We have a YouTube video of my latest project, giving backpacks full of art supplies to the children of Vo Flor! Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dccnJ2oFsps&feature=related
Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
I have recently made a presentation to the Riverside Church of New York City on Eco-Justice day. It was a wonderful experience, and I was glad to be a part of it.
I mainly talked about plastic and how it is severely hurting our environment. Plastic takes 10,000 years to bio-degrade (that means to rot). Plastic Polymers NEVER bio-degrade. We should be using plastic for things that we want to keep forever, but instead we are using it for things that we throw away in a few minutes. Plastic shopping bags just waste plastic and oil. They float in our oceans, drift across our streets, and kill our animals. How can we fix this? The answer is simple. Buy re-usable bags. This goes beyond just reducing plastic consumption, it also gets rid of greenhouse gases by slowing production at the factories, and saves oil that can be put towards powering cars and homes.
The worst are plastic garbage bags. We create them to throw them away. We MUST find alternatives. The bags just sit under the ground and stay there. They trap heat inside of them, causing the garbage to rot, releasing Methane, a greenhouse gas. Maybe we can try a bio-degradable alternative, or develop a system to eliminate plastic bags altogether. Think about it!
I mainly talked about plastic and how it is severely hurting our environment. Plastic takes 10,000 years to bio-degrade (that means to rot). Plastic Polymers NEVER bio-degrade. We should be using plastic for things that we want to keep forever, but instead we are using it for things that we throw away in a few minutes. Plastic shopping bags just waste plastic and oil. They float in our oceans, drift across our streets, and kill our animals. How can we fix this? The answer is simple. Buy re-usable bags. This goes beyond just reducing plastic consumption, it also gets rid of greenhouse gases by slowing production at the factories, and saves oil that can be put towards powering cars and homes.
The worst are plastic garbage bags. We create them to throw them away. We MUST find alternatives. The bags just sit under the ground and stay there. They trap heat inside of them, causing the garbage to rot, releasing Methane, a greenhouse gas. Maybe we can try a bio-degradable alternative, or develop a system to eliminate plastic bags altogether. Think about it!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Plastic
Plastic bags have been one of the biggest nuisances in terms of pollution riding up there with Styrofoam cups, bowls, and takeout boxes, and plastic cutlery. You've probably seen them blowing around all over the place.
But they're not just bad pollution wise, it takes more oil to make 1,000,000 plastic bags than it does to power 1,000,000 cars. How could we stop this? We could stop this by using re-usable bags that are made of Eco-friendly materials.Let's solve this problem!
~~K
But they're not just bad pollution wise, it takes more oil to make 1,000,000 plastic bags than it does to power 1,000,000 cars. How could we stop this? We could stop this by using re-usable bags that are made of Eco-friendly materials.Let's solve this problem!
~~K
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
It's Time to Sign Up!
It's time to sign up! OnEartHeart.com is up and running! We are currently working on the Sign Up form, so it should be ready soon. We'll keep you posted!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Website online soon!
The website is ready to go. Once it goes online it will continue to be edited and this blog will also be updated regularly. Look for it soon!
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