Motivated, and Inspired by Charles Moore

Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic | Video on TED.com

When I was looking for ideas of how my project was going to be like. I searched different sources, watched different videos, and read different blogs. I wanted to find things that plastic is really damaging and they were just some many things, yet i needed to be specific. Suddenly I heard of this place called Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and I started wandering what this was. I typed onto YouTube and I got this video created by Charles Moore. In this video I learned about this unfortunate place in the ocean where all this plastic is beginning to accumulate. Its accumulating because plastic is not biodegradable. In this video I also learned about how it is affecting our oceans. Moore shows some heartbreaking pictures of dead birds whose stomach contains plastics. The birds had been confusing this bright colorful plastic trash for food.

In the video Moore also states a great line in which he says, "Only human create trash than the earth cannot decompose." This means that since we are the creators of this mess its up to us to find a solution. Its up to us to decide what are we going to do with all these plastic that is not getting destroyed. If you take a look at Moore's video you can see the amount of plastic bottles that is consumed each year. The numbers are ridiculous, and yet its not stopping.

Moore also has a really good point when he talks about recycling, and he also shows a chart of the amount of plastic that is actually being recycled. The numbers are really low which means that the only real solution to stop "The Great Patch" from getting bigger is stop plastic consumption since it cannot really be recycled. Like Moore said there is no way that people can clean up the already contaminated ocean. Our only option is to reduce the consumption of plastic so that no more trash in tossed into the ocean.

I really loved this video and the images and the way he articulated this problem of plastic in the oceans really impacted me since I had no idea about it. I then began to tell many of my friends and teachers about it. Many were like what the heck are you serious, other were like no way it must be only rumors. I really wished they were rumors, but importunately it's the truth.

I encourage everyone who reads this blog to watch this video, its amazing and I hope that it helps you realize that the ocean needs our help.

An introduction to plastic

This is a photo taken by: Chris Jordan

My name is Bryan Acuna, and I attend the Chinquapin School. Every year my school encourages the seniors to develop a project about something they are passionate about. The project should somehow impact on the world.

My project is going to be about plastic. I will talk about how making plastic is affecting the health of many people, animals, and our environment. I will specifically talk about how plastic bags and plastic bottles are contaminating our environment, and killing wildlife. I will also talk about how the creation of plastic, and the use of plastic, is affecting human health. I want to inform people about the problems trash is creating and also give the people certain solutions. Trying to convince people to reduce plastic consumption is going to hard, but I know at least that I tried my best by informing the world.

I will start to inform people by introducing the problem which plastic is creating. I will blog about the different effects of plastic, and I will explain some of the issues that are still going on. I will post some visuals and also facts of bad effects that plastic is having in our world. I will also try to have a link to the pages to which I am getting the information from or to pages where you can get more information. Also I would love to have some comments with links or with information that can help my research.

My ultimate goal is to have inform lots of people so that they can begin to make a change for themselves. By change I mean changing their habits of using too much plastic or just informing other people about the bad impact of plastic. I was informed about plastic and its bad effects and that is why I decided to make a change. I had no idea of what kind of effects plastic had on the environment, and I know there are lot of people who have no clue as well. I want to inform them and encourage them to inform others.