Charles Moore TED Talk
This man is my hero: Charles Moore TED Talk
Author: Ryan Cope
Passionate about keeping this planet trash-free, I write blog posts that feature sustainability success stories, and tales from everyday earth heroes. I have a background in marine science, sustainability consulting, and communications. When I'm not researching for my next blog post, I can be found in my kitchen making plant-based food, or spending time with my small flock of backyard chickens.
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Altered Oceans
LA Times did a series entitled “Altered Oceans.” Five parts in length, each one discussing, through videos, images and text, five different problems facing our worlds oceans today. The fourth in the series was about plastic debris and it’s really sad. Altered Oceans, Part Four
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Updates!
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…
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Solution: Stop it at the source…
Interesting article found via Washington Post! The best solution to the plastic problem? Stop the plastic from ever getting INTO the ocean! The Pacific Ocean’s Garbage Patch needs more study
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Hypothesis
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…
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So…what’s going on?
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…