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Aug 20
2008
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Aqua EcoTourismPosted by Bruce Robinson in wildlife , tourism , Sonoma , resources , recreation , news , Marin , fish , environment , conservation , coast , business |
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There’s more economic benefit to letting scuba divers see live sharks swimming off the California coast than there is in fishing for them.
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Aug 18
2008
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Palm OilPosted by Bruce Robinson in resources , nonprofit orgs , Ideas , Health , environment , energy , business , activism |
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Palm Oil 
First the ethanol boom created a surge in corn prices; now bio-diesel made from palm oil is threatening tropical rain forests.
To view a continually growing list of products that use palm oil, click here.
To see the website for the Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign, click here.
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Aug 14
2008
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Marin Open Space TrustPosted by Bruce Robinson in wildlife , resources , nonprofit orgs , news , Marin , environment |
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Even in Marin County, environmentalists see a need to preserve more lands in open space, and have formed a new organization to do just that.
Visit the MOST website here .
To view the Marin County Open Space District website as well as a map of current open space land, click here .
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Aug 13
2008
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Plastic BagsPosted by Bruce Robinson in Science , resources , policy , Marin , Ideas , government , environment , energy , business , activism |
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Plastic shopping bags have been banned in cities as big as San Francisco and as small as Healdsburg, but Marin county attorney Stephen Joseph says they’re getting a bum rap.
Tiburon Attorney Stephen Joseph has created the SaveThePlasticBag.org website.
His campaign was also recently profiled in TIME magazine.
Below, Joseph talks about the few photos that purport to show wildlife being harmed by plastic bags in their natural environment.
Plastic bags should be reused whenever possible, and those not being used can be recycled.
