Alice Short

Los Angeles

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Articles

How can we save ourselves from drowning in garbage?

Sep 15, 2024 | latimes.com | Alice Short

Edward Humes thinks a lot about garbage — and how we should deal with it. “Garbology,” the Pulitzer Prize winner’s book on “our dirty love affair with trash,” came out in 2012, and “Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World” was published earlier this year. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
Portugal

Oct 16, 2023 | auburnpub.com | Alice Short

If you live in a state with a propensity for chilly temps and snow, your time outdoors may soon be limited. But these warm-weather destinations will help thoughts of snow melt away.
If zero waste is the goal, ditch plastic water bottles

Aug 22, 2023 | latimes.com | Alice Short

The greatest sin in most American households is our addiction to plastic water bottles. So says Anne-Marie Bonneau, who writes the food blog “Zero-Waste Chef” and is the author of “The Zero-Waste Chef: Plant-Forward Recipes and Tips for a Sustainable Kitchen and Planet.” But even though Bonneau has been plastic-free since 2011, she doesn’t want anyone to “get hung up on ‘zero waste.’ ” It is, she says, “just a goal.”This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.