being realized in progressive environmental endeavors that local autonomy and engagement is key. In part this is because clearly nobody knows their immediate space better than those who live there; and secondly because the only way that any project achieves that most elusive of attributes – legacy – is if real people on the ground live and breathe an action and take it forward.
Malibu, CA, May 13, 2021 – Plastic Oceans International is pleased to welcome EcoWatch – a long-time leader in environmental journalism – as the official Global Media Partner for the inaugural Trees & Seas festival.
Organized by Plastic Oceans International and ÜÑÜ, Trees & Seas will take place August 2 – 8, 2021, with a mission to educate on the concept that we are all one planet, one environment, and in the end, one global community united in our effort to foster a healthier planet for all.
The Galapagos Islands.
Words cast forever in folklore, history, and our global collective environmental wonder.
Words which – away from the visions they inspire – physically denote a small and remote archipelago flung 800 miles off the coast of Ecuador, out in the Pacific.
Malibu, CA, May 4, 2021 – Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has introduced a new ethically minded, on-trade exclusive range of Vegan certified wines to provide consumers with a sustainable choice on wine menus.
Coastal Reserve, which has a premium look and feel, has been designed to appeal to an increasing pool of consumers who seek environmentally friendly products and brands that have a purpose. The range of wines are Vegan with sustainability at the core.
What do we feel at all times prior to going into action? Whatever the action is, it is normal to always feel tickling in the body, and nervousness . The most magical is that with repetition of this action things become more normal but one never loses the feeling of having butterflies in one’s stomach.
The sun has barely risen in Douala, Cameroon, but Achare Elvis Ayamba has been working for hours. Donning latex gloves and protective boots, he wades into the river in front of him — or, what used to be a river.