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Every Little Bit Hurts -- Figuring Out Trashy Behavior

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Greening Hollywood, Immigrants, Trash, Green Living, Social Class, Litter, Hollywood, Littering, Green News
Mark Olmsted

Some of the worst offenders were the middle-aged men who smoked mountains of Capri cigarettes; if I had $5 for every one I eventually picked up, I would now be living in a villa inCapri.

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Birth of a Trash Whisperer

Mark Olmsted | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Serenity Prayer, Griffith Park, Trash, Service, Dogs, Litter, Green News
Mark Olmsted

Within a week I was hooked on collecting trash. I'd found an addiction with a very gentle high but no hangover.

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Disorder on the Border: Trashing the Law in the Name of Immigration Deterrence

Randall Amster | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Humanitarian, Grassroots, Department of Interior, No More Deaths Border, Immigration, Border Wall, Humanitarian Aid, Deterrence, Faith-Based, Environmental Degradation, Human Rights, Criminal Justice System, Water, Illegal Immigrants, Doctrine of Necessity, Hurricane Katrina, Alice's Restaurant, Sierra Club, Litter, Politics News
Randall Amster

The strategy of deterrence that drives both border enforcement and crackdowns on humanitarians is fundamentally flawed.

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Our Trash, Our Treasure: Make Every Monday Matter

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Trash, Ennui, Matthew Emerzian, Spirituality, Election, Tikkun Olam, Every Monday Matters, Learning Cpr, Green Activism, Conservation, Amber Alert, Mentoring a Child, Collective Action, Social Activism, Litter, Green News
Cathleen Falsani

The ideas in the book, Every Monday Matters, are simple -- small acts that collectively add up to an enormous impact for the greater good.

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