Plastic Pollution Coalition Ignites Social Movement with TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch -- Concluding with Four Challenges to Individuals, Businesses and Policymakers Challenges will drive international REFUSE campaign Source: PR Newswire Nov. 8, 2010 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch concluded with four specific challenges to business, policy makers and individuals to refuse…
Los Angeles, CA 6 November 2010 Four Challenges 1. To Individuals and Businesses – REFUSE disposable plastics: These objects, created to be used for only a few moments, stay with us forever at a tremendous cost to the planet and the environment. 2. To Manufacturers of Virgin Resin Product; To…
October 22, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — "Scientist. Academic. Watchman. Wallace 'J.' Nichols has made a career of protecting the oceans' interests," notes a three-page "advertorial" in the November 2010 issue of GQ. The piece, sponsored by Nautica, "turns a spotlight on Nichols, and his superhero efforts, in order to make…
October 11, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — DePauw University sophomore Tyler Hess is one of three individuals announced today as recipients of 2010 EcoDaredevil Awards. The honor is presented by Ocean Revolution, an organization founded by marine biologist and conservationist Wallace J. Nichols, a 1989 DePauw graduate. The group calls Hess…
