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It’s Time to Stop Using Plastic Drinking Straws: They Harm Wildlife and Are Bad for the Environment (Video)Americans use 500 million plastic straws every single day. When it comes to environmental issues facing our planet, everybody likes to pass the buck. Conscientious consumers will blame big business for wasteful production practices. Corporations in turn contend they are merely meeting supply and demand. Neither group is completely wrong. The real problem, though, comes when both sides aren’t willing to change their behavior.For an example, look no further than the humble plastic drinking straw.

38 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific islandHenderson Island, part of the Pitcairn group, is covered by 18 tonnes of plastic – the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world

By 2050, the oceans could have more plastic than fishBut we could prevent it from happening — here's how.

Story of StuffThe Story of Stuff Project’s journey began with a 20-minute online movie about the way we make, use and throw away all the Stuff in our lives. Five years and 40 million views later, we’re a Community of 500,000 changemakers worldwide, working to build a more healthy and just planet. We invite you to watch and share our movies, participate in our study programs and join our campaigns. Come on, let’s go!

Canadian school kids taught to help those on the bench in fight against bullyingAuthor Barbara Coloroso, who has written about the importance of children intervening when they see one of their peers in trouble, likes the bench buddy idea.

Bottles, bags, ropes and toothbrushes: the struggle to track ocean plasticsScientists know that there is a colossal amount of plastic in the oceans. But they don’t know where it all is, what it looks like or what damage it does.

Shelley The Sea Turtle Meets Rustle The Plastic BagDIVING IN THE MOON: HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING Shelley The Sea Turtle Meets Rustle The Plastic Bag: An Australian Environmental Story For Children © Jenni Cargill-Strong 2013 Rustle the p…

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