Organic Change, Organic Life, Eco-Friendly Water

Source: http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/reports/oceans/oceans-reports/leading-the-way-toward-a-clean-ocean-communities-around-the-world-take-action-against-plastic-bags Update, July 2011: On July 14th 2011, The California Supreme Court ruled that the city of Manhattan Beach can enforce a local ordinance banning plastic bags. The policy had been held up by a lawsuit brought by the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition. Manhattan Beach can now move forward on their bag ban, bringing the total number of California cities and counties that have successfully taken action against plastic bag pollution to 12. [1]  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S180720.PDF Plastic bags contribute to the pollution of California’s ocean and beaches. Californians use approximately 16 billion plastic bags per year—more than 400 annually per person. Less than 5 percent of plastic bags are recycled. Instead, they end up sitting in landfills, littering streets, clogging streams, foulin...

Another way to eat. I love this article and Casey's motivation to change people's way of eating in (Bulgaria) Eastern Europe. Funny how these people were used to gardening and eating from scratch, but the big thing now is to become like any other industrial country.... Eating processed!! Enjoy! h.deux.flo By Molly Theobald This is the final part in a two part blog series about the  Culinary Institute of America ’s (CIA) “greening initiatives,” which are designed to teach young chefs about sustainable food production and consumption. The emphasis on sustainable food production and consumption at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) was very appealing to Casey Angelova when she applied to become a student at the New York campus in Hyde Park two years ago.  Designed to both reduce the impact of the school’s four campuses on the environment and also teach students about the benefits of sustainable food production, the CIA’s greening initiatives include on-campus recycling and ...