Today is a weird day. I feel thankful, blessed, guilty and angry all at the same time. It is the year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. I rent an apartment on one of the Barrier Islands in New Jersey – a small shore town 3 miles long – called Sea Bright. One year ago today I […]
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Guest Blog By: Linda Grand Linda Grand is an incoming senior at the University of Delaware majoring in Environmental and Resource Economics. She is vice president of Students For the Environment on campus and is participating in undergraduate research at UD. On 20-something Environmentalist, Linda writes about her experience educating folks on the water quality […]
Guest Blog by: Craig Dsouza Craig Dsouza just graduted from the University of Delaware with a Masters degree in Environmental Policy. Read his blog ‘People and the Planet: The Spotlight on India’ here. On 20-something environmentalist, Craig writes about a common environmental issue in his native country: e-waste in India. A worn out old personal computer, […]
Growing up in New Jersey, it didn’t quite feel like summertime until I was eating Kohr’s ice cream on Jenkinson’s Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach or riding a bike on the promenade in Cape May. My family and I have gone down the shore every summer since I was born. I have spent a lot […]
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Keeping an Eye on Plastic Pollution
After posting about plastic pollution earlier this week (In Case You Missed It: Disposable Plastic Still Sucks), I realized that it is important to clarify where plastic pollution that ends up in the ocean comes from. It seems that most people assume plastic pollution comes from beach goers who litter, but that is often not […]
“I am in 7th grade and my school is doing a project where each student has to research and try and solve one problem in the world. I have chosen plastic pollution. We waste way too much plastic and it is really harming our environment.” I received the e-mail above earlier this week. At first, […]
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Scientific Ocean Studies a Load of Garbage?
The Pacific Ocean is home to copious marine flora and fauna, vital fisheries for human consumption, and…a vast pool of litter? The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is in the gyre (large system of rotating ocean currents involved with large wind movements) of the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone in the central North Pacific Ocean. The […]
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