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If you live in a dense city like New York or San Francisco you understand what people mean when they describe alleyways soaked in rubbish-rich stench. Simple mathematics will tell you that when you take large quantities of people and squeeze them into small spaces there is going to be some sort of mess. Generally, it is trash. Or rubbish, garbage, debris, waste – whatever you want to call it – it smells.
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Just a few centuries ago, crops all across the world were flourishing without the use of insecticides and man-made chemicals. That was, of course, before the pesticide era – also known as the 1940s and 1950s. For almost two centuries the side effects of this synthetic chemical were mostly unknown. A discovery in the 1960s changed that by confirming that the DDT in the insecticide being used on crops posed a serious threat to biodiversity by preventing fish-eating birds from reproducing.
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In an upper-class neighborhood of Asheville, NC, the first Hemp House in the U.S. has been built by Plush Designs, putting a whole new perspective on high class living. “We heard that we could have a really great neighborhood party if it ever caught on fire,” jokes Karen Korp with CNN in this video about her and husband Russ Martin’s new home.
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In support of Brazil’s movement, Xingu Vivo Para Sempre (Xingu River Forever Alive Movement), this 3-D video, narrated by actress Sigourney Weaver, takes us on a journey through the impact of Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River, providing people all across the globe an opportunity to see the harmful effects of the massive dam first hand.
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Surrounded by mounds of bags, a sign that reads, “Don’t Feed The Monster,” and wearing a slick suit made of plastic bags, the ‘Bag Monster’ makes himself at home on a busy Seattle street to educate the public about the adverse effects of single-use plastic bags.
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As long as companies proceed to manufacture products contained in plastic, and people continue to endorse theses organizations through supportive consumption, the Pacific Garbage Patch will continue to grow incessantly. Already twice the size of Texas, this entangled mess of non-biodegradable petro-trash mirrors the top ten percent most affluent segment of the world’s preference for convenience.
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With the ban of plastic bags on the ballads this year for the entire state of California, Heal the Bay has created a humorous mockumentary to get people thinking seriously about AB 1998. This short film tracks the life cycle of a single-use plastic bag, from the asphalt jungle it came from to the heart of the Pacific Ocean, where it will inevitably end up.
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With the help of a few intelligent and tech-savvy guys, bike sharing just may be perfected before it even catches on. The group SoBi has created a revolutionary bike sharing system called “social biking” where all you have to do is download an application to your cell phone, track down a bike, unlock it, ride, and then drop it off at virtually any bike rack you can find when you are done. It’s that easy.
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As part of its third annual Summer Streets program, New York City is inviting residents this Saturday to take a dip into the repurposed garbage dumpsters recently installed on Park Avenue. The city is closing down the street to cars so people can bike, walk, socialize, watch live entertainment, and take a dive into the dumpster. What else could you ask for on a hot summer afternoon?
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Walrus Colony Relocates to Island Shore Due to Melting Ice
A group of walruses, which generally make their home on the sea floor and surrounding sea ice, have been pushed out due to melting ice and forced to take up residence on the shore of a foreign Alaskan island called Point Lay.
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