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	<title>Blue Planet Green Living &#187; Litter</title>
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		<title>Cap Recycling Project Earns State Fair Invitation for Young Environmentalist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Wasson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us begin the journey to environmentalism as adults. Others start when they are still children. Recently, Blue Planet Green Living (BPGL) had the privilege of interviewing 11-year-old Jack Potter, a soon-to-be 6th grader, who began his environmental journey by collecting and recycling #5 plastic bottle caps. Jack didn’t just collect a few bottle caps, he saved nearly 1,000. And this week at his county fair, he earned the right to exhibit his project at the Iowa State Fair. Jack’s determination to make a difference impressed us, so we asked him to share a bit of his story. — Publisher

BPGL: What was the purpose of your recycling project?

POTTER: My goal for the project was to raise awareness of the fact that plastic caps are almost never recycled. When they’re not recycled, they end up in landfills or in the ocean, and that’s bad for the environment...]]></description>
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		<title>Surfers Against Sewage Sponsors &#8220;Barefoot Friendly Beach Cleaning Tour&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Wasson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is a volunteer organization dedicated to "clean, safe recreational water, free from sewage effluents, toxic chemicals, nuclear waste and marine litter." Even landlocked folks like Joe and me, here in the Iowa Heartland, are joining the cause. We all need clean water. And we want beaches that are safe enough to walk on with bare feet. But clean beaches are growing scarce. Stories of medical waste, plastic bottles, cigarette butts, raw sewage, and disposable diapers make walking even remote beaches potentially unsafe and, often, unappealing.

In the next few days, SAS and Barefoot Wine and Bubbly will be hosting a beach cleanup tour on the shores of Britain. Join fellow environmentalists from 3 to 5 P.M. at the sites listed below. According to SAS's Andy Cummins, as posted on the SAS website, "[V]olunteers can expect the afternoon clean-up sessions will kick off with a full introduction and briefing from the respected eco-campaigners at SAS. Each volunteer will then be given gloves and a rubbish bag and the marine litter-picking will commence. All volunteers need bring is suitable clothing for the weather"...]]></description>
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		<title>Beverage Container Laws Expanding in Several States</title>
		<link>http://www.blueplanetgreenliving.com/2009/03/18/beverage-container-laws-expanding-in-several-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Wasson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When bottled water first appeared on product shelves, I initially thought it was a waste of money. I held off for a long time. Eventually, like many of you, I saw the relatively small investment as a fair exchange for the convenience of portability. It was an attractive lure. I bit. And I bought. And bought. And bought.

Now that I'm deeply steeped in environmental issues, I have come to understand the disaster of bottled water. Aside from questions about the quality of the water and the safety of the plastic bottles themselves — significant issues, for sure — there's the problem of waste. Millions of plastic water bottles get tossed in our waterways, lie smashed on our roads, litter our green spaces, or end up in our landfills. In the best-case scenario, they get recycled into other products.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from India: &#8220;Clean Lucknow, Green Lucknow&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.blueplanetgreenliving.com/2009/02/02/notes-from-india-clean-lucknow-green-lucknow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Makur Jain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent my entire life in India, but have yet to see a trashcan anywhere on the streets. I guess that’s the reason why there’s a big pile of garbage at most street corners, especially in the residential areas. My family, and others in our neighborhood in Lucknow, will burn any garbage left on the street, so there are no smells, no germs in the air, and no filth outside the house.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from Serbia: Ending Litter through Laws and Education</title>
		<link>http://www.blueplanetgreenliving.com/2009/01/16/notes-from-serbia-ending-litter-through-laws-and-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Snezana Pavlovic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blue Planet Green Living invites our readers around the world to send us reports about the environment in their home countries. In the first of  the "Notes from ...." series, we published a post from Jagdish Poudel, an environmental science student from Nepal. Today, we are pleased to share a report from Snezana Pavlovic, a 25-year-old student of Balkan languages from Niš, Serbia. “Avoiding pollution and ecology are my passion and hobby,” Snezana writes.]]></description>
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		<title>Peace Corps Volunteer Teaches Green Living in Namibia</title>
		<link>http://www.blueplanetgreenliving.com/2009/01/12/peace-corps-volunteer-teaches-green-living-in-namibia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Wasson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seated across from me is a gentle, silver-haired woman. She speaks in soft tones, gesturing slightly from time to time. Her manner is warm and welcoming. You could easily call her mild-mannered. But don’t let her appearance fool you. Miriam Kashia is a force to be reckoned with when there’s a job to be done. And that’s just the spirit with which she tackled her recent Peace Corps assignment in Namibia, home to some of the world’s most impoverished people. 

Kashia returned to the United States a year ago, in January 2008. She’s had time to reflect on her experience, and to see from a distance the effects of the work she did half a world away. I interviewed her in her Iowa City home.]]></description>
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