Trash for Teaching?

Posted on Mar 18 2010 by Manuel Maqueda
Trash for Teaching (T4T), an nonprofit based in Los Angeles, California, is one of the organizations that has joined Plastic Pollution Coalition in recent weeks. Trash for Teaching collects clean, safe and interesting manufacturing cast-offs from local factories and repurposes them for use by kids, teachers and artists. “Minimizing Waste / Maximizing Education” is their motto, something...

Think Beyond Plastics Southern Sail

Posted on Nov 06 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
Sea Studios Foundation announces the launch of the Think Beyond Plastics Southern Sail, in partnership with Sealife Conservation, a sailing journey along the California Coast from November 4 to November 21, to raise awareness on plastic pollution in the ocean. The sailing expedition will visit the California coastal communities of Morro Bay (Nov 4), Santa Barbara (Nov 9), Santa Monica (Nov 12),...

Children say it loud and clear: “we should buy less plastic”

Posted on Nov 06 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
Canadian videographer Jan Vozenilek was a member of  Midway Journey, an expedition to Midway Atoll in September 2009 to document the effects of plastic pollution on baby albatrosses.   Midway Journey was led by photographer Chris Jordan and supported by the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Earlier this week, Jan Vozenilek visited an elementary school in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, where...