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The circular economy
LifestyleArlette DiederiksThe circular economy, plastic pollution, Ellen McArthur, recycling, cycles, Ellen McArthur Foundation, ExxonMobi, plastics, single-use plastics, The Alliance to End plastic Waste, AEWP, PET
Ingredients you want to avoid and why
LifestyleArlette Diederikstoxic ingredients, natural products, unsafe ingredients, beauty products, harmful ingredients, parabens, Butylated compounds, bha, bht, estrogen, endocrine disrupting, Oxybenzone and Octinoxate, san and Triclocarban, triclosan, toluene, Ethoxylated ingredients, ppg, peg, Phthalates, synthetic fragrance, Ethanolamines, mea, dea, tea, Formaldehyde, Diazolidinyl Urea, Petroleum distillates, petrolatum, microbeads, skin deep
Recycling numbers
PlasticsArlette Diederiksplastics, resin, Resin Identification Code, recycling, recyclability, PET, toxic, toxins, PVC, Polyvinyl chloride, Polyethylene, Phthalates, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Low density polyethylene, Polypropylene, Polystyrene, BPA, BPS, BPF, endocrine disrupting
The most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet
LifestyleArlette Diederikspalm oil, vegetable oil, deforestation, Indonesia, Orang Utan, Orang Oetan, Greenpeace, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty, forest clearing, rainforest, Sumatra, Borneo, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
The myth of recycling
PlasticsArlette Diederiksrecycling, plastics, plastic pollution, plastic consumption, United Nations Environmental Program, landfills, asia, litter, ocean plastics, waste, North Pacific Gyre, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 5 gyres, oceans, garbage can, oceanographers, ecologists, debris, zooplankton, chemicals, toxic, Professor Richard Thompson, refuse, reduce
Real vs fake Christmas trees
PlasticsArlette DiederiksChristmas tree, plastic tree, fake tree, carbon dioxide, biodegradable, PVC, non-recyclable, petroleum-derived, plastics, shipping, treecycling, organic tree, nursery
Plastic Pollution
Our oceansArlette Diederiksplastic pollution, National Geographic, ocean plastics, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, garbage, Montreal Protocol, National Academy of Sciences, climate treaty, plastic straws, plastic bags
A little story about me
Factory farmed meat is killing our oceans
Our oceansArlette Diederiksmeat, meatless monday, livestock farming, coral reef, deforestation, blue baby syndrome, algal blooms, phosphates, nitrates, decreased dissolved oxygen, PETA, ocean dead zones, acid rain
The Azores
Sustainable travelArlette Diederiksthe azores, açores, archipelago, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, volcanic islands, Flores, Corvo, Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, Faial, São Miguel, Santa Maria, Formigas Reef, eco school, sperm whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphin, blue whales, unesco, biosphere reserves, ramsar sites, important wetlands, whale hunting, whale watching, vigia, sustainable tourism, Global Sustainable Tourism Council Conference, Pico Alton, Regional Plan for the Water
Cruise ships
Sustainable travelArlette DiederiksCruise ships, cruise vacations, cruise lines, cruise industry, fossil fuels, emissions, carbon emissions, diesel fuel, Royal Caribbean Cruises, International Maritime Organization, sulphur fuel, low sulphur fuel, toxic emissions, scrubber system, washwater, marine environment, Friends of the Earth, EPA, sea, sewage, Cruise Ship Report Card, Cruise Line International Association, Disney cruises
Protect your skin and the reef
Our oceansArlette Diederikssunscreen, EWG, reef safe sunscreen, skin allergies, oxybenzone, avobenzone, octisalate, octocrylene, UVA, UVB, homosalate, octinoxate, mineral sunscreen, sun blocker, physical sunscreen, chemical reaction, zinc, titanium dioxide, nanoparticles, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FDA, Hawaii, Haereticus Environmental Laboratory, Craig Downs, symbiotic algae, Environmental Health Perspectives, retinol, retinyl palmitate, American Academy of Dermatology, cancer, methylisothiazolinone, methylchloroisothiazolinone, American Contact Dermatitis Society, allergen of the year, European Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, spray-on
Why our oceans are vital for us
Our oceansArlette Diederiksoxygen, phytoplankton, algae, Photosynthesizers, plankton, Marine photosynthesizers, Archaean, Proterozoic Era, Great Oxidation Event, oceans, oxygen supply, plankton cooling
Plastic straws
PlasticsArlette Diederiksplastic straws, 500 million, stopsucking, plastic trash, Straws Suck, The Last Plastic Straw, OneLessStraw, The Lonely Whale Foundation, Adrian Grenier, PLA, Strawless in Seattle, Seattle
The world's first zero-waste flight
Sustainable travelArlette DiederiksQuantas, zero waste, zero waste flight, biopak, QF739, Australia, crop starch, eco-friendly packaging, Sydyney, Adelaide, recycling, green goal, Jetstar, Andrew David, biofuel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, SAFUG, SG Preston, Agrisoma Biosciences, Qantas
De-oxygenation of the oceans
Our oceansArlette DiederiksDe-oxygenation of the oceans, Oxygen minimum zones, OMZ´s, nitrous oxide, N2O, greenhouse gas, oceans, healthy oceans, climate consequences, loss of oxygen, Smithsonian Research Center, Denise Breitburg, oxygen-rich water, Eastern Tropical North Pacific OMZ, habitat, Karen Wishner, URI's Graduate School of Oceanography, zooplankton
A million bottles a minute (and other reasons to ditch plastic bottles)
PlasticsArlette Diederiksplastic bottles, PET bottles, recycling, landfill, a million bottles a minute, Bisphenol A, BPA, chemicals, toxins, European Food Safety Authority, environmental impact, crude oil, limited resource, Klean Kanteen, S´well, Simple Modern, Frank Green, 24Bottles, Lifefactory, Mybkr, LARQ, Binchotan Charcoal, White Charcoal, puritfy, filtered water, silicone, Lifestraw, Lifestraw Go, Katadyn, Steripen, water filter
#Emptythetanks
Sustainable travelArlette Diederiksempty the tanks, cetaceans, the cove, dolphins, swim with dolphins, captivity, cetaceans in captivity, dolphin project, taiji, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, captive dolphins, dolphin shows, swimming with dolphins
