Today, The Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School in New York City has released a report that confirms what we’ve long known to be true: the people who have the least responsibility for the waste crisis in the U.S.–low income communities and...
By Doun Moon, Research Associate and co-author of Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet Everyone knows what causes climate change: fossil fuels. What’s less known is that plastic is also a climate polluter, as it is made from fossil fuels, such...
Za Zemiata Interview with Evgenia Tasheva, from Za Zemiata by Sarah Martin Za Zemiata (ZZ) is an independent non-profit non-governmental organization established in 1995 to work for environmental justice and sustainable and equitable life on our planet, without...
The Ecology Center: Turning the recycling crisis into an opportunity for Zero Waste On April 22nd, 1970, communities across the United States celebrated the first Earth Day. This national event– the largest mass demonstration in the country until the Women’s...
By Froilan Grate Guimaras—that’s the name of the island where I grew up. Located in Central Philippines, it is blessed with powdery white sand beaches, the sweetest mangoes, and some of the warmest people in the planet. I remember spending my childhood in the...
Ecological Recycling Society (ECOREC) Interview with Eugenia Skoufi, from ECOREC by Yianna Sigalou Hi Eugenia, can you give us a brief introduction to Ecorec’s focus? The Ecological Recycling Society was founded in 1990, as a response to the narrative at the time...
