March 13, 2007 paper or plastic? How about neither? San Francisco has been proposing a tax on grocery bags. It is meant to help encourage the use of reusable bags and also help to clean up the litter that plastic bags create... |
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March 12, 2007 the largest dump on earth A juvenile albatross amid plastic debris that has washed up at Midway Atoll. East of midway and the Hawaiian Islands is what is perhaps the world's largest garbage dump: a floating, r... |
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March 27, 2007 banning plastic bags The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that the Board of Supervisors has voted to ban petroleum-based plastic checkout bags in large markets and pharmacies. Large markets will need to co... |
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March 11, 2007 kid plastics I'm have been looking into the use of plastics and kids toys because San Francisco recetnly passed a law regarding it. On June 16, Mayor Gavin Newsom signed into law (effective December 1, 2006) t... |
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March 15, 2007 more bad plastic news: baby bottles I was going to talk about something other than plastics today, but Environment California asked me to get the word out on some alarming new baby bottle research. For the rec... |
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March 30, 2007 who is polluting in your community? Check out this website: www.scorecard.org Enter your zip code on this Environmental Defense Fund site and find out what pollutants are being released into your community, who i... |
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Eco-Thrifty Mom I'm determined to make the world better for my son (and his hypothetical siblings), and I'm determined to do it on a budget. I thought I'd share my experiences with the world in the hopes that other Moms want to do... |
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Urban Squatters and Slums Homelessness Flashback to 1987, and an Eye to the Future in 2022 Hari Srinivas Concept Note Series E-153. November 2022. Part I: Flashback to 1987 Part I of this document was written in 1987 as a fold-out for an awaren... |
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Cities are Not Cities Importance of Developing Urban Environmental Management Systems Hari Srinivas Concept Note Series E-126. September 2020 Part 1: What do we know of cities? And of urban environments? Urban areas are an enigma, an oxymoron of ad... |
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Industry at any cost (This article first appeared in Down To Earth, April 15, 2000) Maharashtra and Gujarat. The brightest jewels in Indias industrial crown. But impressive indus... |
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