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Travel with NO Trash

Posted in: Uncategorized | January 29, 2019 at 5:10 pm , by EcoPartners

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Nine-year-old Addie and her 13-year-old brother Nathan were more than a little skeptical about their summer vacation. “Most of the time, having teachers for parents is great, but sometimes it’s just strange,” commented Nathan, remembering how he felt at the time. Their parents, Indiana school

The Sea Captain’s Advice on Throwaways

Posted in: Uncategorized | January 22, 2019 at 9:08 am , by EcoPartners

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In last week’s blog post, we discussed the book, Plastic Ocean, by Captain Charles Moore and Cassandra Phillips. In their book, they share the following six steps for how to reduce our reliance on throw-away items, including plastics. The authors want our conservation efforts to

Plastic Soup in the Ocean

Posted in: Uncategorized | January 15, 2019 at 9:38 am , by EcoPartners

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How a sea captain’s chance discovery launches a determined quest to save the oceans “It was and is a thin plastic soup, a soup lightly seasoned with plastic flakes, bulked out here and there with ‘dumplings’: buoys, net clumps, floats, crates, and other ‘macro debris,’” writes Capt. Charles Moore. He was recalling

Good advice from Good Bones

Posted in: Uncategorized | January 8, 2019 at 10:22 am , by EcoPartners

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For expert advice on home renovation and reuse of materials, we turned to Karen E Laine of the hit HGTV show Good Bones. Known for her passion for rescuing old clothes, fixtures, and building materials from the demo dumpster, Karen offers, “In every job, there

Want to save money in 2019?

Posted in: Uncategorized | January 1, 2019 at 5:33 pm , by EcoPartners

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Here’s an easy place to start saving money: stop throwing away unused food! How much do we Americans throw away? The short answer is “too much.” Rosa Rolle, an expert on food waste and loss at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, said, “We buy too much food.

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