Lilyanna Nowak The title is a lyric sung by Katy Perry, originally related to the emotion of worthlessness, but can be also taken as a call for change, as the sight of a plastic bag in the wind is a commonality. It has become routine that when we go to the grocery store to just accept that there will be plastic bags to serve us. We place our fresh vegetables in plastic bags … [Read more...] about ‘Do You Ever Feel Like a Plastic Bag, Drifting through the Wind?’
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Of What Is and What Used to Be
Joseph C. Welsko I’ve watched this road freeze and melt over the winters and springs, but this year’s frost is deep and hard, down to the roots connecting everything, and the sun can hardly penetrate it, though I can’t be kept from this way for long.I walk this trail because its forests need a friend from the other side, hands to care and to keep, eyes and … [Read more...] about Of What Is and What Used to Be
Food Waste in Bethlehem
by Eli Zemsky Food waste in our country has devastating lasting effects on the environment and on American communities. Our food supply chain pumps an extreme amount of unneeded food into homes and businesses, then completely mismanages the waste. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that up to 40% of the 40 million tons of food produced in America each year … [Read more...] about Food Waste in Bethlehem
FYI: Fracking chemicals still showing up in PA freshwater mussels
Environmental Health News, 10 September 2018—Chemicals from fracking wastewater dumped into Pennsylvania's Allegheny River before 2011 are still accumulating in the bodies of freshwater mussels downstream, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology, is among the first to show bioaccumulation—the … [Read more...] about FYI: Fracking chemicals still showing up in PA freshwater mussels
Peter Crownfield: ‘Styrofoam Containers & Plastic Bags’
People in the U.S. and around the world use billions of plastic containers, utensils, & bags every year. Do we really need these 'conveniences'? The processes of manufacturing styrene & styrene foam releases thousands of tons of ozone into the atmosphere and a variety of other pollutants that cause cancer and other health effects in those who work in or live anywhere … [Read more...] about Peter Crownfield: ‘Styrofoam Containers & Plastic Bags’