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Californians report your experience with signature gatherers

December 7, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

In my last post about the plastics industry’s effort to overturn SB270, California’s state ban on single-use plastic bags, I forgot to mention one thing. If you happen to bump into a signature gatherer when you’re out and about, the organization Californians Against Waste would like to hear about it. They’re collecting information on people’s… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: Californians Against Waste, marine debris, ocean trash, plastic, plastic bag, plastic bag ban, plastic pollution, pollution, say something

Say no to bag petitions

November 30, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

On September 30, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law, officially making California the first state to ban single-use plastic bags. And now that ban is under attack! The plastics industry has teamed up to overturn the ban through Calfornia’s referendum process. Proponents of a referendum have 90 days from the day a… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: plastic, plastic bag, plastic bag ban, plastic pollution, SB270, SB270 referendum

Take a moment to support clean techology

September 13, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Clean technologies have great potential to help solve many of the challenges our oceans face. However, getting a clean technology business up and running is really tough. Not only do entrepreneurs have to have great ideas, but they also have to have grit, determination and lots of funding to develop prototypes, run pilot projects to… [read more]

Filed Under: Clean technology, Do Something, Say Something Tagged With: business incubator, clean oceans, clean tech, clean technology, entrepreneur, LA2050 Grants Challenge, non-profit, PortTech, startup, technology

Honor July 4th throughout the year by saying something

July 4, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Happy 4th of July! This day is all about celebrating independence, democracy and freedom. But what is the point of celebrating these gifts every July if we don’t make the most of them during the rest of the year? This has been the question on my mind since I attended the Pacific Fisheries Management Council… [read more]

Filed Under: Earth musings, Say Something Tagged With: democracy, drift gillnets, fishing, gillnet fishing, ocean, Oceana, public comment, public speaking, sustainable fishing, swordfish

A trashy start to July

July 1, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

July started with trash on the streets. In my Los Angeles neighborhood, it’s common practice for people to leave flyers on car windshields. Alas, this advertising method leads to trash everywhere: on the street, sidewalks, driveways and grassy areas. Flyers end up on the ground in a variety of ways. Sometimes the wind catches them,… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: marine debris, ocean trash, pollution, trash, trash on the street

There’s still time to help protect sharks!

July 12, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Good news, there’s still time to help protect sharks by submitting comments to the NOAA! In my last post, I gave everyone extremely late notice about an impending deadline for submitting comments to NOAA about the regulations they’re considering that could overturn shark protections passed in 10 states and territories. NOAA claims that these stricter… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes, Say Something Tagged With: action alert, great white shark, over-fishing, shark, shark fin soup, shark finning

Help protect shark conservation laws

July 5, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

In case you missed it, the Discovery Channel created a hilarious video to promote Shark Week, which has been making the rounds on the web the last couple of weeks. I’m posting it here for a good chuckle and to bring a bit of levity to a potentially depressing situation for sharks. The National Ocean… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes, Ocean issues, Say Something Tagged With: action alert, shark, shark fin soup, shark finning

Help prevent another balloon release

May 29, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Another Memorial Day has come and gone and with it another balloon release. Three years ago, members of the whale watching community in Los Angeles sent emails and made calls in an attempt to stop Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes from releasing balloons as part of their Memorial Day service. The cemetery… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: action alert, balloon trash, marine debris, ocean trash, pollution, whale

Help ban plastic bags in California!

August 30, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Tomorrow (or today if you are reading this on Friday, August 31st) is the last day for California’s State Senate to approve a state-wide ban on single-use plastic bags. Please call your State Senator’s office and ask them to vote YES on AB 298 and make this happen! If the State Senate passes the bill… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: action alert, marine debris, ocean trash, plastic, plastic bag, pollution

A letter to truck drivers

April 10, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

Dear Truck Drivers, Yesterday during my evening commute, I watched another plastic bag fly out of the back of a truck and into the sky. Do you have any idea how are many things in the back of your truck fall off or soar away when you’re driving 70 miles per hour? So far this… [read more]

Filed Under: Ask Something, Earth musings, Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: marine debris, ocean trash, pollution

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