Ellen Martin
@ellen4change
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Critical thinker, strategist, and eternal optimist that believes we all can do better than this. All views are my own.
San Francisco
Joined June 2014
How opening a zero-waste store helped a college student ‘cope with climate anxiety’
theguardian.com
Boston entrepreneur Maria Vasco on her steadily growing plastic- and packaging-free empire
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Makers of smartphones and tablet computers like Apple would have to meet multiple ecodesign standards to be sold in the European Union under a draft rule issued Wednesday. https://t.co/R1mf1I5eVw
news.bloomberglaw.com
Makers of smartphones and tablet computers would have to meet multiple ecodesign standards to be sold in the European Union under a draft rule issued Wednesday.
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Excited to learn from this new initiative on #behaviorchange in #recycling:
resource-recycling.com
Recycling doesn't work unless people can put material into the stream, so The Recycling Partnership is expanding its efforts to both understand and change consumer behavior at the bin. Continue...
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Proud to promote gender smart investing in recycling at the @UN Ocean Conference today and to launch a new guide supported by @USAID and co-authored by SAGANA, @CirculateCap and Catalyst at Large to shift gender-inclusive practices to mainstream use. https://t.co/ZDjUUCvYjz
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Mark your calendars for 28 June and join our Chief Impact Officer @ellen4change, @USAID, @BappenasRI, @noradno, @OECD & @TetraTechIntDev at a @UN Ocean Conference side event to learn about the linkages between #genderequality and tackling #oceanplastic. https://t.co/4KWjgx6SYB
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We are only scratching the surface of the potential impacts #recycling can create in tackling #plasticwaste. Check out this piece on @TFIAsia for my thoughts on how we can bring about more meaningful behavior change in local communities.
techforimpact.asia
Only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. That can improve with more targeted campaigns and a greater focus on ROI, writes Ellen Martin from The Circulate Initiative.
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If the GOP can pass a $1,900,000,000,000 tax cut for the super rich with 51 votes, we shouldn’t need 60 votes to protect something as fundamental as the right to vote.
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Plastic pollution doesn’t stop at borders. It's a global challenge that needs a coordinated global response. Governments have an opportunity to negotiate a treaty for a #circulareconomy for plastics, when they meet at the UN Environment Assembly in Feb.
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A phrase that’s universally beloved among designers and innovators is actually corrosive and rife with bias.
fastcompany.com
A phrase that’s universally beloved among designers and innovators is actually corrosive and rife with bias—and development teams use it daily without considering its damaging effects.
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We're now 2 yrs into the decisive decade. Emissions should be in an unprecedented fall, instead we're seeing the 2nd biggest rise ever recorded. We're wasting invaluable time pretending we can solve this crisis without treating it like a crisis. World leaders are still in denial.
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It has been 22 years since the Columbine massacre, and the only solution America has come up with to respond to school shootings is to keep practicing what to do during school shootings. Absolutely disgraceful.
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I still think about how this might be the most perfect meme of all time.
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.@Amazon is promoting using '100% recyclable drinking water bottles' instead of gel packs to deliver fresh food chilled in Singapore, where 96% of plastic waste is incinerated. 🤔
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