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Greed Flushes the Earth’s Lungs Down the Toilet

Posted on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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During a climate crisis, industry continues to clear-cut the carbon-sequestering boreal forest in Canada to make toilet paper. What to do.

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Plastic Is Fossil Fuel: How to Get Off the Stuff

Posted on March 15, 2022April 2, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the recent IPCC report both show the need to get off fossil fuels. Plastic is fossil fuel in another form.

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5 Alternatives to Fast Flowers On Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 9, 2022February 10, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Most Valentine’s Day flowers in the US travel thousands of miles in refrigerated holds, burning fossil fuels. Here are some rosy alternatives.

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How to Reduce Pollutants in the Kitchen with Induction Cooking

Posted on February 1, 2022April 12, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Gas cooking consumes climate-heating gas and fills homes with pollutants similar to what a car’s tailpipe emits. Induction cooking does not.

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We Need to Talk About Our Demand Chain Crisis

Posted on November 5, 2021May 1, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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We keep hearing about the supply chain disruption in the news media but need to address what drives our supply chain: unsustainable demand.

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No Time to Waste: An Easy and Even Fun Way to Push Our Reps on Climate

Posted on August 17, 2021August 17, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Please join me for an online action party on August 31st. We’ll contact our Members of Congress to urge them to take bold action on climate.

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Books and More for Coping With IPCC-Assessment-Induced Ecoanxiety

Posted on August 12, 2021September 14, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

If you feel overwhelmed or doomed in light of the IPCC climate assessment released this week, these books and media picks can help.

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15 Easy Ways to Conserve Water in Your Kitchen and on Your Plate

Posted on May 19, 2021May 29, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Directly conserve water flowing out of your kitchen taps and indirectly conserve it on the farm by considering how and where your food grows.

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Do Individual Actions Matter?

Posted on April 22, 2021May 12, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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You’ve no doubt heard the argument: Individual actions don’t matter, only collective action does. Must we choose one or the other?

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