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Welcome to Partners on the Planet

Saturday, 30 January 2010 23:00 Susan Beane

Thank you for stopping in at Partners on the Planet.

My goals are two-fold. The first goal is to help reduce/reuse/and recycle the plastics in the environment. I'll post articles on this site that will provide information about reducing/reusing/and recycling plastic, to help people understand just how big an issue plastics in the environment are.

I am also using my professional experience as a commercial embroiderer and marketing specialties supplier to find and offer for sale products that reduce/reuse/or recycle plastics.

I have found a line of tote bags made from recycled plastics and I am embellishing them with embroidery, providing a more stylish alternative to carrying a tote with a retailer's advertising. The point is you can use these bags for so much more than carrying groceries, and make a statement while you are at it!

A second environmentally friendly product are our stainless steel beverage bottles. They are lightweight, fit most cup holders, have a carabiner, hold 18 ounces of your favorite beverage, are a very attractive shade of green, and reduce the number of plastic water bottles you will use! The bottles have been laser engraved with the Partners on the Planet lettering.

The second goal is making donations to support organizations that watch out for our Partners on the Planet - animals. For each purchase made, a contribution will be made to an organization that supports wildlife.

Please look through the articles, and check out our products for sale. It's an opportunity to make a difference!

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 October 2010 21:00

Partners will make donation

Monday, 14 December 2009 16:58 Susan Beane

Partners on the Planet will make its first donation to an organization that promotes the safety and well being of the manatee. One dollar from each purchase made from the website will go to this organization.

Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 17:05

Meet the Manatee

Monday, 14 December 2009 16:57 Susan Beane

This gentle giant lives in the coastal and warm waters of shallow rivers, bays and estuaries of the Florida coast, Central America, South America and the Caribbean islands. The manatees are 10-12 feet long, weigh 1,500-1,800 pounds and can have lifespans of up to 50-60 years in the wild. The manatee is mainly a herbivore, grazing on mangrove leaves, turtle grass, and some types of algae.

Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 17:05

Save the Manatee Club

Monday, 14 December 2009 16:58 Susan Beane

I have found a great national, non-profit organization that works to protect the manatee and their habitat. The Save the Manatee Club was established in 1981 by Jimmy Buffett and former Florida governor and U.S. Senator, Bob Graham.

The Save the Manatee Club concentrates their efforts on reducing the negative impacts of man on manatees by: (from their website at www.savethemanatee.org)

1. Increasing public awareness and education

2. Sponsoring research, rescue, rehabilitation, and release efforts

3. Advocating for strong protection measures, such as boat speed zones and sanctuaries

4. Taking legal action when appropriate

The website also has great information about Manatees including news stories about manatees, a 'meet a manatee' option, and other opportunities including a kayak trip to a manatee zone.

Visit www.savethemanatee.org to learn more!

Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 17:06

Do you know where your plastic is?

Monday, 14 December 2009 16:57 Susan Beane

This is an editorial that was published in the Longmont Times-Call on Monday, August 10, 2009.
Not that most people needed a good visual to convince them to recycle plastic and bring reusable cloth bags to the store, but the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego is about to give them one.

A team of students and researchers is headed for the "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch", an area of trash and other marine debris concentrated in the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, an area where ocean currents come together in a vortex about 1,000 miles off the California coast.

Much was written and discussed over the airwaves as the team got ready to leave earlier last week. Some of it was hyperbole, such as the trash patch being twice the size of Texas and visible from space.

In truth, the size of the patch can't be accurately estimated, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, because the boundaries of the convergence zone can't be measured.

And though fishermen and sailors have observed patches of garbage, the patches can't be seen from space.

Nevertheless, the fact that garbage has floated away from Asia and the West Coast of the United States and has concentrated in the ocean is troubling.

According to NOAA, cleanup of the area would be complicated and risky. Not only does garbage concentrate in the area, but a great deal of marine life does as well. Because much of that marine life is microscopic, simply scooping out huge piles of garbage could harm the life as much as it helps.

The study is an important first step in figuring out what is contained in the patch, but figuring out what to do about it will take more study.

In the meantime, everyone would be well advised to take care not to allow plastic bags to fly away on windy days and to recycle every plastic bottle and container they come across.

Colorado waterways and landscapes can be fouled by our litter as easily as the Pacific Ocean has been.

Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 17:06