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Plastic
The Packaging of Our Lives
Why must everything come in packaging that’s seemingly ready-made for nuclear meltdown? The clamshell isn’t…
Cool Card Trick for Avoiding Plastic Gift Giving
Keep plastic out of the landfill with a clever gift card alternative. Plastic gift cards: those little irresistible enve…
Plastic Surgery: Where Will Japan’s Tsunami Garbage Go?
SeriesEnvironmental cleanup in the wake of Japan’s twin disasters. Part 4 in a special series. A surreal and compe…
The Insider’s Guide to Life: The Revolution Will Not Be Bagged
ColumnThanks, I brought my hands. Hi, I’m Sara, and I don’t use bags. Oh, sometimes I use my bags, I just do…
Plastic Surgery: A Series On Waste, Fashion, Policy And Consumer Culture
seriesThe first in a special series on plastic. It’s a plastic world and it’s here to stay – the plast…
The Goldberg Variations: Recycling for Baby Boomers
ColumnIf you can read this sentence without corrective lenses, you are pre-disposed to eco-activism. Let me make one thi…
Reflections from a Two-Timer
ExclusiveThe final chapter in a voyage through the Atlantic gyre. It’s not what you think, but it is true that I g…