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| − | UCSC SciCom student [http://scicom.ucsc.edu/students-alumni/current-students.html Amy E. West] published an article [http://www.mercurynews.com/green-living/ci_19658573 Santa Cruz nonprofit hopes to make fuel from ocean-based plastic] (also [http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=8462082 video] with links). Solar powered catamaran will make fuel [http://www.blest.co.jp/img/englishcatalogue/Be-h%20-%20ENGLISH_front.pdf (make your own pyrolysis device)] | + | UCSC SciCom student [http://scicom.ucsc.edu/students-alumni/current-students.html Amy E. West] published an article [http://www.mercurynews.com/green-living/ci_19658573 Santa Cruz nonprofit hopes to make fuel from ocean-based plastic] (also [http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=8462082 video] with links). Solar powered catamaran will make fuel [http://www.blest.co.jp/img/englishcatalogue/Be-h%20-%20ENGLISH_front.pdf (make your own pyrolysis device)]. You can help, contact [mailto:rita@thecleanoceansproject.org Rita Chaffin] |
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| | UCSC's Finkelstein on PBS NewsHour on plastic [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec08/plasticocean_11-13.html text] and [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=13112008&seg=3 video] 11/08 | | UCSC's Finkelstein on PBS NewsHour on plastic [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec08/plasticocean_11-13.html text] and [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=13112008&seg=3 video] 11/08 |
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| − | [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91066185 Boat Made of Plastic Bottles to Sail the Pacific]. How do you raise awareness about plastic debris floating in the Pacific? You sail a boat made out of 15,000 plastic bottles from California to Hawaii. Marine scientists Joel Paschal and Marcus Erikson discuss their voyage. | + | [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91066185 Boat Made of Plastic Bottles to Sail the Pacific]. How do you raise awareness about plastic debris floating in the Pacific? You sail a boat |
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| − | [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/david-de-rothschild-plastic-ship.php David de Rothschild Sets Sail] on Plastic Ship [http://www.theplastiki.com/ Plastiki] (also [http://www.theplastiki.com/video/ video)] to Pacific Gyre "Great Garbage Patch" [http://www.kqed.org/quest/slideshow/web-extra-scenes-from-the-pacific-garbage-patch Gyre slideshow]. [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201002171000 recent local audio interview and links]. See also [http://www.kqed.org/quest/slideshow/web-extra-scenes-from-the-pacific-garbage-patch Solid Waste page]. [http://cbs5.com/environment/submarine.trash.study.2.1471527.html UCSC video of deep sea plastic].
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| − | [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201002231000 Head of San Francisco's Department of the Environment, Jared Blumenfeld] helped devise groundbreaking and sometimes controversial initiatives such as mandatory composting and a ban on plastic bags. Last month, he was named head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's regional office. 2/10
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| − | [http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/07/bottlemania/ Elizabeth Royte's new book ''Bottlemania]: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It'' (includes Podcast interview) Her previous book [http://www.grist.org/advice/books/2005/07/28/motavalli-garbage/ ''Garbage Land''] is a good read.
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| − | [http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/07/bottlemania/ Elizabeth Royte's new book ''Bottlemania]: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It'' (includes Podcast interview). [http://www.grist.org/feature/2008/07/18/ Another interview, text]. Her previous book [http://www.grist.org/advice/books/2005/07/28/motavalli-garbage/ ''Garbage Land''] is a good read.
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| − | ''Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash'' by Elizabeth Royte [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/protected/gar001.pdf Introduction] [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/protected/gar002.pdf "Amphibious Assault"]
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| − | Peter Gleick, a freshwater expert, is the author of [http://islandpress.org/bookstore/detailsfad4.html?prod_id=1858 Bottled and Sold]: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126833795 link to book and npr audio interview]. Here's [http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-05-27/peter-gleick-bottled-and-sold-story-behind-our-obsession-bottled-water-island-press another interview] 6/10, with an industry representative. The book is published by an UC alum who runs Island Press, which offers [http://www.livestream.com/treehuggerlive/video?clipId=pla_2933bb57-638d-4663-8d72-378d51353ee1&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb videochats] with author. [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201007071000 KQED interview].
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| − | UCSC [http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1719 Provost Szasz's book] on bottled water [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0816635080/ref=sib_dp_ptu/105-6357300-2392468#reader-link Excerpt].
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| − | ''Moby Duck'' (short [http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2011/03/29/48600/mobyduck_when_28800_bath_toys_are_lost_at_sea?source=npr&category=science article/audio]) and [http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134923863/moby-duck-when-28-800-bath-toys-are-lost-at-sea longer interview] with text excerpt. In 1992, a cargo ship container tumbled into the North Pacific, dumping 28,000 rubber ducks and other bath toys that were headed from China to the U.S. Currents took them, and news reports said some may have eventually reached Maine and other shores on the Atlantic. Thirteen years later, journalist Donovan Hohn undertook a mission: He wanted to track the movements of the wayward ducks, from the comfort of his own living room. It didn't work out that way, as you can tell from the complete title: ''Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them''.
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| − | [http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/diary_of_an_ecooutlaw:paperback Diary of an Eco-Outlaw] is by and [http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/unreasonablewomanpa ''An Unreasonable Woman'']is about [http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/58/18695 Diane Wilson], a fourth-generation fisherwoman, leads a
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| − | [http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/10/plastic_bags/ Article] on plastic bags at Salon.com.
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| − | [http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html An excellent article on bottled water]
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| − | [http://storyofstuff.org/bottledwater/ The Story of Bottled Water] from the people who brought you [http://storyofstuff.org/ The Story of Stuff].
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| − | [http://www.healthebay.org/currentissues/ppi/theneed_overview.asp Overview of Plastic's effect], especially on Marine ecosystems. Includes videos and [http://www.healthebay.org/currentissues/ppi/bills_SB899.asp legislation] you can [https://www.environmentcalifornia.org/action/oceans/trash take action] on.
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| − | Endocrine disruptors are dangerous chemicals that alter the natural function of the body's hormones. They are frequently used in plastics, in pesticides, and in personal care products and act in the human body as a "false" version of estrogen. They appear to be linked to a variety of diseases, including sexual dysfunction, heart disease, metabolic disorders, and cancer.
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| − | [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R911180931 Health and the Environment]. Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences addresses the risks of plastic additives, lead and mercury -- and the connections between the environment and cancer, asthma and reproductive health. 2/10
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| − | [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201003011000 BPA Update].
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This is a collection from other pages, but may not be complete, so see also Solid Waste, chemicals, Consumption and Sustainability
Video
UCSC SciCom student Amy E. West published an article Santa Cruz nonprofit hopes to make fuel from ocean-based plastic (also video with links). Solar powered catamaran will make fuel (make your own pyrolysis device). You can help, contact Rita Chaffin
UCSC's Finkelstein on PBS NewsHour on plastic text and video 11/08
UCSC video of deep sea plastic.
Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash.
The Story of Bottled Water from the people who brought you The Story of Stuff.
Peter Gleick, a freshwater expert, is the author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water(video discussion of book) 11/11. (see book below)
Bag It documentary on plastic.
Penn and Teller's humorous take on the subject of bottled water.
Mike Biddle TEDtalk:
Discarded plastic, too often, ends up buried or burned, not recycled (it's just too complicated). But Biddle has found a way to close the loop.
Van Jones on Environmental Justice aspects of plastic. (video) 5/11.
Fun mockumentary on the plastic bag. alt link
Are mushrooms the new plastic? (TEDtalk video)
Artist Dianna Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic pollution in the ocean and in our lives. TEDtalk video.
Tapped, a new documentary about the bottled water industry from director Stephanie Soechtig and the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car?, is a pretty damning look at how consumers have been tricked into spending too much money on water packaged in plastic and quite often not as clean as what's available from the faucet.trailer
Where is Away? is a 4 min. film made by a local surfer. Also shown at SC Film Festival Plastic Island. Richard Sowa tied together over 120,000 plastic bottles and built himself a floating island, featuring a garden with a pond and a two-story house.
Tom Szaky visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Revolution in a Bottle: How TerraCycle is Redefining Green Business."Green@Google series. (video)
Great Pacific Garbage Patch/Gyre
Pacific Gyre filled with plastic. PBS news segment featuring UCSC folk.
Synthetic Sea Preview from Algalita Foundation on plastic gyre. Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. New CNN video segment7/16 update audio. Google talk video.
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Boat Made of Plastic Bottles to Sail the Pacific. How do you raise awareness about plastic debris floating in the Pacific? You sail a boat
