Our Poor Ocean

  

   This week, I watched, which is a TED Talk called A Radical Plan To End Plastic Waste

that focuses on how plastic in the oceans affect it’s creatures and plants within, and

how we can help. The main idea of this talk is that plastic overall is such a bad tool to

use and produce, because no matter where it goes, it harms its surroundings. One idea

that I found interesting was that Andrew Forrest said recycling would make a huge

difference and help, because we would stop having the “need” to make more plastic.

    I thought it was interesting because it would honestly work if everyone put in their

part. With recycling all the plastic we use into other plastic bottles or containers we

wouldn’t have the “need” to make more. And just simply keep reusing, Andrew Forrest

also came out and said that if we were to raise the price of plastic it  would encourage

companies to recycle and reuse plastic and not to buy it “fresh”. Recycled plastic is a

cheaper choice than buying new plastic and is way helpful towards the environment. 

    It made me wonder how much plastic really is in the ocean, so I looked up some

more information about this idea. On the website Condor Ferries, I found more

information about the dangers of plastic. One piece of information I found was that

more than 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals die from plastic pollution

every year. This information supported the information in the original TED Talk I

watched. It is showing you how when plastic makes its way to the ocean it can really

affect its surrounding, showing that if we simply just recycled and put our part in we

would be saving so many animals who are eating or trying to eat this stuff. 

Works Cited

Chan, Gary. Close up of a recycle garbage bin logo at Pershing Square in Los Angeles,

California. UnSplash, 24 Aug. 2017, unsplash.com/photos/YzSZN3qvHeo.

"Plastic in the Ocean 2020." Condor Ferries, www.condorferries.co.uk/plastic-in-the-

ocean-statistics#:~:text=There%20is%20now%205.25%20trillion,their%20way%20into

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Woodhouse, Dustan. Take a walk a few KM's from your next resort, here is what the

beaches of the world really look like these days. UnSplash, 21 May 2018, unsplash.com/photos/RUqoVelx59I. Accessed 21 Dec. 2020.

A Safe Way To Help

 

Moretti, Wendel. Low Angle Photo of Man Riding Bicycle. Pexels, 4 Feb. 2019,

     www.pexels.com/photo/low-angle-photo-of-man-riding-bicycle-1869643/.

     Accessed 9 Dec. 2020. 

    This week, I read “What You Can Do To Help Prevent Climate Change, According To

Experts”, which is an article that focuses on how things we do as everyday humans affect the

Earth, how important climate change really is and ways we can help prevent it as much as

possible. I found that the main idea of this article is what you can do to help put a stop to climate

change.

    One idea that I found interesting was how in New York City, lawmakers increased the on-street

bike network by 330 miles, making it easier for commuter to opt for a greener way of getting

around the metropolis.

    I thought it was interesting because it is such a simple thing to be done yet so helpful towards

the environment, with so many people nowadays driving to their destinations the more gases

that come from your exhaust are dispersed into the air. So I find that by adding more biking

areas on the roadways and making it safer creates an immense opportunity for people to want

to bike to work or to their lunch date than drive. 

    I agree with this idea because it is a safe way to get involved with helping your climate/

environment. And with thousands of people driving all the time you can imagine just how

many nasty gases are in our air, polluting.

    One piece of evidence that supports my view comes from another article I found. It states

that "The most recent American Community Survey 5-year estimates covering the years

2013-2017 show that about 872,000 people, or 0.6% of all workers in the United States, bike

to work". This supports my view because it is showing just how many people do decide to

take that extra step to help preserve the Earth. Deciding to exercise their way to work, instead

of polluting the air with thousands of others. 

    Another piece of evidence that supports my view is from the same article from above, it is

from the cite United States Census Bureau.  It states that “Biking to work is more common

inside the principal cities of metropolitan areas (metros) than outside principal cities and outside

metros”. Meaning it is more likely for people who live in cities or larger towns to bike to work/

their activities, than someone who has to travel a farther distance to get to work.  This supports

my view because it is showing that the city communities actually do use their bike lanes that

have been painted on the pavement for their safe traveling to work. 

    I find that adding more bike lanes onto roadways is a great way to help prevent climate

change, it is lessening the chances of cars being turned on for the day and upping the opportunity

for bikes to be pulled out. But why is this important, why do we care about stupid bike lanes?

Well, climate itself plays such a big role in our lives, it controls whether we can grow crops for

food or not, and even what we wear for the day. But our climate is also affected by the

atmosphere, a layer of gases, when there becomes a development of too much greenhouse gases

they get trapped in Earth's “bubble”. Creating the Earth to get hotter. But what are greenhouses

gases so we can try to stay away from them as much as possible? They could include things like

carbon dioxide, methane and ozone, water vapour, nitrous oxides and fluorinated gases.

Works Cited

Burrows, Michael. "May 17 Is National Bike to Work Day." United States Census Bureau, 14 May 2019, www.census.gov/library/stories/

2019/05/younger-workers-in-cities-more-likely-to-bike-to-work.html#:~:text=May%2017%20is%20National%20Bike%20to%20Work%20Day%20and%20events,S0801)%2C%20bike

%20to%20work. Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.

Moretti, Wendel. Low Angle Photo of Man Riding Bicycle. Pexels, 4 Feb. 2019, www.pexels.com/photo/low-angle-photo-of-man-riding-

bicycle-1869643/. Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.

"Why Is Climate Important?" National Centre for Atmospheric Science, ncas.ac.uk/learn/why-is-climate-important/#:~:text=Climate%20affects%20nearly%20every%20aspect,conditions%20in%20any%20particular%20place.

Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.