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Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. Author event tonight at Books, Inc. in Berkeley

April 25, 2011 by Ecology Center

Tonight, in Berkeley, journalist Susan Freinkel will be reading from her new book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story at Books, Inc. Each year we use and consume more plastic; we’ve produced as much plastic in the past decade as we did in the entire twentieth century. Plastics draw on dwindling fossil fuels, leach harmful chemicals,… Read more »

Ecology Center Wins Zero Waste Achievement Award from California Resource Recovery Association

September 6, 2010 by Ecology Center

The California Resource Recovery Association chose the Ecology Center’s Berkeley Farmers’ Market as the winner of the 2010 Zero Waste Achievement award. The Ecology Center has long been working toward a Zero Waste future, and in 2009, the Berkeley Farmers’ Market became the first farmers’ market in the nation to eliminate the distribution of plastic… Read more »

Volunteers Needed for the Annual Shoreline Clean-up

September 3, 2010 by Ecology Center

One of the side effects of living in a world full of disposable plastic products is that our beaches are littered with plastic spoons, bags, and wrappers. The currents of the North Pacific Gyre have trapped an island of garbage larger than the size of Texas in the central North Pacific Ocean. But we can… Read more »

One Oakland Woman’s Crusade to Live Life with Less Plastic

August 20, 2010 by Ecology Center

Oakland resident Beth Terry started her blog, Fake Plastic Fish, a few years ago when she came across Chris Jordan’s photos of dead seabirds with their bellies full of plastic pieces. Terry vowed to reduce her consumption of plastic, and to document her progress on her blog. Terry says, “Living with less plastic is really… Read more »

Plastic-free Farmer’s Markets need our thanks!

July 20, 2009 by Fake Plastic Fish