Comments on: Adventures of the ‘Plastiki’ http://earth911.com/news/2009/04/06/adventures-of-the-plastiki/ Find Recycling Centers and Learn How To Recycle Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marin - www.YourGardenShow.com - http://earth911.com/news/2009/04/06/adventures-of-the-plastiki/comment-page-1/#comment-38180 Marin - www.YourGardenShow.com - Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:35:36 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=15039#comment-38180 hey there, great article we were lucky enough to see them off last week and interview them on their vertical garden. if you're interested in how they are also going to be able to eat leafy greens throughout their voyage check out www.YourGardenShow.com/Latest. hey there, great article

we were lucky enough to see them off last week and interview them on their vertical garden. if you’re interested in how they are also going to be able to eat leafy greens throughout their voyage check out
http://www.YourGardenShow.com/Latest.

]]> By: eucarya http://earth911.com/news/2009/04/06/adventures-of-the-plastiki/comment-page-1/#comment-26526 eucarya Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:36:39 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=15039#comment-26526 Richie Sowa led the way to "plastic bottle paradise" a few years back when he created an inhabited island floating atop 250,000 empty plastic beverage bottles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvn9l1pJ3-A&feature=player_embedded Richie Sowa led the way to “plastic bottle paradise” a few years back when he created an inhabited island floating atop 250,000 empty plastic beverage bottles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvn9l1pJ3-A&feature=player_embedded

]]> By: eric wood http://earth911.com/news/2009/04/06/adventures-of-the-plastiki/comment-page-1/#comment-26108 eric wood Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:31:12 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=15039#comment-26108 One of the thoughts that stood out to me in this article is the comment about folks in non-Western areas of the world think of reusing as second nature. I commented on my own site, goinggreenaccidently.blogspot.com, that we, in America, used to be a society that reused on a regular basis. We also consumed less. Excessive purchasing and disposing of things simply because they weren't working was considered wrong. We FIXED things, not tossed and purchased. The dwindling numbers of handymen and repairmen is a sad commentary on America's descent into consumerism and a disposable mentality. I applaud any and all who buck this trend. www.goinggreenaccidcently.blogspot.com One of the thoughts that stood out to me in this article is the comment about folks in non-Western areas of the world think of reusing as second nature. I commented on my own site, goinggreenaccidently.blogspot.com, that we, in America, used to be a society that reused on a regular basis. We also consumed less. Excessive purchasing and disposing of things simply because they weren’t working was considered wrong. We FIXED things, not tossed and purchased. The dwindling numbers of handymen and repairmen is a sad commentary on America’s descent into consumerism and a disposable mentality. I applaud any and all who buck this trend.

http://www.goinggreenaccidcently.blogspot.com

]]> By: GreenvsGreedy http://earth911.com/news/2009/04/06/adventures-of-the-plastiki/comment-page-1/#comment-26068 GreenvsGreedy Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:22:13 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=15039#comment-26068 Jennifer, Great article. Glad to see David is doing something of value with his banking fortune. “Of the 200 billion pounds of plastic produced each year, researchers estimate that 10 percent ends up in the ocean, and a 2006 United Nations report calculated that each square mile of ocean contains 46,000 pieces of plastic.” Geez....how sad! I have also read that Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, adding 29 billion water bottles a year to this very problem. Only 1 in 6 makes it to the recycling bin...the rest end up in landfills or a toxic trash on the land, rivers, lakes and the ocean. GreenvsGreedy http//greenvsgreedy.blogspot.com/ Jennifer,

Great article. Glad to see David is doing something of value with his banking fortune.

“Of the 200 billion pounds of plastic produced each year, researchers estimate that 10 percent ends up in the ocean, and a 2006 United Nations report calculated that each square mile of ocean contains 46,000 pieces of plastic.” Geez….how sad!

I have also read that Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, adding 29 billion water bottles a year to this very problem. Only 1 in 6 makes it to the recycling bin…the rest end up in landfills or a toxic trash on the land, rivers, lakes and the ocean.

GreenvsGreedy
http//greenvsgreedy.blogspot.com/

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