This Anti-Environment Capitalism Built on Slavery Must Go - Reflections from the 1619 Podcast

MUST LISTEN: 1619 Podcast from New York Times. Especially episodes 1 & 2

Regardless of the good that she has done, we must acknowledge that America’s super power comes from centuries of brutality. Acknowledge is not strong enough, we must act. But first we have to really deeply understand and allow ourselves to feel the horrors of this truth. This helps us draw up the emotion and energy to work for deep, lasting change.

“America was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one.”
- 1619, A Podcast by the New York Times

NEWSKathryn NelsonJune 23, 2020black lives matter, blm Comments

How to Make Tofu From Scratch & A Tale from a Secret Plastics Mission to a remote Island's Toxic Tofu Factory

A recipe for tofu.

AND an environmental lecture.

AND an ADVENTURE TALE through remote jungles of Indonesia to a toxic, plastic trash fueled tofu district! Did we eat the tofu? WE HAD TO. Did we want to?! You’ll have to find out…

DIY, NEWS, Food, ACTIONKathryn NelsonFebruary 14, 2020Break Free From Plastic, plastic, tofu Comments

TOP PLANET POLLUTERS are BRANDS not COUNTRIES

The top 5 Global Polluters are not Countries—they are corporations! The results to the World Cleanup Day Brand Audit are in! Read the full Break Free From Plastic 2019 Brand Audit Report and help spread the word to push these corporate polluters to break free from plastic packaging and innovate solutions.

ACTION, NEWSKathryn NelsonNovember 1, 2019Break Free From Plastic, brand audit report Comments

Water-Free Dye for the Notoriously Polluting Blue Jean Industry

Fashion is one of the biggest polluters. It's time we rebel against fast fashion. Support local makers, designers, growers, creators. The big brands have the resources to make systemic change. So it’s important to PUSH big brands to take meaningful action by demanding transparency up the supply chain.

NEWSKathryn NelsonOctober 8, 2019clothing, microplastics, jeans, blue jeans, Wrangler, wranglers, plastic-freeComment

Climate Panic? Learn 3 Simple Ways to REGENERATE the Planet

I really like Earth, so here’s my understanding of a few climate solutions that lifted my spirit immensely.

Basically the plan to help with the current climate emergency is two-fold. One, stop putting more carbon into the atmosphere by switching over to clean, renewable energy sources. Two, commodotize the carbon in the atmosphere and draw that shit back down to Earth. YES, possible and YES, happening.

International Whale Shark Day

Today we celebrate these majestic gentle giants of the deep. Let’s ban together to ensure that Whale Sharks have a future in our seas.

NEWSKathryn NelsonAugust 30, 2018whaleshark, alexkydd, ecowatch, humpback, Mermaid Retreat, awareness, ocean, Plastic free for the seaComment

THE SHRUDER!

Check out the "Shruder;" a plastic shredder and extruder. The Shruder is invented by the very innovative Louise Hardman, CEO of Plastic Collective.

Plastic Facts to Inspire Great Change

You can be the change you wish to see in the world by creating change in your day to day routine.

Ignite your inner activist and go do some guerrilla solo campaigning.

SOLUTIONS, NEWS, ACTION, BIG IDEASKathryn NelsonAugust 6, 2018change, plastic-free, Activism, awareness, china, recycle, Ban the bagComment

PLASTICS 101 - All 7 Types of Plastic & Why They Suck

For the plastics you do use it's important to be aware of the risks they pose.

We can determine this through the Resin Identification Code, which is the number printed on the bottom of most plastic items. It helps us determine what kind of plastic resin the product is made from…

NEWSKathryn NelsonJuly 14, 2018plastics, plastic, plastic pollutionComment

BLEACHED REEFS IN THE PACIFIC

MASS BLEACHING x 2

As we process the horrific news that 25% of the Great Barrier Reef has bleached last week—only about half of which is expected to survive—I feel compelled to share my experience viewing reef in Fiji was similarly heart breaking.

I was excited to dive amongst the rainbow reefs, but instead saw beds & bushels of snow white coral.

In February, in addition to sustaining damage from the cyclone, Fijian coral reefs also experienced mass bleaching as the sea temperature rose to record heights...