Solution: Stop it at the source…

It’s been quiet on 7 in the Ocean for almost a week now, my apologies! The first draft of my entire capstone is due next week, so tonight through Sunday I’ll be (hopefully) cranking out some writing! Getting started is always the hardest part… In the meantime, check out David De Rothschild and his soon-to-be…

The question I’ll be posing: How effective are recycling programs at trapping plastic waste from entering waterways and, ultimately, the ocean? Which practices are working and where could improvements be made? My hypothesis: Recycling programs are not completely efficient at keeping consumer plastic waste from the ocean. I will, throughout the next several weeks, be…

WOW. I’ve gone from having a dreary, boring blue header to something more appropriate to the subject material literally overnight…that’s right, 7 In the Ocean got a face lift. All courtesy of my wonderful boyfriend, Craig Winslow (click here) whose idea it was to start this blog in the first place. I’m psyched! I dreamed…

To all interested parties – This is my very first blog! I’ve kept various diaries and journals since I was 8 and this is sort of like that, right? Well, the simple answer is yes, but for my purposes, the answer is a little odd. Instead of writing about the mundane details of my life…

It is a beautiful Saturday morning and luckily, a chilly 35 degrees out! Which means I won’t feel guilty for being holed up in the library all day, hashing out my first draft (still). Abstracts are due by Wednesday, and I’ve got mine done (huzzah!) So here it is, a snapshot of what my project…

Sundays are never fun-days. But since my capstone is awesome, it turned out to be a not-so-bad day after all. I’m posting the titles of the articles I read today, with a little description of each, followed by a quick conclusion. I’ll be adding this info to my Plastic Debris on Beaches section tomorrow. Papers:…