Posts Tagged ‘ plastic pollution ’

The Anthropocene: We’re In It, Like It or Not

Apr 8th, 2024 | By
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By Suzanne York. Are we living in a new climate epoch due to how human activities have affected the planet itself? A number of scientists think so, and have been saying for more than a decade, that Earth is now in the Anthropocene epoch.  But it is a contentious issue, and last month, the highest
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Can We Win the Battle of Plastic Pollution?

Oct 24th, 2018 | By
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By Candela Vázquez Asenjo, youth blogger for Transition Earth. I have been an activist campaigning against plastic pollution for the past four years. During this time, I have learned about a number of projects that promised to change the course of plastic pollution, but sadly none have actually been strong enough to have a lasting
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Why are People Rushing to Join the Anti-plastics Bandwagon?

Aug 23rd, 2018 | By
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By Candela Vázquez Asenjo, youth blogger for Transition Earth. Since the 1950’s our world has made some of the biggest developments in history. We came from the disasters of the second world war to a world of peace with no precedence in the developed countries. However, even with this scenario of peace and comfort, some
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