Japan Jumpstarts at Plastic Recycling By Examining River Pollution and Research

This is for my maternal Grandpa, Amos White a veteran of the Korean War. Websites/resources: > Article22.com > Fromwartopeace.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for listening to, sharing, and supporting 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 01-14-2025 #political #Vietnam #veteran #war #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message. Music credited to: "The Ice Giants" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whether you are a health fanatic or making a resolution to up your health, if you have a prostate gland this episode is for you. Thank you for listening to, sharing, and supporting 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 01-07-2025 #cancer #chemicals #menshealth #research #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message. Music credited to: "The Ice Giants" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thank you for supporting being against slavery by listening to this podcast episode. Websites/resources: > https://www.ethicaltrade.org/insights/issues/modern-slavery/modern-slavery-initiatives > Free the Slaves - freetheslaves.net (US) > International Justice Mission , VA (US) > Anti-slavery International - antislavery.org (UK) (World's oldest international human rights org - 1839) > Walk Free - walkfree.org (AUS) > Polaris Project - polarisproject.org (US) **Platinum transparency - FTS, Polaris Project ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for listening to, sharing, and supporting 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 01-03-2025 #antislavery #labor #people #research #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message. Music credited to: "The Ice Giants" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This is the nightmare you never saw coming. Good thing there is an alarm clock (episode.) Definition: Bromeliad (Puya leptostachya and Puya membranacea) in high-altitude a.k.a. puna. Websites/resources: > Scholarly article - Household air pollution disparities between socioeconomic groups in Chicago - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11373614/ > Lung.org > https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Six-impactful-actions-cities-can-take-to-improve-their-air-quality?language=en_US ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for listening to, sharing, and supporting 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 12-31-2024 #airpollution #news #people #research #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message. Music credited to: "The Ice Giants" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Big plastic and more than 60 countries around the globe are coming together to rethink, reduce, and replace plastic and its impact global. Tune in to all the details here! Websites to support: > Earthhero.com > EthicalSuperstore.com > Zerowastestore.com >Thrivemarket.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for listening to, sharing widely, and rating highly 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 12-28-2024 #ethical #news #plastic #pollution #unitednations #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message. Music credited to: "The Ice Giants" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Things for you to know: > 1. Virtually adopt an axolotl https://www.restauracionecologica.org/adopciones Adoption prices range from $10 to $5,393 USD. Participants can purchase a meal for an axolotl; adopt an axolotl for one, six, or 12 months; contribute to building an axolotl shelter; or adopt a chinampa refuge, or artificial island, for one, six, or 12 months. In exchange for their contribution, supporters receive a digital kit of information and proof of virtual adoption. Payment accepted via card and PayPal. > 2. Organizations to support: World Wildlife Fund - https://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/gifts/species-adoptions/axolotl MOTE - https://mote.org/adopt/ Levels: $30, $100, $150 USD e-levels (Marine Laboratory & Aquarium) - Sarasota, FL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for listening to, sharing widely, and rating highly 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 12-23-2024 #axolotl #conservation #minecraft #news #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message. Music credited to: "The Ice Giants" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Things you need to know: > 1. Join a local clean-up: (especially in the DMV) Anacostia Watershed Society - https://www.anacostiaws.org/ Potomac Conservancy - https://potomac.org Alice Ferguson Foundation - https://www.fergusonfoundation.org/ > 2. Product-focus: Filtrol: https://www.filtrol.net/ Coraball: https://coraball.com/: Now a Cora Board, and Cora Clip Other water filter treatments > 3. Organizations to support: https://theoceancleanup.com: Fundraise, join the crew, become a citizen scientist, get merch https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org: Host a documentary screening, Join the Plastic Free Campus program, conduct a brand audit, support the global plastics treaty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for listening to, sharing widely, and rating highly 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 12-20-2024 #news #research #plasticpollution #waste #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message. Music credited to: "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CORRECTION: podcast episode #230 Things you need to know: Old: 100 polluting companies, responsible for 71% of global emissions (2015) Update: https://peri.umass.edu/greenhouse-100-polluters-index-current (Political Economy Institute of University of Mass.) + https://www.un.org/en/actnow/ten-actions 1. Books: 15 books, very diverse - https://www.nypl.org/blog/2024/09/10/new-books-climate-change + 10 books listed: Researcher?: https://research.un.org/en/climate-change/books + Good Reads website, Libby app 2. Websites: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-are-solutions-climate-change#renewable-energy 3. Organizations: C40.org - 40 megacities committed to address climate change head on Carbon Tracker (carbontracker.org) Inside Climate News (Insideclimatenews.org) World Climate Foundation (worldclimatefoundation.org) Coalition for Rainforest Nations (rainforestcoalition.org) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for listening to, sharing widely, and rating highly 'Greener Thoughts'! Recorded: 12-15-2024 #climatechange #news #research #science #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message.

There is a new molecule afloat and it's been discovered! Sea sediments, sea ice, and how this impacts climate change are packed in this podcast episode. Useful climate change resources: 1) Resource: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/the-50-states-of-climate-change/ 2) Books: Need books? The top 25 books on climate change have what you need https://earth.org/climate-change-books/ Authors from Paul Hawken, Naomi Klein, and more! 3) Kids resources: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/kids-guide-to-climate-change/ + NASA - Kids Guide to Climate Change. Features games, activities, videos and career paths info. + https://www.wgbh.org/climate-action-curriculum-for-kids WGBH (channel programming) - Consists of climate educational resources for kids from preschool to high school levels + https://www.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/schools/resources/climate-change-resources WWF - Climate Change Resources for kids. Features include teacher's curriculum, 'Climate Hero' certificate, live lessons, posters, and more! + https://www.nrdc.org/stories/your-guide-talking-kids-all-ages-about-climate-change NRDC - 'Your Guide to Talking with kids of all ages about Climate Change' 4) Organizations to support: + The Climate Group - https://www.theclimategroup.org/ Join an event, explore their subject areas: energy, transport, food, industry, and more! + The Climate Change Project - https://www.climaterealityproject.org/ Attend a training, join a chapter (U.S. based), donate time, or money. Thank you for listening to, sharing widely, and rating highly 'Greener Thoughts'! *This is a retroactive episode. A bit of time has occurred between the planned episode release date and today's date. Nonetheless the quality will not decrease. Thank you for being here.* Recorded: 11-2-2023 #climatechange #discovery #newresearch # #consciousstep #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.** Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenerthoughtspodcast From the main page, you can support the podcast with a monthly contribution and/or send a voice message.

What packaging proliferates your skincare routine? Could you make changes? Do you want to try? It looks like you are open to the idea and that's a start. You'll find several fun and easy options here for looking at your beauty care in a new light and saving money and time along the way. Thank you for listening to, sharing widely, and rating highly 'Greener Thoughts'! *This is a retroactive episode. A bit of time has occurred between the planned episode release date and today's date. Nonetheless the quality will not decrease. Thank you for being here.* Recorded: 06-12-2023 #Beautycare #skincare #bodycare #waste #packagingstandards #greenerthoughtspodcast --- Na'ilah Dawkins is the creator and host of 'Greener Thoughts'. **Episodes are (usually) every Sunday and Thursday.**