Alaska SeaLife Center

I think the produce started amassing so much plastic packaging for the novelty and convenience. The packaging, in my opinion, serves the producer because at the end of the day, they produce the plastic and get paid for it. They're not invested in what happens to it once it gets in the hands of consumers. I see 3lbs of apples in plastic bags at...

What concerns me is the environmental injustice that is happening as a result of how humans, as a whole, are affecting the planet. Communities of color are affected by all the environmental effects happening, such as global warming. Some live in areas where sea levels are rising and their homes are being flooded. We see weather patterns that...

At the most basic level, I want to learn to patch clothing in a way that I will actually continue to wear the clothing... i.e. I have a pair of jeans that I love but I ripped a hole in a pretty essential part of the jeans.  Maybe learning how to put a cute patch on, or embroider, or ANYTHING that will allow me to continue wearing this article...

I am most concerned about the amount of people on this planet contributing to the issue and the lack of interest corporations have in reducing their plastic production as it effects their bottom line.  In our own communities (being from California) I see the lack of interest in properly disposing of our waste--drive down any major highway and...

I did not have a chance to do a waste audit, but researching the process of a waste audit was very intriguing!  If I were to estimate my actual waste footprint over a multi-day span based on what I'd observed of myself this past week, 25% would be food waste (banana peels, pits, etc.), 25% would be paper/cardboard, and 50% would be plastics. ...

I had turned on a documentary during a slow period at a previous workplace and we learned about plastic pollution in the oceans and some of the main thoroughfares for how plastic enters these bodies of water.