Tag Archives: Sustainability

Yes, We CAN!

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Pam Lazos

Red Rose Reuses, participating in a tabling event at Open Streets in Lancaster I always love the way the universe sends you the right people at the right time once you make up your mind about what it is you … Continue reading →

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Oh, Behave! Managing Our Love Affair with Plastics

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Pam Lazos

Photo credit, Karl Gibbons, Third-Eye Management In April, Melissa Snavely and I, co-directors of Red Rose Reuses, had the pleasure of presenting a talk on reducing single-use plastics. Red Rose Reuses originated under the umbrella of  College Park Climate Action … Continue reading →

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Zoom In On the Conejohela Flats, Part 3

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Pam Lazos

Among the leaf litter, we discover plastic as numerous as it appeared on the banks from a distance. We find bottle caps, spent lighters, shreds of plastic bags, and Styrofoam bits everywhere. We see broken bits of plastic, no longer … Continue reading →

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The Climate Book

Posted on May 19, 2024 by Pam Lazos

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” The Usual Suspects If you like horror stories, then The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions created by Greta Thunberg is your next read. Packed … Continue reading →

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Because You Need To Know

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Pam Lazos

Consumer Notice has produced A Consumer’s Guide to Reducing Pollution, a comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow handbook for reducing consumer waste. According to Consumer Notice, We The People account for 60% of greenhouse gas emissions, an enormous and pretty frightening number, but … Continue reading →

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Come So Far…

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Pam Lazos

Shenandoah National Park © pam lazos Moderation in all things is a phrase attributable to the Greek poet Hesiod (circa 700 b.c.), the Roman comic dramatist Plautus (c. 250–184 bc), Buddhism generally, and I’m sure a majority of everyone’s grandparents. Even … Continue reading →

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Quarantenting — in Idaho

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Pam Lazos

I keep getting glimpses of little moments:  my daughter, Morgan, filling the plastic bag with water which she will then hang on a tree branch, allowing the gravity-fed system to drip water through the hose and carbon filter and into … Continue reading →

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May is National Wetlands Month!

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Pam Lazos

May is National Wetlands month.  Why does that matter?  Because wetlands are tremendously important and among the most productive ecosystems in the universe — okay, maybe not the universe, but the planet — holding the space for a wide variety … Continue reading →

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Swamp Love Trifecta

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Pam Lazos

Show me the money! If I told you one-eighth of the world’s inhabitants depend on wetlands for their livelihood you would probably say I’m crazy.  They’re just swamps, right?  Yes they are swamps, and yet, the Chesapeake Bay, the Louisiana … Continue reading →

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What is This Man Thinking?

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Pam Lazos

He’s probably thinking about the lack of access to improved sanitation for about 1/3 of the planet’s inhabitants. Today is World Toilet Day. Let’s review a few facts: How does a species evolve? For centuries, people lived side-by-side with their … Continue reading →

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