Plastic state of mind

by A Siegel

PLASTIC
Fossil product all your crap's made of
There's one thing we can do
Ban bags made of plastic

Thanks to BenZolno ...  Full Lyrics after the fold along with thoughts re plastic in our lives ...

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EcoAdvocates: Fossil Fuel "Bombing" of Wildlife & Oceans

by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse

Americans are horrified about the wildlife harmed by the BP Gulf disaster: Official count yesterday was 1,300 dead or injured. Watching the oil-saturated birds suffering in videos physically turned my stomach.  We know from Exxon Valdez that recovery rates are a small percent of the actual number of injured and dead wildlife, and this BP disaster is far from over. But, what about the harm from oceans filled with plastic bottles that are petroleum products? The swirling garbage gyres in the ocean look like a bomb exploded with varying sizes of plastic "shrapnel" that will kill wildlife. Each year globally plastic "kills more than 1 million sea birds and 100,000" whales, dolphins and seals. This is one issue where we can save lives by changing consumption patterns even if the government and corporations won't take action.

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Can a Middle-Aged Dad Find ECSTASY?

by WarrenS

E.C.S.T.A.S.Y. — End Consumption, Save The Air & Sea, Y'all! A support group and discussion forum for those who want to kick the habits of consumption that are damaging the world we live in. I am alone. My wife and daughter are in India, dealing with the recent passing of my father-in-law.  The past two weeks have been hysterical; as the stay-at-home-and-work component of our marital pair, I've been responsible for organizing tickets, organizing passport renewals (thanks to Ed Markey's office for their support!) and emergency visa authorizations.  And, because I have massive amounts of work (including a Very Important Concert), I couldn't go with them. I am, instead, trying to clean and straighten the house, so that when they return in mid-summer there is order instead of uproar.  Which means that I'm currently dealing with a problematic epiphenomenon of 21st-Century American Childhood.  To wit, a serious stuffed toy problem.

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