Tag Archives: plastic bags

Weekly Roundup | April 26, 2013

Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. CNN 4/22/13 7 stunning U.S. spots for wildlife Naturalist Beth Pratt has been exploring and celebrating wildlife since she was a child, whether discovering the great whales of Cape Cod with her parents or creating a special luxury habitat for her backyard [...]

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Guest Post | Activist Abby vs Big Plastic

Abby Goldberg is a 13-year-old girl in Grayslake, IL. who believes that you’re never too young to make a difference. After seeing the devastation that millions of plastic bags have caused the environment and ocean life, she set out to get a local ban on single-use plastic shopping bags passed. This is her story. In [...]

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Weekly Roundup | April 5, 2013

Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. Palo Alto Patch 4/3/13 Save The Bay Welcomes Estuary Scientist Sam Luoma to Board of Directors Save The Bay, the largest regional organization working to protect and restore San Francisco Bay, announced today that Dr. Sam Luoma has joined its Board of [...]

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Weekly Roundup | March 29, 2013

Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. San Jose Mercury News 3/28/13 First Day of Bay Bridge Series in San Francisco The San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s are back from spring training in Arizona and giving the Bay Area a taste of baseball before the regular season [...]

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Trash: not a natural disaster

On Monday night, I was lucky to catch a screening of the latest environmental documentary, Trashed.  The showing was part of Zero Waste week, which brought professionals from around the world to the Bay Area to discuss strategies for achieving truly sustainable, zero waste communities.  I knew going into the theater that I was in for some [...]

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