This is from the March 2006 issue of BabyTalk Magazine.
Archive for March, 2007
Plastic Bag Ban in San Francisco
This is amazing! Banning plastic bags forces merchants to be more environmentally responsible by providing reusable canvas bags or bags that are biodegradable. Hopefully more cities adopt this policy. Here’s the story…
San Francisco passes plastic-bag ban
By LISA LEFF Wed Mar 28, 9:53 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO – City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule if Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected.
The law, approved 10-1, requires large markets and drug stores to offer customers bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic that breaks down easily enough to be made into compost, or reusable cloth.
San Francisco supervisors and supporters said that by banning the petroleum-based sacks, blamed for littering streets and choking marine life, the measure would go a long way toward helping the city earn its green stripes.
“Hopefully, other cities and states will follow suit,” said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who crafted the ban after trying to get a 15-cent per bag tax passed in 2005.
The 50 grocery stores that would be most affected by the law argued that the ban was not reasonable because plastic bags made of corn byproducts are a relatively new, expensive and untested product. Some said they might offer only paper bags at checkout.
“I think what grocers will do now that this has passed is, they will review all their options and decide what they think works best for them economically,” said David Heylen, a spokesman for the California Grocers Association.
Newsom supported the measure. The switch is scheduled to take effect in six months for grocery stores and in one year for pharmacies.
Craig Noble, a spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said it would be disappointing if grocers rejected the biodegradable plastic bag option, since more trees would have to be cut down if paper bag use increases.
The new breed of bags “offers consumers a way out of a false choice, a way out of the paper or plastic dilemma,” Noble said.
Also check out: http://www.sfgov.org/
Girl’s Football Camp
This is awesome! The Independent Women’s Football Leaugue hosted a football camp for girls. Check them out…It seems like an amazing organization for the advancement of women in sports. By teaching girls how to play football you dispell the myths that women aren’t cut out to play contact sports, that they don’t want to, or they don’t know how. People say that boys are naturally more athletic and sports savy, however, they are taught from the moment they can hold an object that it should be a ball. They are taught how to hold it, throw it, and catch it before they are taught how to feed themselves. Girls are not shown these things until much later in their development and by that time are farther behind.
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Jungle Love
Female koalas indulge in lesbian “sex sessions”, rejecting male suitors and attempting to mate with each other, sometimes up to five female koalas at a time, according to researchers.
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“Out of Sync”
Today, Lance Bass’ publisher annouced that he will be releasing an autobiography called “Out of Sync”. This memoir will give details into his life with the boy band In-Sync, his attempted mission into space and his sexuality.
The book is due out in October and I wish him the best of luck with the release!
Loathing Largo…Florida
To others, America has always stood for freedom, equality, justice and diversity. That is what this country is known for and how it all started. Wasn’t it? This is a country that prides its self on diversity!
Are you laughing yet?
I have come to learn the story of Steve Stanton in Largo, FL. Last night it was decided that he be terminated from his position as City Manager because he is seeking sexual reassignment surgery. Being in the GLBT community, I am not surprised by this. Disgusted and disappointed, but not surprised.
Here is where the story gets interesting.
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