Posts Tagged ‘ pacific ’

Pacific Grove chamber honors Offset Project’s Kristin … – Monterey County Herald

March 12, 2010
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A nonprofit agency that strives to protect the environment is being honored today by what might seem an unlikely source — the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce.
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East Bay woman strives to live a plastic-free life – KGO

March 1, 2010
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OAKLAND (KGO) -- Living a plastic-free life -- that's the environmental quest of an East Bay woman, who was sadly inspired to do so because of wildlife killed by plastic. The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is twice the size of Texas; it's a collection ...
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Down to Earth: Plastic is durable, but damaging – MetroWest Daily News

February 27, 2010
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The Pacific Ocean usually brings to mind visions of endless deep blue water, not plastic. However, in the North Pacific there is a massive floating island of swirling garbage, mostly plastic, estimated to be twice the size of Texas and growing! The ...
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Direct from Market: Seattle – Gifts & Decorative Accessories

January 27, 2010
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Seattle Gift Market Week got off to a strong start with a stream of buyers visiting the showrooms at the Pacific Market Center starting on Wednesday. “The showrooms were busy starting on Wednesday,” observed the Pacific Market Center’s leasing ...
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We’re drowning in plastics – Columbia Star

December 17, 2009
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Walking along El Salvador’s palm–treed Pacific beaches last summer, I picked my way through mounds of mostly– plastic debris washed ashore by the waves. Along some stretches, the endangered sea turtles that nest there must dig through two feet ...
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Wind down our reliance on plastic – The Keene Sentinel

December 9, 2009
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Walking along El Salvador’s palm-treed Pacific beaches last summer, I picked my way through mounds of mostly-plastic debris washed ashore by the waves.
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Drowning in plastic – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

December 9, 2009
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Walking along El Salvador's palm-treed Pacific beaches last summer, I picked my way through mounds of mostly plastic debris washed ashore by the waves. Along some stretches, the endangered sea turtles that nest there must dig through two feet of ...
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