An Action Network for Environmental Change


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Dylan Touhey (2E)

Nicole sorochan
Ashley Sue Allen

Bonnie Scott
Ken Shum

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Laura Taylor

Brion Hurley
Lynn Chambers

Urban Recycling

Mission: To document and find solutions to challenges presented by recycling in the city
Founder: Bonnie Scott, Toronto
Description: Recycling in a multi-unit apartment building in a big city has challenges, especially when no full recycling program is in place. This group explores all that it means to recycle in the city.
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Tags: recycle  reduce  reuse  urban  city  recycling  metro  suburb
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News & Discussions

One Man’s Trash – a Testament to Recycling
by Kevin Green :: 11 months ago
Even though this website is about green technology as in high tech, I also enjoy reading other blogs that feature low ...
Dealing with Your “Post Holiday Waste”
by Nicole sorochan :: 1 year ago
What to Do With All That Stuff After Christmas by Yuka Yoneda, 12/26/10 Want to get a P.H.D. in what to do w...
Greenwashing Goes through the Wringer
by Sean Low :: 1 year ago
Greenwashing Goes through the Wringer Companies have had an open field when it comes to making assertions about how ...
UN calls for action on growing electronic waste
by Ken Shum :: 1 year ago
UN calls for action on growing electronic waste Study suggests the increased dumping of used computers, mobile pho...
Reducing Your Impact: A Guide to New Year's Resolutions for 2010
by Nicole sorochan :: 2 years ago
Reducing Your Impact: A Guide to New Year's Resolutions for 2010 How to make a resolution that you'll actually keep...
Kinnick Stadium recycling needs a boost
by Brion Hurley :: 2 years ago
While watching my Iowa Hawkeyes finish off an incredible football season, I began to think about how much trash gets gen...
Depressing trip to the landfill
by Brion Hurley :: 2 years ago
As part of my company's ISO-14001 team, we took a tour of the local landfill. If you've never been to a landfill, you ne...
Throwing out the throwaway economy
by guest account :: 2 years ago
Throwing out the throwaway economy  Posted 9:48 AM on 21 Aug 2009 by Lester Brown Photo: E...
Green Fashion Isn't Skin Deep: Eco-Friendly Fashion Can Reduce Your Carbon Emissions
by Ken Shum :: 2 years ago
Green Fashion Isn't Skin Deep: Eco-Friendly Fashion Can Reduce Your Carbon Emissions Sustainable clothing might not...
Canadian Companies Doing Their Part
by Ken Shum :: 2 years ago
Sierrans Help Keep Calgary Clean   The Sierra Calgary Green Team lent a helping hand for the City of Calgary&rsqu...
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Videos

The Che Bus at the Anti-COP space for COP 16
from Kieran Nelson :: 1 year ago
FluxRostrum | 09 December 2010 | Veggie bus alternative energy workshop and radical art mobile space at the the Anti-COP Anti-Cap encampment. The Che Bus kicks The NoMadjik bus's ass. Rolling......
Connected to: Organic Farming  Greenhouse Gases  Ecological Sanitation  Urban Recycling  Composting  Green Gardening  Climate Change and Government  Green Innovation  Pedal Power  Direct Action  Repower America  Fired Up Media  URBAN GARDENS  Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
Bio-Diesel for City Gas Guzzlers
from Judd Vinet :: 1 year ago
Bio-Diesel for City Gas Guzzlers From: GreenopolisTV | 01 December 2010 | Jason Hoar, Bio- Diesel expert explains to Melissa McGinnis from Greenopolis TV that we can all "use" bio-diesel by......
Connected to: BioFuel Technology  Urban Recycling  Repower America

Environmental Awareness Club at South Central Los Angles's High School, # 9
from Sean Low :: 1 year ago
GreenopolisTV | 22 November 2010 | Melissa McGinnis from Greenopolis TV interviews Grain Freitz, the founder of the Environmental Awareness Club at South Central Los Angles's High School, # 9.......
Connected to: Urban Recycling  Green Innovation  Direct Action

The World's Largest Landfill & Garbage Recycling as Art: Filmmaker Lucy Walker on Wasteland
from Kieran Nelson :: 1 year ago
PBSNewsHour | 19 November 2010 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes The documentary "Waste Land" follows artist Vik Muniz as he travels to the world's largest garbage dump and creates portraits of those who work......
Connected to: Pop Culture Campaigns  Urban Recycling  Green Innovation  Fired Up Media
Waste Land Film Trailer
from Sean Low :: 1 year ago
AlmegaProjects | 01 March 2010 | 138 likes, 0 dislikes Filmed over nearly three years, 'WASTE LAND' follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native......
Connected to: Urban Recycling  Green Innovation  Fired Up Media

The Story of Electronics: We're a blip in the life cycle
from Judd Vinet :: 1 year ago
visionontv | 10 November 2010 The Story of Electronics explore's the high-tech revolution's collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left......
Connected to: Water Impacts  Emperilled Ecosystems  Limiting E-Waste: Technology Recycling  Pop Culture Campaigns  Urban Recycling  Fired Up Media
Seventh Generation: Plastic bpttles containing artificial fragence often can't be re-used
from Judd Vinet :: 1 year ago
GreenopolisTV | 05 November 2010 Melissa McGinnis meets with Dave Rapaport from Seventh Generation, one of the most forward thinking companies of our time and learns what their name really means......
Connected to: Water Impacts  Urban Recycling  Green Marketing & Messaging

Recycling Wrapper Revolution
from Nicole sorochan :: 1 year ago
GreenopolisTV | 15 October 2010 Melissa McGinnis with Greenopolis TV visits John Burroughs High School to learn about the environmental club's "Recycling Wrapper Revolution". These students......
Connected to: Urban Recycling  Green Innovation  Fired Up Media
Animation: Save The Earth To Save Your Life
from Judd Vinet :: 1 year ago
Save the earth!!! a video i put 2gether to promote good habits and taking care of the earth! Pollution is not the Solution!!!!...
Connected to: Greenhouse Gases  Urban Recycling  Direct Action  Repower America  Fired Up Media