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Hazardous Beauty

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Hazardous Beauty features artists Alejandro Durán and Willie Cole as they use their creativity to interpret the environmental problems of plastic pollution and explore the impact from our increasing disposable culture. Through aesthetically beautiful works and educational programming, the viewer reflects on the collision of consumer culture on the natural world. Curated by Ellen Hawley. On view in the Flinn Gallery March 15 - April 25 2018

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Plastiki

Plastiki

Across the Pacific on Plastic : An Adventure to Save Our Oceans

by Rothschild, David de

Book - 2011

Explorer, global green leader, and eco-TV host David de Rothschild recounts the extraordinary journey of the Plastiki, an innovative and mostly untested sixty-foot catamaran that floats on 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles Explorer, global green leader, and eco-TV host David de Rothschild recounts the extraordinary journey of the Plastiki, an innovative and mostly untested sixty-foot catamaran that floats on 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles Show less

Explorer, global green leader, and eco-TV host David de Rothschild recounts the extraordinary journey of the Plastiki, an innovative and mostly untested sixty-foot catamaran that floats on 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles Explorer, global green leader, and eco-TV host David de Rothschild recounts the extraordinary journey of the Plastiki, an innovative and mostly untested sixty-foot catamaran that floats on 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles Show less

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Outsmart Waste

Outsmart Waste

The Modern Idea of Garbage and How to Think Our Way Out of It

by Szaky, Tom

Book - 2014

Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. Show less

Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. Show less

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A Plastic Ocean

A Plastic Ocean

DVD - 2017

An international team of adventurers, researchers, and Ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is trul...Show more An international team of adventurers, researchers, and Ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is truly lurking beneath the surface our seemingly pristine ocean. The result will astound viewers, just as it did our adventurers, who captured never-before-seen images of marine life, plastic pollution, and its ultimate consequences for human health. Show less

An international team of adventurers, researchers, and Ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is trul...Show more An international team of adventurers, researchers, and Ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is truly lurking beneath the surface our seemingly pristine ocean. The result will astound viewers, just as it did our adventurers, who captured never-before-seen images of marine life, plastic pollution, and its ultimate consequences for human health. Show less

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Eco Structures

Eco Structures

Forms of Sustainable Architecture

Book - 2009

The rapid depletion of resources and the continuous demand for new buildings are key issues facing city planners, architects, and policy makers today. Thi...Show more The rapid depletion of resources and the continuous demand for new buildings are key issues facing city planners, architects, and policy makers today. This portfolio of cutting-edge eco structures from the world's leading architecture firms offers ideas on how to reinvent underdeveloped spaces and also supplies the know-how to plan new buildings that have reduced energy needs and low environmental impact. Show less

The rapid depletion of resources and the continuous demand for new buildings are key issues facing city planners, architects, and policy makers today. Thi...Show more The rapid depletion of resources and the continuous demand for new buildings are key issues facing city planners, architects, and policy makers today. This portfolio of cutting-edge eco structures from the world's leading architecture firms offers ideas on how to reinvent underdeveloped spaces and also supplies the know-how to plan new buildings that have reduced energy needs and low environmental impact. Show less

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Life Without Plastic

Life Without Plastic

The Practical Step-by-step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep your Family and the Planet Healthy

by Plamondon, Chantal

Book - 2017

Jay and Chantal show readers how to analyze their personal plastic use, find alternatives and create easy replacements in this step-by-step guide. Get you...Show more Jay and Chantal show readers how to analyze their personal plastic use, find alternatives and create easy replacements in this step-by-step guide. Get your family healthier, spread consciousness and radiate positive plastic-free energy by taking action to help the environment. Show less

Jay and Chantal show readers how to analyze their personal plastic use, find alternatives and create easy replacements in this step-by-step guide. Get you...Show more Jay and Chantal show readers how to analyze their personal plastic use, find alternatives and create easy replacements in this step-by-step guide. Get your family healthier, spread consciousness and radiate positive plastic-free energy by taking action to help the environment. Show less

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Enclosure

Enclosure

by Goldsworthy, Andy

Book - 2007

This volume is a rich testament to Goldsworthy's lifelong interest in the land, its history and its inhabitants. This volume is a rich testament to Goldsworthy's lifelong interest in the land, its history and its inhabitants. Show less

This volume is a rich testament to Goldsworthy's lifelong interest in the land, its history and its inhabitants. This volume is a rich testament to Goldsworthy's lifelong interest in the land, its history and its inhabitants. Show less

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Junkyard Planet

Junkyard Planet

Travels in the Billion-dollar Trash Trade

by Minter, Adam

Book - 2013

A veteran journalist with access to and insight on the waste industry traces the export of America's recyclables and reveals the huge profits that China a...Show more A veteran journalist with access to and insight on the waste industry traces the export of America's recyclables and reveals the huge profits that China and other rising nations earn from them, causing the decline of the U.S. economy and the ascent of the developing world. Show less

A veteran journalist with access to and insight on the waste industry traces the export of America's recyclables and reveals the huge profits that China a...Show more A veteran journalist with access to and insight on the waste industry traces the export of America's recyclables and reveals the huge profits that China and other rising nations earn from them, causing the decline of the U.S. economy and the ascent of the developing world. Show less

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Art and Survival : Patricia Johanson's Environmental Projects

Art and Survival : Patricia Johanson's Environmental Projects

by Kelley, Caffyn

Book - 2006

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Junk Raft

Junk Raft

An Ocean Voyage and A Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution

by Eriksen, Marcus

Book - 2017

An exciting account of an activist scientist's unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made "junk raft". An exciting account of an activist scientist's unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made "junk raft". Show less

An exciting account of an activist scientist's unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made "junk raft". An exciting account of an activist scientist's unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made "junk raft". Show less

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Plastic Purge

Plastic Purge

How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles!

by SanClements, Michael

Book - 2014

How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles! How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles! Show less

How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles! How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles! Show less

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Inside the Garbage of the World

Inside the Garbage of the World

Downloadable Video - 2016

Here is an informative, hard hitting and educational film about the environmental problem of plastic pollution inside the Oceans rising to a dangerous lev...Show more Here is an informative, hard hitting and educational film about the environmental problem of plastic pollution inside the Oceans rising to a dangerous level for human safety and its solution. The film busts the myth of a plastic island floating in the middle of the pacific Ocean and unveils the accurate data that is worse. Show less

Here is an informative, hard hitting and educational film about the environmental problem of plastic pollution inside the Oceans rising to a dangerous lev...Show more Here is an informative, hard hitting and educational film about the environmental problem of plastic pollution inside the Oceans rising to a dangerous level for human safety and its solution. The film busts the myth of a plastic island floating in the middle of the pacific Ocean and unveils the accurate data that is worse. Show less

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Arts of Living on A Damaged Planet

Arts of Living on A Damaged Planet

Book - 2017

As human-induced environmental change threatens multispecies livability, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet puts forward a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated narratives, and thick descriptions offer urgent {28}arts of living. As human-induced environmental change threatens multispecies livability, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet puts forward a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated narratives, and thick descriptions offer urgent {28}arts of living. Show less

As human-induced environmental change threatens multispecies livability, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet puts forward a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated narratives, and thick descriptions offer urgent {28}arts of living. As human-induced environmental change threatens multispecies livability, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet puts forward a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated narratives, and thick descriptions offer urgent {28}arts of living. Show less

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Recycling Reconsidered

Recycling Reconsidered

The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States

by MacBride, Samantha

Book - 2012

MacBride offers a series of case studies in recycling that pose provocative questions about whether the current ways we deal with waste are really the bes...Show more MacBride offers a series of case studies in recycling that pose provocative questions about whether the current ways we deal with waste are really the best ways to bring about real sustainability and environmental justice. She does not aim to debunk or discourage recycling but to help us think beyond recycling as it is today. Show less

MacBride offers a series of case studies in recycling that pose provocative questions about whether the current ways we deal with waste are really the bes...Show more MacBride offers a series of case studies in recycling that pose provocative questions about whether the current ways we deal with waste are really the best ways to bring about real sustainability and environmental justice. She does not aim to debunk or discourage recycling but to help us think beyond recycling as it is today. Show less

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What Milly Did

What Milly Did

The Remarkable Pioneer of Plastics Recycling

by Moser, Elise

Book - 2016

Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her towns full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard the system of numbers you see inside...Show more Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her towns full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard the system of numbers you see inside the little triangle on plastics. This is the inspiring story of how she mobilized her community, creating sweeping change to help the environment. Show less

Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her towns full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard the system of numbers you see inside...Show more Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her towns full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard the system of numbers you see inside the little triangle on plastics. This is the inspiring story of how she mobilized her community, creating sweeping change to help the environment. Show less

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Plastic, Ahoy!

Plastic, Ahoy!

Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

by Newman, Patricia

eBook - 2014

A team of scientists explores the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world. A team of scientists explores the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world. Show less

A team of scientists explores the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world. A team of scientists explores the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world. Show less

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The Zero Waste Solution

The Zero Waste Solution

Untrashing the Planet One Community at A Time

by Connett, Paul

Book - 2013

Shows activists, planners, and entrepreneurs how to reenvision a community's waste-handling process by consuming less, turning organic waste into compost, recycling, reusing, and demanding nonwasteful product design. Shows activists, planners, and entrepreneurs how to reenvision a community's waste-handling process by consuming less, turning organic waste into compost, recycling, reusing, and demanding nonwasteful product design. Show less

Shows activists, planners, and entrepreneurs how to reenvision a community's waste-handling process by consuming less, turning organic waste into compost, recycling, reusing, and demanding nonwasteful product design. Shows activists, planners, and entrepreneurs how to reenvision a community's waste-handling process by consuming less, turning organic waste into compost, recycling, reusing, and demanding nonwasteful product design. Show less

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Plastic Paradise

Plastic Paradise

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Downloadable Video - 2014

The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. Watertight and endlessly malleable, plastic is the perfect invention yet, its miraculous durability is also its curse because it never goes away. The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. Watertight and endlessly malleable, plastic is the perfect invention yet, its miraculous durability is also its curse because it never goes away. Show less

The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. Watertight and endlessly malleable, plastic is the perfect invention yet, its miraculous durability is also its curse because it never goes away. The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. Watertight and endlessly malleable, plastic is the perfect invention yet, its miraculous durability is also its curse because it never goes away. Show less

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Trash-to-Treasure Papermaking : Make your Own Recycled Paper From Newspapers & Magazines, Can & Bottle Labels, Discarded Gift Wrap, Old Phone Books, Junk Mail, Comic Books and More

Trash-to-Treasure Papermaking : Make your Own Recycled Paper From Newspapers & Magazines, Can & Bottle Labels, Discarded Gift Wrap, Old Phone Books, Junk Mail, Comic Books and More

by Grummer, Arnold E.

Book - 2011

Transform junk mail, newspapers, and old phone books into beautiful handmade paper in just minutes! With a simple technique that requires only a blender a...Show more Transform junk mail, newspapers, and old phone books into beautiful handmade paper in just minutes! With a simple technique that requires only a blender and some water, Trash-to-Treasure Papermaking shows you how to create unique sheets in a variety of shapes, colors, textures, and sizes Show less

Transform junk mail, newspapers, and old phone books into beautiful handmade paper in just minutes! With a simple technique that requires only a blender a...Show more Transform junk mail, newspapers, and old phone books into beautiful handmade paper in just minutes! With a simple technique that requires only a blender and some water, Trash-to-Treasure Papermaking shows you how to create unique sheets in a variety of shapes, colors, textures, and sizes Show less

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Plastic Ocean

Plastic Ocean

How A Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched A Determined Quest to Save the Oceans

by Moore, Charles

Book - 2011

In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut t...Show more In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast oceanic "desert" where winds are slack, Moore realized his ship was skimming through a plastic soup. He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet, soon to be dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--where plastic outweighs zooplankton, the ocean's food base, by six to one. Show less

In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut t...Show more In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast oceanic "desert" where winds are slack, Moore realized his ship was skimming through a plastic soup. He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet, soon to be dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--where plastic outweighs zooplankton, the ocean's food base, by six to one. Show less

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Eco-craft

Eco-craft

Recycle-recraft-restyle

by Wasinger, Susan

Book - 2009

Who knew taking care of the planet could look so good?Eco Craft shows how, with 30 truly beautiful home décor projects that elevate environmental consciousness to stylish new heights. Who knew taking care of the planet could look so good?Eco Craft shows how, with 30 truly beautiful home décor projects that elevate environmental consciousness to stylish new heights. Show less

Who knew taking care of the planet could look so good?Eco Craft shows how, with 30 truly beautiful home décor projects that elevate environmental consciousness to stylish new heights. Who knew taking care of the planet could look so good?Eco Craft shows how, with 30 truly beautiful home décor projects that elevate environmental consciousness to stylish new heights. Show less

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Eco-friendly Crafting With Kids

Eco-friendly Crafting With Kids

35 Step-by-step Projects for Preschool Kids and Adults to Create Together

by Lilley, Kate

Book - 2012

Presents thirty-five simple music, nature, science, and paper craft ideas for children that can be made using easy-to-find materials from around the home. Presents thirty-five simple music, nature, science, and paper craft ideas for children that can be made using easy-to-find materials from around the home. Show less

Presents thirty-five simple music, nature, science, and paper craft ideas for children that can be made using easy-to-find materials from around the home. Presents thirty-five simple music, nature, science, and paper craft ideas for children that can be made using easy-to-find materials from around the home. Show less

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Green Tech

Green Tech

How to Plan and Implement Sustainable IT Solutions

by Webber, Larry

Book - 2009

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Rubbish

Rubbish

Reuse Your Refuse

by Shoup, Kate

Book - 2008

Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life the hip craftster’s way. You...Show more Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life the hip craftster’s way. You’ll discover how to complete more than 30 creative projects using materials you already have at your disposal, while reducing trash and upcycling your personal style. From a credit card bracelet to a map photo frame, this fun guide shows you how to create truly one-of-a-kind pieces—one earth-friendly project at a time. Show less

Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life the hip craftster’s way. You...Show more Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life the hip craftster’s way. You’ll discover how to complete more than 30 creative projects using materials you already have at your disposal, while reducing trash and upcycling your personal style. From a credit card bracelet to a map photo frame, this fun guide shows you how to create truly one-of-a-kind pieces—one earth-friendly project at a time. Show less

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Reclaimed Textiles

Reclaimed Textiles

Techniques for Paper, Stitch, Plastic and Mixed Media

by Thittichai, Kim

Book - 2014

Techniques for Paper, Stitch, Plastic and Mixed Media Techniques for Paper, Stitch, Plastic and Mixed Media Show less

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Choose to Reuse

Choose to Reuse

An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Facilitate Reuse

by Goldbeck, Nikki

Book - 1995

An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Facilitate Reuse An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Facilitate Reuse Show less

An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Facilitate Reuse An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Facilitate Reuse Show less

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