Ditch plastic packaging: Shop at your local refillery
A wave of new retail businesses are eliminating single-use plastic packaging entirely, showing us what a future with dramatically less plastic could look like.
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Advocates urge action on appliance efficiency
EPA sets limits for toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water
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Heceta Bank is hitting the big screen at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
More than 800,000 urge National Monument protections
New grants can make our roadsides bee-friendly
Bringing sea otters back to the Oregon coast
Join us on Thursday, May 2 at 5:00 p.m. PT for a virtual event highlighting how bringing back sea otters can benefit our struggling kelp forests.
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Refill, Return, Reimagine: Innovative Solutions to Reduce Wasteful Packaging
Single-use plastic packaging is so common in our everyday lives that a future without it might seem a long way off. But examples of what that future might look like are already here.
Grassroots climate groups like mine, 350 Eugene, understand that forest defense is climate defense, and we're fierce.Patty Hine, 350 Eugene
Patty Hine
“As we are increasingly confronted with the twin threats of climate change and the biodiversity crisis, defending mature and old-growth forests is more important than ever. These trees provide critical habitat for wildlife, keep water clean and cold, are resilient to wildfire, and are at the core of cultural values.”Jeremy Austin, Central Oregon LandWatch
