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8 million TONS of Plastic Waste

  By Malama Chibwe • November 8, 2016 , ,

So we have been doing in depth research on this topic and we are finding very disturbing information about how much plastic waste is dumped into our oceans. “Every year tons of plastic waste is dumped into the ocean 8 million tons of it in fact. That means the total amount of plastic trash already in the ocean is much larger which is even worse news.” The real problem is plastic isnt bio degradable so essentially it stays forever floating in our oceans killing so much of our marine life and affecting the overall health of the ocean.

 

Caption:[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Plastic trash pollution on beach of Labuan Bajo (Flores Island). It is sad to see that in that small fishing town which is the gateway to the Komodo Islands, a nearby protected nature reserve famous for a species of large lizards (called Komodo dragons). The area also has some of the world's best scuba-diving spots. Unfortunately, indigenous people are still used to throw away trash on road sides and in rivers (which was fine when all that trash was biodegradable, before the invention of plastic). They don't have good waste disposal or recycling facilities. So all the plastic trash ends up in the ocean, and then is washed-up on shore. It's particularly ugly at low tide. This is a major environmental problem that affects all developing countries. Other keywords: environment, environmental impact, pollution, plastic trash, ocean, sea, global, garbage, seashore, fishing village, boats. Oct 12, 2011

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It’s Getting Closer to Presentation Day

  By lpb5158 • November 7, 2016 , , ,

As it comes closer to present our research, I have decided to update you on everything MLR is doing. First, we have come in collaboration with My Squash to complete our community service. We will be painting stones to put in the Glenside Elementary garden. Each stone will be decorated with a teacher’s name. Second, MLR has completed our research and we will start working on our actual presentation sometime this week. All is well with us! Sincerely, L

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Earth Day with Glenside Elementary Students!

  By Malama Chibwe • November 5, 2016 , , ,

Our time last Friday on Earth day with the kids was awesome! Team Gaia came and made a impact with these 5th graders who were awesome to spend most of the day with. Joseph came in early and helped Professor Kazempour set up the room for the students arrival and activities for the day. Gabriel came in as the activities got started and help make teams and with the start of the activities which were centered how each individual kid can have a positive impact on the environment. I came in half way through the day and helped the kids with the rest of the activities one involved painting the kids hands and creating the world. I helped with the clean up while Joseph went on tour with the kids. Overall it was really fun and good learning experience for everyone involved especially the kids as Professor Kazempour taught them how to recycle properly. Go Team Gaia!!

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Ready, Set….

  By Asher Charles Fair • October 28, 2016 , ,

 

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As a group, we further discussed our plan about how we are going to go about the EACAP project and broke it up into more specific parts.

We still plan to distribute to about 10 people a list, where they will write down a large amount of things that they use, what they use that can be recycled, and what they actually recycle. This list will be formatted in the form of three columns, and was made today. The columns will consist of one of each thing listed above: what people use, what recyclable products they use, and what they actually recycle. We will then construct a graph for the 10 people with three lines: one with total things that they use, another with total recyclable things that they use, and another with things that they actually recycle. We will note how much larger the overall usage of recyclable materials is in comparison to the overall recycling to better understand how important it is that we make people aware that waste reduction needs to take place.

We will then write blurbs/short articles about each of the six initiatives (Bee Hives, MOBIUS Recycling, Food Recovery Network, Rain Barrels, Paper Waste Reduction,  and Bat Houses) on the Sustainability website providing an overview of each initiative and adding an appropriate image to each. The images were all gathered this morning.

Knowing that our graphs will most likely show that not everything that needs to be recycled gets recycled by the people we survey, we will also mention how improvements in terms of increased recycling and waste reduction will help each of the initiatives be more successful not only at Penn State Berks, but anywhere.

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Finding the Answers

  By Allison Claire Stauffer • October 28, 2016 ,

For our EACAP project today, we met in the library and continued individual research. We discussed aspects about each of our reports and thought of ways they connect to each other. We decided to have two members research the same area instead of different regions.

We Are… THE GREEN MEDIA

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Thrive and Survive Putting in Work

  By Amelia Elaine Seely • October 28, 2016 ,

Today around 11:30 AM the team met in the library to get some serious stuff done. We worked together and collaborated on a lot of different ideas before deciding on a few specific quotes we’d like to write on windows and some specific ideas we’d like to incorporate in our flyers. It was a very good meeting and very productive! A lot of work got done and our meeting finished around 12:15.

 

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Update on 10/28 class time

  By jfm5621 • October 28, 2016 , ,

 

 

Today our group accomplished a good amount. We discussed about what our next wordpress post would be and the content we were going to put into this post. We then talked about our research and what we are doing next. Our research is going great so far, but we aren’t fully there done yet. Our research topic is Ocean Pollution and there is a whole post that will be put up about what we are doing  We are trying to figure out what our project will for the presentations we have to do. We also discussed about what we are definately doing at Glenside with the vice principal.

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Ocean Pollution Research

  By Monica Pinel • October 28, 2016 , , ,

My Squash decided to do research on ocean pollution and how it affects the environment.  We, as a team, came up with some great websites to do the research and then worked to find the research individually.  It is all on a collective document so everyone on our team knows what we are researching.  The main topic is about plastic in the ocean, how it affects the animals, and how it changes the environment.  Another topic is how it builds up and created the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the ocean.

A turtle is caught in a fishnet trap. The Rainbow Warrior is in the Mediterranean for a three month expedition "Defending Our Mediterranean". Greenpeace is calling for the creation of marine reserves in the Mediterranean Sea, as part of a global network covering 40% of our seas and oceans.

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Let’s Talk About Research

  By Allison Claire Stauffer • October 26, 2016 ,

Today, The Green Media met in the library to continue research. We discussed how we were finding it difficult to find relevant information on “waste reduction”; the topic was too broad. We decided that each member of the group would develop a more specific idea within our categories (Reading, major cities in PA, United States, and the World) in order to be able to write a final article. All the of the research done will tie in with the topic of food waste. This is where all of our research will come together when looking at the comparison of how different areas are taking action to control waste.

We Are… THE GREEN MEDIA

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My Squash Update

  By Hannah Lindsey Harkay • October 7, 2016 , ,

My Squash will be attending Glenside with another group in BISCI and work on the same project. It will be a team effort because the Assistant Principal feels more comfortable with at least 6-8 people supervising. We will be giving each child at Glenside Elementary a rock. On each rock there will be a special and fun design that was created and painted by each student. For example, a child could paint “Bonjour”, “Hello”, or “Hola.” The rock could also have a picture of the environment with trees, mountains, or rivers. Students can also draw a cute animals that plays a huge role in the ecosystem. This activity not only teaches students at Glenside more about taking care of their garden and earth, but how to have fun with science and use their imagination.