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San Diego Activists Protest Ban on Feeding Homeless in a Defiant “Feed-In”
With one of the highest poverty rates in San Diego County, Council members from the city of El Cajon recently voted 5-0 to ban feeding people experiencing homeless in parks…
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The Truth About Bear’s Ears
I live in Salt Lake City, and there is truly no place like home. Nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch mountains, summer rains and autumn colors nearly take your…
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Puerto Rico Seeks Justice and Solidarity
When I was invited to be part of a brigade of activists from the #OurPowerPR campaign that would join the crew of the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise to help the people…
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Micro-Plastics, Major Problem
As part of my graduate studies at UNC-Wilmington, I’ve learned just how much damage microplastics can do. I’m studying the impacts of ingested plastics on larval fish (inland silversides) and…
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How Can We Resist Rampant Consumerism?
At some point, the holiday season officially became a season focused on consumption — not just of scrumptious food and quality time with family and friends, but of things too.…
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How Plastic is Harming Florida’s Marine Life, and What We Can Do About It
My passion for environmental conservation began when I was inspired by my 3rd-grade teacher to focus on my own interactions with the world around me, and to learn about the…
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Why I Trawled for Plastic On Board the Arctic Sunrise
I am here to learn more about Greenpeace’s Ocean Plastics campaign and how we can end single-use plastics. Every minute of every day the equivalent of one garbage truck load of…
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Greenpeace supporting whale science with the Arctic Sunrise
This week, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise hosted researchers deploying acoustic monitors used to study whales and dolphins in the Atlantic Ocean.
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How — and Why — You Should Support Climate Justice for Puerto Rico Right Now
As a child, I spent summers in Puerto Rico visiting mis abuelos (grandparents) in their beautiful home in Carolina, a suburb of San Juan; chopping caña, playing in the waterfalls…
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A Congo journey
The Congo Basin provides food, fresh water and shelter to millions of people. A mosaic of rivers, forests, savannas, swamps and flooded forests, the forests of the Congo Basin are…