PDS AP Environmental Science 8th Period 2010-11

Yes, I had to do it. I try to teach environmental science without preaching, but this one topic is hardest for me to avoid. There are probably hundreds of other posts out there on the topic, but I still feel the need to let this out (sorry as it is a bit long with the [...]

Some scientists have estimated that there is 315 billion pounds of plastic floating in the oceans. There is not an island of plastic, as some rumors say, but more of a soup of smaller particles of plastic and ocean. Out of all the plastic in the ocean, only about 20% originated from ships at sea; the [...]

Ironic, to me, that in the age of plastic that plastic bags are dying AND in the digital age printer paper is booming. Check these stories out: Cities/countries banning plastic bags- China http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080110-AP-bags.html San Francisco http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89135360 HP CEO discusses why printing on paper NOT declining- http://www.fastcompany.com/1725332/innovation-agents-vyomesh-joshi-evp-of-imaging-and-printing-group-at-hp