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I hope to inspire people to want to change, to cut off their plastic usage little by little.
Environment
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Big Oil says citizens should do more to stop climate change.
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Mexico City’s 22 million people discovered change is not that simple.
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A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.
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The disconnection and buried shame that hold us back.
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Textiles are the second largest source of plastic waste.
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The movement began as anti-consumerist. Yet now there are marketing ploys, feelings of inadequacy, and misplaced responsibility.
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The plastic crisis is tied not only to ecological destruction, but also drives systemic injustice.
With plastic’s fall, will we rise?
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the myopia of climate metrics.
Walls and fences at national borders enforce inequality, racial divides, and climate catastrophe. But most of them began as invisible lines in the sand.
Once a dumping ground for trash and industrial pollution, Platte Farm Open Space now has gardens, trails, and play areas enjoyed by the whole community.
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