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Lord of the Flies

Posted on 07/05/2024 by srplus

Before it was published in 1954 the editor Charles Monteith worked with William Golding on the original manuscript of “Lord of the Flies”. He deleted the premise of Golding’s first plot that explained why the children were marooned on the … Continue reading →

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Medical Intervention

Posted on 05/01/2024 by srplus

“Never has so much been written by so many, to be read by so few.” My friend Ian defined blogs for me years ago when I mentioned that I had one. I’ve become consumed by SPOF… Single Point of Failure … Continue reading →

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Rain

Posted on 11/17/2023 by srplus

I woke to a memory this morning, my grandmother and things past. This all was put into gear by two of my imaginary internet friends, one in Phoenix and the other in Wilro Park, Roodepoort, South Africa. I’ve been starting … Continue reading →

Posted in Reminisce | Tagged #OceanAcidification, #ReadMyBlog, #StillWriting, AmThinking, Amwriting, Dream, Grandma, keepwriting, readtheblog, storytelling, truth | Leave a comment

Curse of the Yugo

Posted on 07/09/2023 by srplus

When I was a kid I wanted a Mickey Mantle autographed Wilson baseball glove from Santa (although I knew that was really Mom and Dad). I kept begging and pleading. The only thing that would shut me up was a … Continue reading →

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Environmental Reckoning: The Media

Posted on 02/18/2023 by srplus

CBS Reports broadcast an hour-long investigation “The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson” on April 3, 1963 with Eric Sevareid introducing to the American public the environmental crises they faced from biocides and nuclear fallout. Robert White-Stevens provided the rebuttal with … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Crisis | Tagged #Activism, #ecology, #EcoSystems, #Environment, #EnvironmentalActivism, #EnvironmentalBlog, #EnvironmentalCrisis, #Future, #Nature, #ReadMyBlog, AmThinking, readtheblog | Leave a comment

The Second Great Awakening: Chemicals in Our Food & Water

Posted on 01/25/2023 by srplus

Heavy metals in fruit juices. It makes one wonder. How did we get here and what do we do now? Meanwhile, the FDA has proposed new targets for lower limits for lead in baby food while lead is still in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #ecology, #Environment, #EnvironmentalCrisis, #MicroPlastics, #Nature, #Plastics, #ReadMyBlog, #sustainability, AmThinking, Amwriting, Government, Politics, readtheblog | Leave a comment

What Environmental Stewardship Is Not

Posted on 01/15/2023 by srplus

When companies and politicians brag about their environmental stewardship it is a good idea to check the facts. Many politicians talk the talk. Few walk the walk. Politicians do not only embellish their resumes; they often do far worse, failing … Continue reading →

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Walls of Death

Posted on 01/14/2023 by srplus

“‘Walls of death’: surge in illegal drift nets threatens endangered species” is something many people have no idea about. Wake up and smell the coffee. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/18/walls-of-death-surge-in-illegal-drift-nets-threatens-endangered-species The illegal drift nets crisis is devastating populations of marine and bird species. Environmental … Continue reading →

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Past Time for Change

Posted on 06/26/2022 by srplus

I heard a kid today say: “We can’t change the past but we can change the future.” I’m counting on that. It is well past time to change our leadership from those that are consumed with the past to those … Continue reading →

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World Ocean Day

Posted on 06/09/2022 by srplus

Today is World Ocean Day. The gallery was posted on USA Today… Amazing photos of marine life… Great slide show: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2021/06/08/world-ocean-day-amazing-photos-marine-life-under-sea/7549971002/ This URL was shared by 1 Million Women on their FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/worldoceansday That is all. Take a Lick … Continue reading →

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Our Ocean Dump

Posted on 05/29/2022 by srplus

‘The adage “out of sight, out of mind” has long summed up humans’ attitude to dumping personal and industrial waste. In a 1974 Scientific American article, the oceanographer Willard Bascom wrote that “the ocean is the plausible place for man … Continue reading →

Lipstick On A Pig

Posted on 05/20/2022 by srplus

“OUR NEW INITIATIVE: TOGETHER, WE’RE COMMITTED TO GETTING EVERY BOTTLE BACK Our plastic bottles are made to be remade. We are carefully designing them to be 100% recyclable – even the caps. Our goal is for every bottle to become … Continue reading →

There is no free lunch!

Posted on 05/04/2022 by srplus

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last released data on the recycling rate for plastics in 2018 it was 8.7%. Not only is the amount recycled less and has dropped to between 5 and 6%, but the total amount of single … Continue reading →

What Plastics Are the Least Recyclable?

Posted on 05/03/2022 by srplus

All of them? Seriously, with less than 10% of plastics recycled, it is quite disingenuous for the manufacturers of soda and other beverages packaged in single use plastic bottles to make claims of their 100% PET bottle recycling goal. Good … Continue reading →

Water Water Everywhere

Posted on 05/01/2022 by srplus

Two major leaps forward in the world of potable water this week… The first one is an off grid rooftop water solar panel that makes water out of the air by passive condensation. Fairly simple and the rooftop panel provides … Continue reading →

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Eating Garbage

Posted on 04/29/2022 by srplus

It may be possible. There is much work to do. Let’s get started. “The project focuses on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a significant polymer found in most consumer packaging, including cookie containers, soda bottles, fruit and salad packaging, and certain fibers … Continue reading →

YUP, That’s Greenwashing

Posted on 04/27/2022 by srplus

“The attorneys for bottled water company BlueTriton admitted that its environmental claims were false. They insisted the greenwashing was non-actionable because the statements were aspirational.” Aspirational in this case means using deliberately misleading or deceptive and inaccurate marketing and advertising. … Continue reading →

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Impact of Banning Single Use Plastics

Posted on 04/24/2022 by srplus

Governments around the world have started to ban and effectively outlaw many types of single use plastics. This is having a huge and measurable impact on our environment. Less plastic and microplastics garbage on our beaches and in our landfills … Continue reading →

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Our National Parks

Posted on 04/16/2022 by srplus

After Blue Planet and Blue Planet II executive producer James Honeyborne and series producer Sophie Todd have embarked upon a video tour of our planet’s National Parks and how nature when protected and left on its own can recover from … Continue reading →

2022 Oceans Conference

Posted on 04/15/2022 by srplus

“The seventh Our Ocean Conference took place in the Pacific island nation of Palau on April 13 and 14. • Representatives of governments, the private sector, civil society groups and philanthropic organizations made 410 commitments worth more than $16 billion … Continue reading →

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