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Think Beyond Plastic envisions a world that’s uninterested in plastic junk - a world more evolved in its approach to consumption and manufacturing. Think Beyond Plastic is an innovation competition for entrepreneurs changing the status quo on plastic pollution. Organized by the Plastic Pollution Coalition, the competition and conference take place on June 13-14, 2013 in Berkeley, California. See the details here. Life Without Plastic is honoured to be a sponsor of Think Beyond Plastic.
The competition received applications from Kenya, Malaysia, and all over the world. Not everyone has the means to travel to the US, but let’s make sure that doesn’t stand in the way! Rally for innovators making their way to the US here and help get them in front of investors! Think Beyond Plastic aims to reevaluate toxic systems of convenience and show that ideas and businesses can truly help in fixing our giant, disposable plastic, cultural misstep: www.thinkbeyondplastic.com |
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...Thank you for giving us all we need to exist, and so much more. You are the source of all that sustains us. We humans sometimes take you for granted. The pain and destruction we have inflicted on you is truly horrifying. Yet, you accept it and continue embracing us in your glory - in your healing energy vibrating so high that if we choose to experience it we can fly to unimagined realms of creative inspiration and blessed peace. Even if we don't make that conscious choice, you still embrace us, day in, day out. On this Earth Day, 22 April 2013, we would like to apologize on behalf of humanity for the toxic plastic waste that litters your skin, waterways and organs. People are now waking up and realizing how serious a problem this is. Yes, it negatively affects your intricate systems so deeply, including all levels of the food chain maintaining life on You. We see great hope for change. Efforts are underway, and the younger generations rising into positions of power - especially, finally, the women - see clearly through the lies and propaganda that end up harming you. Yes, there is great hope. And of course the greatest source of hope is You. Thank you, and with Love from Life Without Plastic "Veggie spoon" photo by the incredible Michel Bury |
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Plastic kills. Just ask the cows... |
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3 April 2013 -- We're just back from India where Co-Owner Jay has three aunts and many
cousins. It was a spicy, soothing and spiritual time visiting family in
Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. We also had excellent meetings with some of
our suppliers. You can read more about our trip in our recent blogpost: India Rising...Above Plastic. One thing that may astonish any new visitor to India is the sight of
free-roaming cows. They go where they please. The holy cow, described by
Mahatma Gandhi and others as the Mother of India, is considered sacred
and protected from slaughter in most Indian states. But there is much
more to wandering cows than their holy stature.
Nowhere
is the sad direct consequence of plastic pollution more obvious than in
the streets of large Indian cities where one can see cows ingesting
plastic regularly while grazing on food scraps in garbage. Plastic can
look like food to the cow and is intimately mixed with food waste. The
plastic accumulates and accumulates in the cow's four stomachs (yes,
cows have four stomachs) until the digestive system can no longer
function and the cow dies an excruciatingly painful death. Recognizing the cow as an icon for all animals dying from plastic pollution, the dynamic South Indian Karuna Society for Animals and Nature has initiated a Plastic Cow Project
to bring attention to the issue. They perform surgery on cows to
remove plastic (sometimes over 50 kgs/110 lbs in a single cow), initiate
public interest litigation to ban plastic bags, and conduct India-wide
outreach, partly through an excellent 34-minute documentary entitled The Plastic Cow
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