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The Colorado River is at Risk
Aaliyah, , Life Below Water, Nature, Orange Cove High School, #GlobalWarming, #Water, 2In the article, “The Colorado River is Nearing its Limits” (Henry, YouthVoices) I learned that the Colorado River has...
Saving Sharks, One Fin at a Time
Zoe, , Environment, Life Below Water, environment, sharks, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0This article gave some unique reasons as to why we shouldn’t be fishing for sharks. The most interesting point...
How Marine Protected Areas Help Fisheries and Ocean Ecosystems
Zoe, , Environment, Life Below Water, environment, Ocean, 0This article explains the many benefits of MPAs. Though not specific to sharks, it shows how ecosystems, fisheries, and...
Coral Reefs
James, , Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, History, Environment, Life Below Water, Questioning and posing problems, Responding with wonderment and awe, Orange Cove High School, 2In the article, “Coral Reefs Show Damage From Climate Change” (McGraw Hill) I learned that Coral reefs protect coastlines from...
Climate Change is Affecting Coral Reefs
Sayra, , Remaining open to continuous learning, Fall 2021, Showcase, Nature, Environment, Life Below Water, Gathering data through all senses, #coralreef, Orange Cove High School, 3In the article ” Coral Reefs Show Damage From Climate Change.” I learned that coral reefs are important because...
What Is The Country That Is Committed To Reducing Plastic Next Step?
Jennifer Gz, , Life Below Water, Questioning and posing problems, Gathering data through all senses, Remaining open to continuous learning, Fall 2021, Showcase, Environment, Environment & World, environment, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “France Bans Plastic Packaging” (McGraw Hill), France will start to use either reusable or recyclable materials...
What Climate Change Is Doing to Our Oceans
Felipe, , Life Below Water, Gathering data through all senses, Remaining open to continuous learning, Fall 2021, Showcase, Climate Action, Orange Cove High School, #StopClimateChange, 4In the article “Coral Reefs Show Damage From Climate Change” (McGraw Hill) I learned that coral reefs are dying...
Climate Change is Affecting Ocean Life
Natalie L, , Environment & World, Life Below Water, Saving Our Oceans, 0In the article, “Coral Reefs Show Damage From Climate Change,” (McGraw Hill) I learned that coral reefs have been...
What really happens to all the plastic Americans toss into blue bins?
Ashley, , Showcase, Life Below Water, Spring 2021, Plastic, Orange Cove High School, 3In the article “The Truth About Recycling,” I learned that recycling is actually meaningless and the world is getting...
Leading Causes of Animal Extinction
Lydia, , Showcase, Life on Land, Life Below Water, Spring 2021, RHS, Animal Extinction, 5Marine Conservation, Global Warming, and the destruction of animal habitats is the leading cause of animal extinction. Three-quarters of...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Zhelanea, , Environment & World, Life Below Water, Spring 2021, Showcase, Call to Action, Environment, oceanpollution, oceantrash, showcase, Orange Cove High School, 1After watching the video “Ocean Today Trash Day”, I learned that the ocean is very full of trash as...
How much Trash Is In the Ocean?
Katie, , Showcase, Nature, Environment, AAPI Heritage, Environment & World, Life Below Water, Fall 2020, oceantrash, greatpacificgarbage, garbagepatch, marinelife, biodegradable, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, cleanocean, 5There is an astounding amount of trash in the ocean. National Geographic claims “there are 5.25 trillion pieces of...
Global Warming is Really Happening… and Its Getting Bad
Miles, , Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Life on Land, Fall 2020, Affordable and Clean Energy, Environment, Climate Action, Environment & World, Life Below Water, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Clean Water and Sanitation, fact, #enviroment, climatechange, Global Warming, 2There’s no denying that global warming is one of the main world issues, but even with the scientific evidence,...
Will a plastic straw ban actually be effective when it comes to saving our oceans and environment?
Rosa, , Showcase, Life Below Water, Fall 2020, Orange Cove High School, Straws, 4Plastic straws may help you drink without spilling, but the long-term costs are to high. Americans use 500 million...
Why Do We Need To Save The Sharks?
Olivia, , Showcase, Life Below Water, Fall 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Saving Our Oceans, 3It is evident that the worlds shark population is rapidly decreasing, which supposedly causes negative effects on the overall...
Save the World
Selena, , Environment & World, Life Below Water, Fall 2020, Showcase, Environment, Orange Cove High School, #plasticinocean, 7One thing for sure it is, today we try not to use plastic. Whether it is plastic bags, straws,...
Overfishing
Mike, , Youth Activism, Life Below Water, Spring 2020, Showcase, Call to Action, Raise Your Voice, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 3Dear Fishermen, Stop overfishing. Fishermen should stop overfishing because if they overfish too much tuna it can become an...
Is farming tuna ethical?
Louis, , Environment, Environment & World, Life Below Water, Animals, ethics, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0In recent times the ethicality of producing animals with minimal risk for certain purposes has become very prevalent in...
Should We Ban Plastic Bottles?
Graham, , Environment, Climate Action, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Showcase, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Clean Water and Sanitation, Plastic, Plastic waste, plastic pollution, Climate Change, environment, 2Tons of plastic debris is discarded every year, polluting lands, rivers, coasts, beaches, and oceans. The main problem for...
Endangered Species in China
Justin, , Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, china, Berkeley High School, endangered species, 6In our generation the extinction rate of species has rapidly gone up and “Every hour, 3 species disappear. Every...
WILDFIRE
Wuyou, , Life on Land, Environment, Climate Action, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, #enviroment, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2In recent years, I have been seeing so many news about wildfire. Whether it’s Sichuan, Los Angeles or the...
A problem no one is solving
Lola, , Showcase, No Poverty (Economy), Environment, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Clean Water and Sanitation, Partnerships for the Goals, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 4It seems like we are all aware that plastic consumption is at all time highs. Even if you specifically...
A New Way to Deal with the Plastic Pollution Crisis
Dominic, , Showcase, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, Pollution, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Plastic, 4One of the biggest issues in today’s industrial world is that humans are creating more waste now than ever....
Global Warming
James, , Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Fall 2019, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Global warming is the warming of the atmosphere, mainly caused by the excess of CO_2. This is caused by...
Climate Change is Our Fault
Madi, , Showcase, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Partnerships for the Goals, Climate Change, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1Climate change and its impact on our environment has been a major topic in our society for a long...
Marine Protection
Wuyou, , Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2Many people think that marine protection has nothing to do with themselves, as if they don’t live close by...
Ayo! Tuna Check!
Sophie, , Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Zero Hunger, #fish, #coal, #enviroment, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Our air pollution can affect the seafood that we eat. The pollution from coal-powered plants causes poisons like mercury...
Global Warming Threats
Timmy, , Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, global issues, Global Warming, 3Global warming is a huge problem going on in the world that I think often gets overlooked in everyone’s...
Does global warming cause cold weather?
Sophie, , Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Climate Action, Climate Change, science, save the earth, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2Global warming has been a hot topic discussion for years now and people have regularly debated the effects it...
Problems caused by Plastics
Sydney, , Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Environment, Environment & World, Problems, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Plastic, Ocean, 10In the article about plastics, I learned about how plastic does not just affect ocean life. It affects everything....
Plastic Pollution
Katie, , Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Call to Action, Ocean, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Plastic, 2In this day and age it is hard to imagine life without plastic, we see it everywhere for example...
PLASTIC PLANET
Pauline, , Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Nature, Clean Water and Sanitation, Environment, AAPI Heritage, Environment & World, Life Below Water, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Ocean, oceanpollution, plasticintheocean, Plastics, 3It is very discouraging to think how much plastics are now in the oceans due to human waste. In...
Plastic in our Worlds Ocean
Cam, , Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 4Over the last couple of years we have seen a massive growth is our oceans trash and specifically the...
“I am made of”
Yousef, , Showcase, Writing & Communication, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Park Slope Collegiate, 1I was raised an onion dome surrounded by six towers, The largest mosque in Yemen I am made of...
Dear fellow oxygen-consuming Penguins
Adam, , Showcase, Poetry, Life on Land, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, lifehack, 1Dear fellow oxygen-consuming Penguins You are feathery You are a bird that can fly in water You are noots...
My Life in La Troncal, Ecuador
Kerly D, , Showcase, Bio ELL, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Park Slope Collegiate, 1I am made of yellow and orange house On a quiet street in La Troncal, EcuadorLiving with my grandmother, my...
Fighting For You
Meghan, , Showcase, Poetry, Call to Action, Climate Action, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, climatechange, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, #PeopleSuck, 10Dear Earth, I’m sorry I’m so so sorry I’m sorry that we’re losing our chance for change I’m sorry...
What I am made of?
Ishak, , Life Below Water, Showcase, Clean Water and Sanitation, Art, Bio ELL, Places We Love: Photos, Fall 2019, Senior, Park Slope Collegiate, yemen, traveler, omartries, 4I was raised by the biggest Castel opposite my old windows. I am from Taiz, the sound of motorcycles...
Climate change
Gedeon, , Art, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Over the past few decades, there has been a noticeable change in Climate change. Although climate change is one...
Me and My Shadow Box
Areli, , Shadow Box, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Showcase, Clean Water and Sanitation, Art, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #ShadowBoxes, #EthnicStudies, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, who I am, where I come from, 3The objects of my shadow box represent who the true me is. My chosen identity and my counter narratives...
The Mask under the Mask
Michelle, , Art, Drugs, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2019 Summer Invitational Leadership Institute of the New York City Writing Project, 0In experiments with children, when an adult removes a mask to reveal her face, this is the source of...
Single-use Plastic
Yeira, , Environment & World, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Art, Clean Water and Sanitation, Environment, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Gompers Preparatory Academy, 6Dear Youth Voices, We should use less plastic, ban single-use plastic, and start managing our waste. Single-use plastic should...
A Solution to the Plastic Problem `
Zania, , Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Art, Clean Water and Sanitation, Environment, Environment & World, Gompers Preparatory Academy, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 5Dear Readers on Youth Voices, If you are unaware of the plastic pollution that is occurring in our modern...
Single-use Plastic
Ricardo, , Environment, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Clean Water and Sanitation, Environment & World, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Showcase, Fall 2019, Art, Life Below Water, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Plastic, singleuseplasticisbad, #stopplasticpollution, Gompers Preparatory Academy, 3Dear Youth Voices, Plastic Pollution is a serious topic that should be focused on. Many times, the plastic is...
Plastic Around The World
Vette, , Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Art, Clean Water and Sanitation, Environment, Environment & World, Gompers Preparatory Academy, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2Did you know plastic has been around for more than 50 years? Also, did you know that plastic never...
We should ban Unnecessary Single-use Plastic
Estela, , Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Art, Clean Water and Sanitation, Environment, Environment & World, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Gompers Preparatory Academy, 0Dear Fellow Teens, As a country, we should ban or reduce unnecessary single-use plastics like water bottles, plastic bags,...
Does life go by fast or slow, depending on what you’re occupied by?
Ethan, , Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0In the first four lines of the first stanza of the poem “As I Walked Out One Evening,” W....
Activism Project Reflection
Andrew, , Life Below Water, Showcase, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Action, Environment & World, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, plasticintheocean, recycleplastic, continuetohelp, plasticstillthere, 1The overall goal of our project is to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the ocean and its devastating...
The Rights of Human Beings: Brooklyn Public Library Convocation Speech
Nathaniel, , Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation, showcase, The Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice, Civil Rights Movement, #Brooklyn connections, 3GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY I would like to say thank you to all of you in attendance today. I want...
Plastic Ocean Summary
Matthew, , Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Spring 2019, Life Below Water, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, plastic ocean, Sea creatures, plastic is bad, recycle, 1Hello I am Matthew from the plasticintheocean blog. Over the course of our project, we tried to raise as...
Global Warming
Koree, , Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Climate Action, Environment & World, Spring 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Columbus High School, 3There are lots of logical reasons that disprove global warming. Conserve Energy Future says, “Scientists who argue against global...
Climate Change and the Ocean
Raine, , Spring 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Climate Action, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 6Climate change is mainly a result of burning fossil fuels. Because of the greenhouse effect, excess heat is trapped...
Climate Change
Ivy, , Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, environment, Berkeley High School, Climate Change, 2Climate change is important because it affects the entire planet and everyone on it. Some of the effects of...
Should Bottled Water Be Banned?
Penelope, , Climate Action, Fall 2018, Environment & World, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Showcase, Environment, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 25Earlier this year, around March, I became really focused on saving the environment. It had never really occurred to...
Climate Change
Cruz, , 2nextprez, Life Below Water, Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, 0Dear Future President Hello, my name is Cruz Marshely Martinez and I attend CSU Chico. The regard, of...