environment

The Inequality of Waste – Post #5, Consequences, Solutions, and Impacts

Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog about waste. As stated before, my inquiry question is: How much do we really use and what are the impacts of all the things we don’t? In the first round of research I looked at what waste is, the different types of waste, […]

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blog post #7 – metamorphosis

Hello everyone, and welcome to my last post for this project! In my action my two partners and I collected bottles, recycling them at Return-It Depo and then took that money and donated it to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC. I recycled my own bottles, one of my partners […]

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blog post #5 – donating the money

For those who are new here my action is collecting bottles, then recycling them at return it depo and then taking that money and donating to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC. So far, I have recycled my own bottles, one of my partners recycled their bottles and the other […]

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blog post #4 – recycling my own personal bottles

for those who are new here this is my action: My two partners and I will run a bottle drive; We will also do a park clean-up to get more bottles, then we will recycle the bottles at Return It Depo. The money we raised will then be donated to […]

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blog post #3 – researching & planning bottle drive

In this action so far, I have made a plan, vaguely out lined it, and gotten my friends on board. I would call all of these successes. Like H. Jackson Brown, Jr said “Celebrate even small victories.”(1) One challenge we have yet to tackle is hammering out the details. We need […]

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blog post #2 – sustainability and complications

As I stated in my first post my action will address Development Goal 15, life on land. We will run a bottle drive, do a park clean-up and recycle the bottles at Return It Depo. Then we will send the money we raised to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, […]

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Blog Post #5 – How does consumerism affect society and our planet?

How has consumerism affected the environment? In my previous research round, I looked into the effects that consumerism and the purchasing patterns that it has brought on have had on our psyche and the way we think. In this final research round, I will be discussing the environmental changes that […]

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Action Post 3

Hi! Just a quick recap for those of you that haven’t read my action plan, I am going to be coming up with one things I can change in my day to day life to help the environment each week!  Originally, I was going to be logging everything I do […]

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