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Basura Cero Puerto Rico

Video ganador en el Zero Waste Youth International Meeting en Brasil. Participante: Jessica Seiglie Pais: Puerto Rico Email: basuraceropr@gmail.com Facebook: Basura Cero Puerto Rico Gracias al auspicio...

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Tedx Talk on Zero Waste

Joan Marc Simon is the coordinator of GAIA and the Zero Waste network in Europe. He challenges the whole idea of waste and proposes the alternative of a Zero Waste world. Let’s redesign the economy to...

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Rooftop Gardening

How to Start a Rooftop Garden, from Zero Waste Thanal in India.  This video is not a tutorial, but is meant to evoke your imagination, skills and interest to start one in your own style.  In urban...

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Sin Desperdicios

El documental “Basura Cero: un futuro sin desperdicios” fue producido por GAIA y la organización Taller Ecologista de Argentina. Relata los problemas ambientales que generan los rellenos sanitarios y...

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Plastic State of Mind

Watch this great music video – a parody of “Empire State of Mind” and learn why we should ban single-use plastic bags. Made on behalf of Greensangha.org. Ben Zolno – Writer/Lyricist/Director/Bag...

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Smoky Mountain

Editor’s note: In this inaugural blog for Zero Waste World, Shalimar Vitan, GAIA Asia-Pacific Regional Coordinator tells the story of a small community in Manila, Philippines and their perhaps...

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Phasing out Bury and Burn: Zero Waste Conference at the European Parliament

On March 7, 2013, more than 300 people — including many members of the European Parliament, mayors and local decision-makers from across Europe, and Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons — came together for...

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GAIA MEMBER ROSSANO ERCOLINI WINS 2013 GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE

Editor’s note: Today, April 15, 2013 GAIA member Rossano Ercolini is one of six to be awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize.  The Goldman Prize — sometimes referred to as the “Green Nobel” — is...

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GAIA MEMBER NOHRA PADILLA WINS GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE

Editor’s note: Today, April 15, 2013 GAIA member Nohra Padilla is one of six to be awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize.  The Goldman Prize — sometimes referred to as the “Green Nobel” — is the...

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Tribute to Recycling Workers

On this International Workers Day (May 1) we celebrate recycling workers around the world, who build community resilience, replenish the earth’s natural resource base, and resist polluting corporations...

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“BASURA CERO YA!” CAPSULAS RADIALES de LIBERA RADIO, MEXICO

La radio mexicana Libera Radio produjo 10 cápsulas sobre problemáticas socio-ambientales vinculadas con la incineración y las alternativas de Basura Cero generadas en las comunidades. Es así como...

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Acceptance Speech by Nohra Padilla, 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

Nohra Padilla won the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing Bogota’s marginalized waste pickers to make recycling a legitimate part of Colombia’s waste management. The Goldman Environmental...

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Acceptance Speech by Rossano Ercolini, 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

Rossano Ercolini was awarded the 2013 Goldman Envrionmental Prize for his leadership in a grassroots campaign educating Italian communities on the merits of zero waste. As a result of his efforts, 40...

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Zero Waste Case Studies: Successes and Lessons from Around the World

In 2012, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives published a set of zero waste case studies. The stories of nine diverse communities are told, each providing a real-world example of authentic...

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Time to vote out waste at the People’s Design Lab

One of the most challenging fractions of waste in a zero waste vision is all that is left over after recycling—because it is either too toxic to be safely recycled or is made out of non-recyclable...

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Beyond Recycling: On the Road to Zero Waste

Originally published in the Huffington Post a few months ago, this introduction to the zero waste case studies in GAIA’s On the Road to Zero Waste: Successes and Lessons from Around the World contains...

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Zero Bag –Zero Waste! The 4th International Plastic Bag Free Day

Plastic bags have been in the spotlight a lot this year. From bans in Los Angeles and Manila to tax levies in Scotland, it seems that the tide is turning on disposable, single-use plastic bags. On the...

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An Open Letter from 60+ Climate Justice Organizations to the AFL-CIO

Over the last four years, GAIA has been working with a number of allied organizations and networks in the US to build a nationwide platform for climate justice and community resilience. Aligning our...

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Slovenia starts walking the Zero Waste path

600 people turned up to watch the movie Trashed last Monday 21st of October in Ljubljana and many stayed to follow the first round table discussion about Zero Waste and Slovenia. It was a great success...

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National Environment Conference in Brazil (article in English and Spanish)

Opening Doors to Participation, A Step Towards Zero Waste – (en español abajo) - The Fourth National Environment Conference will be held in Brazil in late October, and this year the theme will address...

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