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Elephants on the Brink
States Banning Sunblock - For Good Reason
Plastic fills our Lives and Animals Stomachs
Some Companies Attempts at Eliminating Plastics, and Why They Failed
City Bans New Gas Stations

Elephants on the Brink

Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poachingThe ivory trade and habitat loss combine to push Africa's elephants closer to extinction.

10 ways you can save the elephants - BlogStart saving the elephants!

Why Care?Why World Elephant Day? Because the world’s elephants are in trouble and need your help.

Witnessing Wildlife in the WildIn March 2019, Save the Elephants and partner organization Ewaso Lions collaborated by bringing more than 120 wildlife club members to Samburu National Reserve. The students from Laresoro and Attan primary schools were given a rare opportunity to view wildlife, including elephants and lions, in their natural habitat. Getting close to elephants and a pride of lions while sitting in the comfort of a spacious bus provided

States Banning Sunblock - For Good Reason

These 7 Locations Have Sunscreen Bans --- Here's What You Need To Know – Zen Life and TravelThese popular tourist destinations have sunscreen bans --- you'll need to use a sunscreen without oxybenzone or octinoxate if you want to get in the water.

Sunscreen Chemicals and Coral Reefs

Which Sunscreens Are Best for the Environment?Here's how to choose a product that's green and safe

Underwater Mexican Sculpture Garden - With a Purpose

Underwater Sculpture Garden, Isla Mujeres, Mexico | Terrain.orgDiving the underwater museum of Isla Mujeres. Prose by Jeffrey Thomson and sculptures and photos by Jason deCaires Taylor.

Cancun Underwater Museum of Art – MUSAMUSA (Underwater Museum of Art) is in the waters surrounding Cancun and Isla Mujeres and has over 500 life-size sculptures used to promote coral life.

The eco-friendly sunscreen makers helping to save ocean lifeThe couple behind Australian firm People4Ocean Sun Care are on a mission to protect coral reefs with their toxic-free sunblock. Andy Martin meets them

There Is an Underwater Museum in Mexico and It's Absolutely AmazingOff the coast of Cancun Mexico, there is an entire museum you can only see from underwater.

See the underwater statues in CancunUnique underwater museum near Cancun in Mexico.

Plastic fills our Lives and Animals Stomachs

Plastic waste forms huge, deadly masses in camel guts

A running list of action on plastic pollutionThe world is waking up to a crisis of ocean plastic—and we're tracking the developments and solutions as they happen.

Why We CarePlastic Pollution is the accumulation of man-made plastics into the environment reaching a point when they wreak havoc on ecosystems.

71kg of waste found in pregnant cow's stomach, dies

The Plastic Initiative: A long-term plan to prevent us from drowning in wastePlastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues of modern times, threatening human health, wealth and environmental biodiversity.

7 Ways for Cities to Reduce Plastic PollutionPlastic pollution is a blight in our cities and landscapes and is harming our rivers and oceans. Experts estimate that 300,000 metric tonnes of plastic

Some Companies Attempts at Eliminating Plastics, and Why They Failed

Loop Promises a Recycling Revolution | Earth911TerraCycle has launched a closed-loop shopping platform that delivers products in packaging that is is reused or recycled when customer is finished.

Where Corporations are Failing, People Like You Are Solving the Plastic Pollution CrisisSingle-use plastics are filling up our oceans and choking marine life. Birds, fish, and whales have been found dead, their insides filled with straws, plastic bags, and wrappers. Plastic has been found in drinking water all around the world, and it’s finding its way into our food. Corporations are not doing enough to stop this …

More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic PollutionIt’s a lie that wasteful consumers cause the problem and that changing our individual habits can fix it

Banning Straws and Bags Won’t Solve our Plastic ProblemAt worst, plastic bans can create unintended environmental problems. At best, they ignore the systemic issues creating waste in the first place.

15 Companies That Failed at Slashing Plastic PollutionIn the Waste & Opportunity 2020 report, As You Sow gave global giants such as Whole Foods, Papa John's, Hershey’s, and Domino's an 'F' for their pollution reduction attempts.

Why We Can’t Quit Plastic | Earth.Org - Past | Present | Future

The plastic industry thinks chemical recycling can help solve our plastic problems, but others disagreePlastics recycling is failing, and the plastics industry is betting big on a technology called chemical recycling to save it. This tech can supposedly take any type of used plastic and convert it into plastic that's as good as new. But environmental groups express skepticism about its technical and economic feasibility, as well as its carbon footprint, saying we should start with simpler solutions first.

Why efforts to curb plastic waste are failing | GreenbizThe global burden of plastic waste continues to escalate even to the point of requiring a redefinition of its sources and scale.

City Bans New Gas Stations

Petaluma First US City To Ban New Gas StationsTiny Petaluma in northern California has become the first US city to ban the construction of new gas stations.

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