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Is Paris #INC2 is a feast, you need to read 3 excellent written essays on #plasticpollution 🧵
#PlasticsTreaty
#PlasticsTreaty
1️⃣ Rebecca Altmant :
On Vinyl: A brief history of #EastPalestine toxic train disaster
#PlasticsTreaty
orionmagazine.org/article/east-p…
On Vinyl: A brief history of #EastPalestine toxic train disaster
#PlasticsTreaty
orionmagazine.org/article/east-p…
I’m delighted to announce that my provocative piece on the impact of #plasticpollution on the #tropics is the first published article in Journal of Tropical Futures published by @SAGEPublishers
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
#plasticfree #plastic #plasticwaste #plastictreaty
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
#plasticfree #plastic #plasticwaste #plastictreaty
Unsustainable #plastic production, use and mismanagement have resulted in increased #plasticpollution in the environment threatening #sustainability, especially in the #tropics.
#sustainabledevelopment #sustainabilitymatters #singleuseplastic
#sustainabledevelopment #sustainabilitymatters #singleuseplastic
Countries in the #tropics have been disproportionally impacted by #plasticpollution due to imports of #plasticwaste from developed countries, or because tropical Small Island Developing States have become overwhelmed by #singleuseplastics used widely in the tourism sector.
3 problems with global #sustainability goals in terms of plastic soup - Plastic Soup Foundation plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/2021/08/thr…
#Plasticpollution is standing in the way of achieving at least 12 of the 17 sustainability goals. This was made clear in an article published in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
In the case of plastic soup, it is not only about floating #plastic in the ocean (#SDG14), but about a lot more.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Happy #WorldWaterDay!
We are proud to announce the major cleanup dates for our upcoming Monongahela River Cleanup Series! Be sure to save these dates on your calendar now. Signups are now available for the first upcoming river cleanups>>> flipcause.com/hosted_widget/…
We are proud to announce the major cleanup dates for our upcoming Monongahela River Cleanup Series! Be sure to save these dates on your calendar now. Signups are now available for the first upcoming river cleanups>>> flipcause.com/hosted_widget/…
Every year our crew selects a River of Focus to conduct a multi-week cleanup project. They live & work on their boats as they caravan a barge of trash dozens of miles from the edge of our county to the confluence where our 3 major rivers (Ohio, Allegheny, & Monongahela) meet.
Along the way, they conduct volunteer cleanups that involve the communities along the river & small staff ones.
Over the years our crew has seen the makeup of our river's material pollution change from legacy waste (like household appliances) to more and more plastic.
Over the years our crew has seen the makeup of our river's material pollution change from legacy waste (like household appliances) to more and more plastic.
🔴🚨BREAKING 🆕 Minderoo Plastic Waste Makers Index 2023 #plasticstreaty🧵
1️⃣Put a levy on fossil-fuel polymer production & consumption
2️⃣ Investors to engage with investees to stop the building of 🆕 fossil fuel-based polymer facilities, or divest
READ: bit.ly/3JHEFZC
1️⃣Put a levy on fossil-fuel polymer production & consumption
2️⃣ Investors to engage with investees to stop the building of 🆕 fossil fuel-based polymer facilities, or divest
READ: bit.ly/3JHEFZC
➡️Company scorecards bit.ly/3I07rDA
“Despite rising consumer awareness, corporate attention, and regulation, an additional 6MMT of waste was generated in 2021 compared to 2019 — still almost entirely made from fossil fuel-based “virgin” precursors.
#plasticpollution
#plasticpollution
…I drove the perimeter. It was hard not to think of my great-grandfather, born in Galacia/Austro-Hungarian Poland, and who fled to avoid conscription in the years before WWI. Had he not left, would I be here? 5/x
But here’s why I’m really telling you all this: After it was cotton mill, but before it became condos, it was — no, I’m not kidding… 6/x
…A Tupperware Factory — called b/c of cite legacy a Tupperware Mill! (I guess plastics history — like plastics themselves— is all around us). The address is now: One Tupperware Drive. Clip from 1965 film, The Wonderful World of Tupperware. #envhist #plasticpollutiin 7/x
This week — after yrs of research, contemplation, COVID-delays — I *finally* visited the RI cotton mill where my great-grandfather labored during WWII. It sits along the Blackstone River, which had powered the US Industrial Revolution🧵 #envhist #PlasticPollution 1/x
Built in 1904 by the Blackstone Cotton Co — eventually owned by Lonsdale, tied to Brown & Ives, Brown—the family that built Triangle Trade ships and benefactor to Brown U., The mill closed shortly after my great-grandfathered signed his over-45 draft card. 2/x
The mill is now condos — but there were artifacts in the lobby. Gears and spools of wound gray (I presume?) cotton thread. Roaming the lobby, it brought to mind my favorite @JoniTevis essay —Warp + Weft. 3/x
#Plastic in the environment is not inert.
#Plasticpollution slowly interacts with the nature to form new, hybrid-particles that are not-natural, not synthetic, but a hybrid of dentritic organplastoids
This one is a tangle of seaweed and fish line. The next...
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#Plasticpollution slowly interacts with the nature to form new, hybrid-particles that are not-natural, not synthetic, but a hybrid of dentritic organplastoids
This one is a tangle of seaweed and fish line. The next...
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example of a dentritic organoplastoid is a mix of plastic foil, fibers, and aged compost; where the plastic intermingles in the detritus of the organic waste, fusing with it, dreading it yet and outliving it, forming a new type of soil..
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This is a plastisphere on a cone, a precursor to these dentritic organoplastoid. A niche of barnacles and other creatures slowly break down the surface plastic, forming new macromolecules and dentritic organoplastoid micro- and nanoparticles that scatter in the sea...
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1/. #THREAD (read until the end)
As people around the world mark #EarthDay a QUESTION...
Would you buy grapes that were individually wrapped in plastic?
#ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticpollution #ClimateJustice #EarthDay2022 #ClimateActionNow
As people around the world mark #EarthDay a QUESTION...
Would you buy grapes that were individually wrapped in plastic?
#ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticpollution #ClimateJustice #EarthDay2022 #ClimateActionNow
2/. “Every single grape wrapped in plastic! What the actual *#@*!”
You’d probably be outraged like my friend Diane was! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticfree #EarthDay #EarthDay2022
#ClimateMarch #ClimateJustice
You’d probably be outraged like my friend Diane was! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticfree #EarthDay #EarthDay2022
#ClimateMarch #ClimateJustice
3/. CONFESSION
The individually wrapped grapes iaren’t real
The plastic wrapped passion fruit are
Britain is the world’s 2nd biggest producer of plastic per person
Plastic waste kills millions of birds, sea mammals & fish each year
(Clip @GreenpeaceUK)
The individually wrapped grapes iaren’t real
The plastic wrapped passion fruit are
Britain is the world’s 2nd biggest producer of plastic per person
Plastic waste kills millions of birds, sea mammals & fish each year
(Clip @GreenpeaceUK)
Current research on microplastics is the stuff of nightmares-
They’re dangerous, they’re spread through our food, they're in the air... they’re everywhere
Thread 1/x
#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
They’re dangerous, they’re spread through our food, they're in the air... they’re everywhere
Thread 1/x
#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
Much of the research is trapped behind paywalls, and only reported on in a limited, fragmented pattern
-like so much else when large corporations cause environmental damage and impose widespread health impacts on the public
2/x
#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
-like so much else when large corporations cause environmental damage and impose widespread health impacts on the public
2/x
#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
The growing risks of microplastics are a direct function of an ongoing push by the same sociopathic corporations that are driving the climate crisis
3/x
#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
cnbc.com/2022/01/29/how…
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#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
cnbc.com/2022/01/29/how…
@RayaIaseema #Tirumala #Tirupati
#TumburaTeertham ప్రకృతి ఒడిలో నిఘూడ వైవిద్యం.. తుంబర తీర్ధం....
#తిరుమలలో ఘనంగా కుమారధార తీర్థ ముక్కోటి
శేషాచల అడవుల్లో ఉన్న తుంబుర తీర్థం భక్తులకు ఆధ్యాత్మిక క్షేత్రమే కాదు.. ప్రకృతి రమణీయతకు పెట్టింది పేరు.
#TumburaTeertham ప్రకృతి ఒడిలో నిఘూడ వైవిద్యం.. తుంబర తీర్ధం....
#తిరుమలలో ఘనంగా కుమారధార తీర్థ ముక్కోటి
శేషాచల అడవుల్లో ఉన్న తుంబుర తీర్థం భక్తులకు ఆధ్యాత్మిక క్షేత్రమే కాదు.. ప్రకృతి రమణీయతకు పెట్టింది పేరు.
ట్రెక్కింగ్ వంటి సాహస యాత్రలకు స్వర్గధామం. కొండలు, కోనలు, రాళ్లు రప్పలు దాటుకుని.. తుంబుర క్షేత్రం సందర్శించడం నిజంగా థ్రిల్లింగే.
శేషాచలం అటవీ ప్రాంతంలోని తిరుమల కొండల్లో దాగి ఉన్న ప్రకృతి ప్రసాదించిన సుందరదృశ్యం తుంబుర తీర్థం.
శేషాచలం అటవీ ప్రాంతంలోని తిరుమల కొండల్లో దాగి ఉన్న ప్రకృతి ప్రసాదించిన సుందరదృశ్యం తుంబుర తీర్థం.
ఆదిమ మానవులు సంచరించినట్టు, నివాసమున్నట్టు ఆధారాలున్న ప్రాంతం ఇది. ట్రెక్కర్లు, సాహసికులు, అన్వేషకులు ఇక్కడకు వెళ్లేందుకు ఆసక్తి చూపిస్తారు. జలనిక్షేపాలకు ఆలవాలం ఈ ప్రాంత పరిసరాలు. మండు వేసవిలో పరవళ్లుతొక్కే నీటి అందాలను ఆస్వాదించాలంటే ఈ ప్రాంతాన్ని తప్పక దర్శించాలి .
UN members meet this week to debate the first ever plastic treaty. Our global single-use system, nurtured for decades by Exxon, Dow, Coke, Pepsi et al, is choking the planet. The public wants structural change. Here's why that might not happen @UNEP reuters.com/business/envir…
Big energy companies that make the world's plastic, including oil giants like Exxon and Shell, are relying on ever more single-use packaging being sold for future profits. They are having a big hand in treaty negotiations. See our story @UNEP reuters.com/business/susta…
Some of the world's most powerful countries, including the United States, China and Japan, are also the biggest plastic polluters and home to the largest petrochemical industries. Systemic change is not in their political short-term interests. What's the alternative? @UNEP
🧵#Thread Welcome to the #IGA22 Irish Greenwashing Awards 2022
The awards recognise the growing issue of #greenwashing in Ireland & aim to highlight the need for urgent legislation in this area
As corporations profit from the Climate Crisis & misinforming the people of Ireland
The awards recognise the growing issue of #greenwashing in Ireland & aim to highlight the need for urgent legislation in this area
As corporations profit from the Climate Crisis & misinforming the people of Ireland
The Awards also aim to raise awareness of how the Irish press are consistently overlooking the issue #greenwashing, while actively empowering brands to promote misinformation
Make your voices heard about this issue by using the #IGA22 hashtag, commenting & sharing this thread
Make your voices heard about this issue by using the #IGA22 hashtag, commenting & sharing this thread
So, without further ado, let us begin the Awards with our first category:
The Political Inaction Award
This Award acknowledges those with the power to act on the #ClimateCrisis & greenwashing, but who choose to do nothing to address these issues
#IGA22
The Political Inaction Award
This Award acknowledges those with the power to act on the #ClimateCrisis & greenwashing, but who choose to do nothing to address these issues
#IGA22
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 02/11/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/02/11/dai…
Misinformation Is Everywhere, Especially About Past Information - Bloomberg
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
#misinformation, #history
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
#misinformation, #history
Why Smuggled Fossils Are Hurting Paleontology | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…
#SmuggledFossils, #paleontology, #ParachuteScience, #HeritageLaws
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…
#SmuggledFossils, #paleontology, #ParachuteScience, #HeritageLaws
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 01/25/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/01/25/dai…
Kris on Twitter and ThreadReader
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1483402…
#InternationalRelations, #russia, #ukraine, #USA
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1483402…
#InternationalRelations, #russia, #ukraine, #USA
How rich countries skew the fossil record
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#archaeology, #paleontology, #ScientificStudies, #FossilRecords, #ResearchFunding
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#archaeology, #paleontology, #ScientificStudies, #FossilRecords, #ResearchFunding
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 01/24/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/01/24/dai…
When Did Humans Start Experimenting With Alcohol and Drugs?
singularityhub.com/2021/09/26/whe…
#HumanBehavior, #AlcoholAndDrugExperimentation, #anthropology, #AlteredStates
singularityhub.com/2021/09/26/whe…
#HumanBehavior, #AlcoholAndDrugExperimentation, #anthropology, #AlteredStates
Virtualism and nothingness
brunomacaes.substack.com/p/virtualism-a…
#VirtualReality, #GenuineReality, #HumanMigration, #philosophy, #WhatIsReality
brunomacaes.substack.com/p/virtualism-a…
#VirtualReality, #GenuineReality, #HumanMigration, #philosophy, #WhatIsReality
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/20/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/12/20/dai…
Intranasal priming induces local lung-resident B cell populations that secrete protective mucosal antiviral IgA
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
#ImmunoGlobulinA, #AntiviralImmunity, #RespiratorySystem, #VaccineEfficacy, #ResearchReport
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
#ImmunoGlobulinA, #AntiviralImmunity, #RespiratorySystem, #VaccineEfficacy, #ResearchReport
Bizarre tail weaponry in a transitional ankylosaur from subantarctic Chile | Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community
ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/bizarre-…
#paleontology, #ChileanPatagonia, #FossilDiscovery, #ankylosaur, #PublicationBackground
ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/bizarre-…
#paleontology, #ChileanPatagonia, #FossilDiscovery, #ankylosaur, #PublicationBackground
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/12/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/12/12/dai…
Fans Pour Funding—and Faith—Into a Hit Drama About Jesus
wsj.com/articles/fans-…
#entertainment, #movies, #TheChosen, #ChristianThemes
wsj.com/articles/fans-…
#entertainment, #movies, #TheChosen, #ChristianThemes
Reductionism vs. emergence: Are you “nothing but” your atoms?
bigthink.com/thinking/reduc…
#emergence, #reductionism, #science, #philosophy
bigthink.com/thinking/reduc…
#emergence, #reductionism, #science, #philosophy
1/ This Org Is Cleaning Up the Ocean’s Biggest Trash Pile • This device aims to clean 90% of the ocean’s plastic waste by 2040 — here’s how (with @theoceancleanup)
(via @nowthisnews)
#plasticpollution #plastic
(via @nowthisnews)
#plasticpollution #plastic
2/ This Org Is Cleaning Up the Ocean’s Biggest Trash Pile with @TheOceanCleanupvia @nowthisnews
#plasticpollution #plastic
#plasticpollution #plastic
3/This device aims to clean 90% of the ocean’s plastic waste by 2040 with @TheOceanCleanup
via @nowthisnews
#plasticpollution #plastic
via @nowthisnews
#plasticpollution #plastic
1/. As millions around the world gather today to demand #ClimateAction a QUESTION...
Would you buy grapes that were individually wrapped in plastic?
#COP26Glasgow #COP26 #ClimateEmergency #plasticpollution #ClimateJustice #ClimateMarch #ClimateActionNow
Would you buy grapes that were individually wrapped in plastic?
#COP26Glasgow #COP26 #ClimateEmergency #plasticpollution #ClimateJustice #ClimateMarch #ClimateActionNow
2/. “Every single grape wrapped in plastic! What the actual f***!”
You would probably be outraged like my friend Diane was! #COP26Glasgow #COP26 #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticfree
#ClimateMarch #ClimateJustice
You would probably be outraged like my friend Diane was! #COP26Glasgow #COP26 #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticfree
#ClimateMarch #ClimateJustice
3/. CONFESSION
The individually wrapped grapes in the video aren’t real
But the plastic wrapped passion fruit were
& so is this footage
& so was Diane’s reaction
& so too was the outrage you perhaps felt
It’s time to channel the outrage into action
The individually wrapped grapes in the video aren’t real
But the plastic wrapped passion fruit were
& so is this footage
& so was Diane’s reaction
& so too was the outrage you perhaps felt
It’s time to channel the outrage into action
1/. QUESTION: Would you buy grapes that were individually wrapped in plastic?
#COP26Glasgow #cop26plastics #COP26 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #plasticpollution #ClimateJustice #FridaysForFuture
#COP26Glasgow #cop26plastics #COP26 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #plasticpollution #ClimateJustice #FridaysForFuture
2/. “Every single grape wrapped in plastic! What the actual f***!”
You would probably be outraged like my friend Diane was! #COP26Glasgow #COP26 #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticfree
You would probably be outraged like my friend Diane was! #COP26Glasgow #COP26 #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticfree
3/. CONFESSION
The individually wrapped grapes in the video aren’t real
But the passion fruit were
& so is this footage from Sierra Leone
& so was Diane’s reaction
& so too was the outrage you perhaps felt
It’s time to channel the outrage into action
The individually wrapped grapes in the video aren’t real
But the passion fruit were
& so is this footage from Sierra Leone
& so was Diane’s reaction
& so too was the outrage you perhaps felt
It’s time to channel the outrage into action
Vivimos en un mundo lleno de plástico.
En nuestra vida diaria utilizamos mucho plástico; la mayoría de este es de UN SOLO USO y, una vez deshechado, termina contaminando el suelo y el océano.
¡¿Sabías que en Argentina se desechan 12 MILLONES de botellas plásticas DIARIAMENTE?!
En nuestra vida diaria utilizamos mucho plástico; la mayoría de este es de UN SOLO USO y, una vez deshechado, termina contaminando el suelo y el océano.
¡¿Sabías que en Argentina se desechan 12 MILLONES de botellas plásticas DIARIAMENTE?!
Para el 2050 habrá 33 MIL MILLONES de TONELADAS de plásticos acumulados.
Más de 500 especies de animales marinos son afectados por estos residuos y nosotros no somos excepción.
¡¡ESTAMOS CONSUMIENDO PLÁSTICO AL COMER Y BEBER AGUA POTABLE!!
Consumimos 5g de plástico semanalmente.
Más de 500 especies de animales marinos son afectados por estos residuos y nosotros no somos excepción.
¡¡ESTAMOS CONSUMIENDO PLÁSTICO AL COMER Y BEBER AGUA POTABLE!!
Consumimos 5g de plástico semanalmente.
En la actualidad podemos encontrar la enorme isla de basura GPGP (Great Pacific Garbage Patch) que aumenta constantemente su tamaño.
En todo el mundo se utiliza el PET (Politereftelato de Etileno) en donde una botella requiere 450 años para descomponerse.
En todo el mundo se utiliza el PET (Politereftelato de Etileno) en donde una botella requiere 450 años para descomponerse.
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(1/…) Right now, somewhere on this planet, is someone
- showing #kindness
- enjoying spectaculair #nature
- taking #climateaction
You can read those stories in The Planet newsletter.
And somewhere these whales are swimming.
What a wonderful world!
(1/…) Right now, somewhere on this planet, is someone
- showing #kindness
- enjoying spectaculair #nature
- taking #climateaction
You can read those stories in The Planet newsletter.
And somewhere these whales are swimming.
What a wonderful world!
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(2/…) Start your day with The Planet newsletter ☕️
It needs growth in annual subscribtions or email sign ups to make this initiative successful.
I hope to get ten more today.
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(3/…) These designers used five tons of plastic ocean waste to create a whale.
#whales #oceans #plasticpollution #sustainability #wildlife via @ArtForOurPlanet
(3/…) These designers used five tons of plastic ocean waste to create a whale.
#whales #oceans #plasticpollution #sustainability #wildlife via @ArtForOurPlanet
In the century since its invention, plastic has become a #Pollution nightmare. Much is designed to be used just once. And much is. Yet billions are being invested in making more.
📢 Our special on #PlasticPollution and #Fossifuels is live! 📢
📢 Our special on #PlasticPollution and #Fossifuels is live! 📢
Despite #ClimateGoals set around the world, including increases in #SolarPower and other #RenewableEnergy, the fossil fuel sector is not about to turn its back on hydrocarbons. It has seen a beacon of hope in plastics, an industry to which it already has deep connections.
#SingleUsePlastic, like this shampoo sachet, is what fossil fuel companies are betting on to secure future profits.
