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Forgo plastic bags on July 3 to protect the environment

by Eduardo de la Garza Plastic bags, the first of which that were created in 1933 in Northwich, England. They were manufactured out of convenience and by 1965, Celloplast, a Swedish company marketed them as a better alternative to cloth and paper bags. The only problem was that these plastic bags made out of polyethylene made their way to landfills…

Help protect the pollinators during National Pollinator Week

by Eduardo de la Garza Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. They pollinate. Well fleas may not, but plenty of insects, such as butterflies, do. National Pollinator Week began June 19 and runs through June 25. The event, managed by Pollinator Partnership was organized to protect pollinators — the birds, bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, and…

Give your broken things new lives at Repair Cafe

by Eduardo de la Garza Years ago, when your electronics stopped working, you fixed them instead of tossing them in the trash and adding to CO2 emissions required to make new products. Sometimes owners used their ingenuity to fix their own possessions if they couldn’t afford to take them to repairmen. Or maybe you were a child who used to…

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