Lewes Plastic Bag Project
Investing in the Future of Our Planet
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WHO WE ARE
We are a group of 7 master's students (Paul Leingang, Emily Ruhl, Jen Joseph, Kristen Fellows, Taylor Deemer, Mel Brennan and Victoria Simons), a single undergraduate student (Ashley Barnett), and a professor (Dr. Danielle Dixson).
We have been brought together by our graduate level course; MAST 667 - Debating Marine Conservation.
Our class is working together with a group of Lewes locals to try and promote change. We ultimately would like to ban the plastic bag from Lewes and Rehoboth, and eventually, the entire state of Delaware. We hope you will join us on our journey to become a more sustainable community.
We have been brought together by our graduate level course; MAST 667 - Debating Marine Conservation.
Our class is working together with a group of Lewes locals to try and promote change. We ultimately would like to ban the plastic bag from Lewes and Rehoboth, and eventually, the entire state of Delaware. We hope you will join us on our journey to become a more sustainable community.
Watch our short video for our proposed commitment to a reduction of plastic bags.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/rare-sea-turtles-eating-plastic-at-record-rate
SEA TURTLETurtles often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish which is one of their main sources of food. |
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animals
andnature/marine-animals-are-dying-because-of-our-plastic-trash/
SEA LIONEntanglement can be detrimental to sea lions resulting in suffocation or restricted airways |
http://plasticisrubbish.com/2013/04/07/
animals-eating-plastic-photos/
GREY SQUIRRELSquirrels frequently eat whatever they encounter. Most times, they can't differentiate between plastic and food. |
Additional information on plastic bags can be found through these links:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/expect_more_bag_less/facts.html
http://www.sprep.org/attachments/Publications/FactSheet/plasticbags.pdf
http://milton.delaware.gov/sustainability-in-milton/plastic-grocery-bag-faqs-by-the-numbers/
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/marine-animals-are-dying-because-of-our-plastic-trash/
http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/dwhs/recycling/Pages/Plastic_Bag_Recycling.aspx
OUR GOAL
Our planet is littered with tons of plastics. We're changing that.
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First Let'sDiscover
"Sustainable development is the masterful balance of meeting our own needs without jeopardizing future generations' ability to do the same."
-Light of Mine |
Now let's WORKConserve
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it"
-Robert Swan |
IT'S UP TO USChange
"If not now, when?"
-Primo Levi |
