San Diego Mesa College Bottled Water Free Zone

12/06/2019

Why aren’t corporations held accountable for the environmental damage of their products?

Coca-Cola was once again named the world’s largest plastic polluter. For the second year in a row, the nonprofit Break Free From Plastic tagged the Atlanta-based Coke as the biggest producer …

05/06/2016

I firmly believe that Colorado can become the first state to ban the sale of plastic bottles statewide. I also firmly believe Colorado can be the first state to recycle 99% of its waste. Colorado has been the leader in revolutionary environmental and economical actions lately. Our state has quickly....

04/09/2016

Watch this short video and learn what we can do to stop polluting the ocean and our own bodies with plastics and the chemicals they contain.

06/10/2014

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Sunday banning the manufacture and sale of personal care products containing synthetic plastic microbeads.

07/23/2013

Hmm, not surprising?

In a candid interview for the documentary We Feed the World, Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water isn’t a human right. He attacks the idea that nature is good, and s...

06/19/2013

This is great news, and shows that momentum is growing for similar efforts in Southern California! San Diego, we should be next!!

Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 today to finalize a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags. LA had begun drafting an ordinance last year, and has since completed an exhausti

05/13/2013

Would you be supportive of a plastic bag ban?

SACRAMENTO -- The years-long attempt to ban plastic bags from grocery stores in California began anew Monday when an Assembly committee backed a 2013 version of a bill that would require shoppers to bring a reusable cloth bag or buy a recycled paper bag at the checkout stand.The bill resembles legis...

03/06/2012

This week on Tuesday and Wednesday (3/6 & 7): Screening of the award-winning movie FLOW and discussion of geopolitics, environmental activism, and pizza/cupcakes!! Who's in? Potential extra credit (ask your instructor beforehand). Film will be shown in G101 at 4 pm along with the short doc Our Synthetic Sea.

03/01/2012

Tired of corporate greenwashing spin? Read this interesting article and pass it along!!

Big Plastic is big money and survives regulatory scrutiny by creating big spin. Here's what you need to know.

02/19/2012

The first program of Mesa GreenFest (screening the award-winning film Bag It) had 46 attendees, and the following discussions were productive to identify potential tactics for increasing student awareness of plastic pollution and forming a student group to address the problem. Thanks to everyone who showed up and contributed ideas!