Posted on Jan 17 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
pink washing: the deceptive marketing practice of promoting association with a cancer charity (often using pink ribbon symbol) in order to suggest a company’s commitment to battling cancer, when according to independent scientific testing, a marketed product has potential to cause cancer.
Pink Washing Sparkletts’ BPA Plastic Bottles
Sparkletts’ water delivery trucks, previously...
Posted on Jan 15 2010 by Manuel Maqueda
Green Sangha is a San Francisco Bay Area organization dedicated to “restoring our sense of oneness—healing our communities and the earth through mindful practice and awakened action“. Green Sangha, has been focusing on fighting plastic pollution for a long time and is convening the Rethinking Plastics 201 Conference January 21-23 2010 in San Rafael, California.
Aimed at “concerned...
Posted on Jan 15 2010 by Manuel Maqueda
We are delighted to share with you this YouTube video, an awesome music clip featuring Tim Minchin. The message is as simple as it is important: bring your own canvas bags to the store!
Directed by Stephen Leslie, this video was originally recorded for BBC’s Comedy Shuffle. We’d like to thank our friend Sara Bayles, author of the popular blog The Daily Ocean for giving us the heads up.
Enjoy!
Posted on Jan 14 2010 by Daniella Dimitrova Russo
We are very pleased to announce that on December 23rd, 2009 Earth Island Institute officially became the fiscal sponsor for Plastic Pollution Coalition.
Founded in 1982 by the legendary David Brower, Earth Island Institute offers support for projects who have unique ideas about saving the Earth. In fact, its name came from Margaret Meade, who urged respect for the “Island Earth”. The Institute...
Posted on Jan 08 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
The second half of 2009 has seen the birth of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, created wih the vision of a world free of plastic pollution and of the toxic impacts of plastic on humans, the environment, wildlife and marine life.
PPC aims to create a collaborative space for community, synergy, strategy and support in the battle against plastic pollution, not replacing the actions of any particular organization,...
Posted on Jan 08 2010 by Manuel Maqueda
On January 6, Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report aired an interview with Captain Charles Moore, a pioneer of the study of plastic pollution in the ocean, the founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, a TED speaker, an EPA Environmental Hero Award winner, and the world’s most recognized activist against plastic pollution.
Captain Charles Moore is an advisor to the Plastic Pollution...
Posted on Jan 06 2010 by Manuel Maqueda
KissMyCountry.com recently published an article and interview with plastic-free living super hero and star blogger Beth Terry, who is an invaluable advisor to the Plastic Pollution Coalition.
Beth has been living as plastic-free as possible since 2007, when she saw photos of albatross chicks full of plastic. Beth has been writing about her experiences on her popular and entertaining blog FakePlasticFish,...
Posted on Jan 04 2010 by Manuel Maqueda
Author and scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson, founder of Shifting Baselines, just released a video interview with PPC advisor Captain Charles Moore.
Don’t miss the last part of the video where the estrogen-disrupting effects of plastic transform Charles Moore into a voluptuous Charlotte Moore.
Posted on Jan 04 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
We are very very pleased to welcome Greenpeace USA as the first organization to join the Plastic Pollution Coalition in 2010.
Greenpeace USA has over a quarter million members and a long history of activism in areas like Global Warming, Forests, Genetic Engineering, Nuclear, Toxics, and Oceans. The latter two are particularly connected with plastic pollution, as the plastification of our own blood...
