One Green Planet | Sean McCarthy | Activity https://www.onegreenplanet.org/members/sean_mccarthy/activity/ Activity feed for Sean McCarthy. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:04:00 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0731d3eb66f200dbf91ecb1a097183d2 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481275206 Fri, 18 May 2018 10:20:06 -0400 0 20436cb528617a80cbb4b066185a92ef Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481254981 Thu, 17 May 2018 10:25:14 -0400 0 27306eff7345b440d18a7598e3e14da2 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481256602 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:35:38 -0400 0 9bcc1dd61a1dc467fb4dae0b38f76ccc Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481264776 Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:43:21 -0500 Bumble bees remind us of warm summer days, bright blossoming flowers, and the sweet smell of freshly cut grass. Unfortunately, they are quickly becoming a symbol of humankind’s indifference towards the env […]

]]> 0 389b455e4b6a844e03e77a4bb416b495 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481264732 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:44:03 -0500 Who is actually afraid of the big bad wolf? While predators are all assuming and overbearing in the realm of fantasy, the real world is strikingly different. Most predators have been hunted to the verge of e […]

]]> 0 6613e52223613f0eda6e30c45b4f1c25 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481264532 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:46:37 -0500 Earlier this December, the Cheyenne, the Standing Rock Sioux, and conservationists from around the country celebrated what they thought was a big win aginst the Dakota Access Pipeline. They thought they had […]

]]> 0 864f36821137b43e78ebeb288abb4669 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481264501 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:44:37 -0500 Those of you who were sack-lunch kids may not remember the horrors we hot-lunchers saw waiting in line at the school’s cafeteria: thick brown sludge that could double as spaghetti sauce or chili and hot dogs t […]

]]> 0 fa6eb6b23de111937e970064c58332cb Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481264277 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:44:02 -0500 Jack Johnson’s music is synonymous with good vibes, good waves, and sun. This is probably because the musician grew up on the beaches of Hawaii, surfing and reveling in the island’s pristine waters and unique […]

]]> 0 597197d05e7bb9644b0f9f4880e1207c Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481264154 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:46:19 -0500 The sea is the last unexplored frontier on the earth. And while we may fantasize about stumbling onto the mythic city of Atlantis or having an epic struggle with a giant squid, 20,000 leagues under the sea – th […]

]]> 0 36bdbf60fb4b06ae40c07aef02fa95d5 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481264122 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:43:57 -0500 The multinational corporation, Johnson & Johnson, announced that it will discontinue its plastic stemmed cotton swabs due to the dangerous effects they have on marine life. Niamh Finan, a marketing manager with Jo […]

]]> 0 18456034370b006b2d6007db33a7a447 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263935 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:44:59 -0500 If you aren’t familiar with Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, let us introduce you. He is the son of the famously wealthy Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud who has been affectionately called the Warren Buf […]

]]> 0 7db9d61f8dd00bfe193502fe23329b42 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263959 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:42:28 -0500 They say that it’s never too late to go back to school, and an inspiring, elderly Chinese farmer is showing us how true this really is. Wang Enlin lives in Yushutun, a small village in the Heilongjiang Provi […]

]]> 0 c8f81498bb0122a1f8f738855790258e Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263770 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 13:00:33 -0500 In 2012, the United States became the first country to impose nationwide catch limits for 528 federally managed species of protected fish with the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This legislation ca […]

]]> 0 34d467dce20bf3b56077bb1b046e1814 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263662 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:36:23 -0500 It is with a heavy heart that we must make a sad announcement: the Oregon Zoo has euthanized Packy the elephant at age 54. Packy was born in captivity and never had a chance to see a natural elephant habitat or in […]

]]> 0 26b166367f025f9b64ea8da5a2d6cc89 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263555 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:42:25 -0500 Plastic bags have been making waves all over the world – seriously we produce over 100 billion single-use plastic bags every year and most of them end up in the ocean.
There are currently 270,000 tons of plastic f […]

]]> 0 e2075c185dce5770654b556bc2007f5d Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263374 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:43:49 -0500 Cristiano Ronaldo has saved the day many times on the football pitch, but did you know that he was a superstar of the field as well?

Cantinho da Lili is an animal rescue in northern Portugal. The 2,000 d […]

]]> 0 2095f239a89cbd8be44c205c2e09de61 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263339 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:42:11 -0500 Whaling is a notoriously brutal practice but old habits die hard. However, Norway seems to be weaning itself off of whale meat at long last. Most people in Norway see whaling as an antiquated industry and have no […]

]]> 0 ba9b4d1049642f2e9f408d4ae829b497 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263228 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:44:18 -0500 We’ve all heard the expression, “An elephant never forgets,” and there is some truth to this statement – elephants are incredibly intelligent. They have tight-knit families, networks of friends, and they socialize […]

]]> 0 bcd1f53850cecccb2f8307c7ee405bd7 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263184 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:42:31 -0500 If you’re plugged into the pulse of the world, you know that there is one issue that everybody is talking about, tweeting, and agreeing on – plastic pollution. The reason for this is simple, the world has a ser […]

]]> 0 80aa8f9fa0b6915d2e0c2f41761a3b7b Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263036 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:41:34 -0500 Most woodsmen and women are familiar with the age-old adage:  Leave No Trace. The phrase means that while we are enjoying the beauty of the wilderness, we should make as small of an impact on the ecosystems we ar […]

]]> 0 74dc1b069cd20bfde10c35f3c63ad59c Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481261358 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 12:46:44 -0500  

We’re sure you have all heard about the horrid “sport” in South Africa known to some as “canned” lion hunting – but to most as straight up murder – but just in case you’ve forgotten, here is a quick overview […]

]]> 0 c7093e5ff07563ed441b93b840fb8bb1 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481263006 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 12:44:39 -0500 You may recall the tale of a little, orphaned manatee who was rescued off the coast of Florida a few months ago, but just in case you don’t, here’s a refresher and a sad update. Emoji, the manatee, came into the […]

]]> 0 82236da1483fd512797d95e0f631aa8c Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262813 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:30:37 -0500 A Cuvier’s whale recently beached itself off the coast of Norway. While this event is very sad, it is not unheard of; however, this whale drew scientist’s attention because he had beached himself several times […]

]]> 0 b6be2a71061b1eab29d1e86d9af15fe3 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262847 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:15:18 -0500 One of the main casualties in the first week of Trump’s presidency has been the U.S. environmental policy. Hot on the heels of a proposal to sell off 3.3 million acres of public land, the GOP continued to sul […]

]]> 0 28aec8451aaedf43357dd5e57515c83b Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262673 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 12:43:35 -0500 Wilber is a 180-pound support pig and an essential member of the Matteo family but on January 31st, the city officials of Staten Island served this piggy with an eviction notice. Officials told his mom, Cristy M […]

]]> 0 df3a548404eac494596d178ffc3907c6 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262406 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:46:41 -0500 From The Cloud Gate (most of you may know it as the giant bean) to it’s iconic Frank Loyd Wright skyline, Chicago is one of the most beautiful cities in the U.S. The only thing that could mar this city’s impres […]

]]> 0 134f9ef318023fe266fff53f96dcce30 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262440 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:45:00 -0500 It’s not often that you’ll find vegans, hunters, conservationists, and politicians, on the same side the table – metaphorically and literally. But when U.S. representative and Tea Party Republican Jason Chaffetz […]

]]> 0 ee42d0a7a021e350b6c74a5d8f1433c7 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262235 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:46:01 -0500 Ikea was so last century – if you want to be really hip on the next cool coffee tables, all you need is a heating gun and your recycling bin. Royal College of Art graduate, Micaella Pedros, is reinventing the w […]

]]> 0 d0850d106079325556bc0358a1144ec6 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262267 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:44:49 -0500 Take a few moments as you go through your day and try to quantify one thing: how much plastic are you throwing in the trash? Though we may not think about it often, disposable plastic has become so deeply […]

]]> 0 fb299628a47082515c6d90f0187fd88b Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262040 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:30:06 -0500 Bear is a Labrador who lived in Shirley, New Jersy. He was kept outside with a heavy chain around his neck for 15 years of his life and was never allowed in the house. When Robert Misseri, the founder of  Gua […]

]]> 0 a86cd9824b30cfc68806d83771f98732 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481262068 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:44:06 -0500 The brutality of the whaling industry is the stuff of legends – but it happens all the time. The most recent episode in the bloody saga took place on January 15th, 2017 off the coast of Australia.
Sea Shepherd, a […]

]]> 0 fc7d9ff4363f325ee1e5678d310c7546 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481261855 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:43:23 -0500 Running an animal sanctuary has its perks, namely, you get to hang out with adorable farm animals every day! But the job also comes with grave responsibilities and sometimes rescuers are forced to wade into h […]

]]> 0 cf9a2936ae8be388700aeab5347d98d5 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481261717 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:45:23 -0500 The Jungle Book’s Baloo paints a rosy picture of a bear’s life but in reality, the life of bears, and specifically, sun bears in the wild is fraught with perils. Sun bears are hunted by poachers, captured by bea […]

]]> 0 7808cd8fbf31e2709a34b0587209d4f7 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481261700 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:45:21 -0500 The Leuser Rainforest in Sumatra is affectionately known as the orangutan capital of the world but during the past two decades, over 80 percent of the orangutan habitat has been destroyed and there is one culprit […]

]]> 0 ee6c7edd40d3350cf1f64e2a7f72ba06 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481261507 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:00:37 -0500 Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. There are currently 270,000 tons of plastic floating on the ocean’s surface and this waste threatens over 800 marine sp […]

]]> 0 cb3cd53648b94db37dec1e3e5a0f3a3e Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481261541 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:45:18 -0500 While enjoying the backcountry winter playground of Boulder Mountain, Idaho, Chuck Whitesell, Ryan Miller, and a few other friends saw a horse that was trapped on the mountainside. The backcountry is great if you […]

]]> 0 d4b70b4e8ec37fc87ac6727928dcef55 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481261230 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:47:17 -0500 We’ve all dreamed of abandoning our credit card debts without a word and fleeing the country to take up the bohemian life of an artist. This fantasy inevitably takes us to Venice, the City of A Thousand Rivers – w […]

]]> 0 928d680e135f0886ca7f9325505b5c44 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260797 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:00:17 -0500 We’ve all heard of southern hospitality – sweet tea, hushpuppies, and hugs. If you’re a shark swimming in the seas near Florida, Louisianna, or Georgia, however, you will be received with anything but a warm w […]

]]> 0 80ff7b37b10594474fbb41c0a697dc3c Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260774 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:46:18 -0500 Ever wonder what happens to your plastic water bottles after you’ve emptied them? Well, one man had taken it upon himself to show us. Alex Goodchild, a marine pollution activist, is set to Kayak and S.U.P. ( […]

]]> 0 5943f9b5796f09596a1bae12d9320f4e Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260675 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:45:11 -0500 You know when you have a perfect apple, polished and shiny, and you bite into it? You know that crunching sound it makes, that brittle snapping sound that only a truly crisp apple can make? It’s pretty great.  Y […]

]]> 0 3da61c233da5e8313975954ecfc911fd Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260639 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:41:35 -0500 Is anybody else feeling a little warm? Like seriously it’s hot. These sunny sixty degree days in the middle of January do make braving the mean streets of Manhattan much easier, but it’s a bit unsettling. On Jan […]

]]> 0 85369759c88cca5b6d11be6083c9b15e Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260469 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 13:30:28 -0500 The President-elect, Donald J. Trump is preparing his cabinet and will begin his tenure as the 45th President of the United States of America in two days time. As January 20th approaches, the impending change of […]

]]> 0 89947e539731d57e1ed74fd68cc8af0a Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260341 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:45:02 -0500 If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not know what all the animals living under the ocean know all too well – humans are destroying our earth’s coral reefs. Coral reefs are not only beautiful, they are als […]

]]> 0 4fdf0b5c44afc34617fda78abcdb237d Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260320 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:44:15 -0500 It is not often that we get to see magic in the world, but on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, mythical beasts still roam free. The conservancy is home to the last three Northern White Rhinos, and the moving […]

]]> 0 e0efcc37e33471f8e3188dba7e8d8e84 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481260036 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:43:15 -0500 If there is one thing we regret about 2016, it’s that the Taiji Whale Museum is still up and running. No dolphin should be forced to live in captivity. They are incredibly intelligent creatures and in the wild, t […]

]]> 0 ca7a47153cc57adb15cc9d7bfeef7164 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481259878 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:45:03 -0500 Ahh New York City – the self-proclaimed “greatest city on Earth.” A city where you can walk into a bodega and walk out with a pack of gum that has been double bagged because, well, why not? There are actua […]

]]> 0 e818c48099acf118b8825239b20c9e32 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481259899 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:44:59 -0500 What if you could look more stylish and cultured in the kitchen while fighting for the environment at the same time? Welcome to the world of More Clay Less Plastic.
Lauren Moreira started More Clay Less Plastic a […]

]]> 0 5388404954c9a81484dffd11b4c75f1b Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481259732 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:55:29 -0500 Most presidents take the closing months of their second term to reflect upon their legacy, kick up their feet, and start working on their memoirs. Political junkies refer to this awkward interim period as the “la […]

]]> 0 0d374af149b817f92dcc1f0a143d5fb9 Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481259561 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:43:36 -0500 India has been in the news often over the past few months, and much of the news has been good. An innovative entrepreneur in the capital region of Delhi invented an affordable, 100 percent biodegradable “pl […]

]]> 0 cab5d0caaeb75c4b184051171424dfad Sean McCarthy wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481259442 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:00:43 -0500 Shelly Marshall is a self-taught artist who teamed up with a local ocean conservation group, Ocean Hour, to launch a striking anti-littering campaign on the beaches of Gulf Breeze, Florida. They got together and g […]

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