plastic paradise transcript

Angela Sun provides an excellent model of how one curious person can use her talents to follow her interests, speak from the heart, and contribute to improving the world. Can we come in and look? New Harvestindo eventually got back to us and denied it was responsible for doing anything that damaged the environment. At the bottom of all these plastic containers is this little chasing arrowthe little recycling symbol with a number. What we put in our recycling bins ends up in sorting plants like this one, outside of Portland. Not a good idea for the environment. A year? Oh, man! ANNIE LEONARD, Executive director, Greenpeace USA: Earth Day was profound in terms of people waking up to the fact that we live on a finite planet, and there was a lot of concern about the trend that was happening towards a more throwaway, disposable lifestyle. You guys have been around for a long time. Directed by Angela Sun I dont think this kind of advertising is helpful to them at all. How America's 20-year war in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. It spent most of its money, millions and millions of dollars, on advertising. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined. From packaging to clothing to home furnishings. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. ThermaSet is the future. Plastic Paradise engages students by illustrating how their everyday interactions with plastic are connected to pollution at the farthest, most exotic corners of the world . This is my basic question, because it seems like everybody is buying lettuce in a box now. John Wesley Hyatt took up the challenge. The common refrain in this whole field is that it's all up to consumers. You get recycling going, that has its benefits and it improves the image of the material. I watched the film with some of my students so I can attest that it appeals to the younger generation. Angela Sun is an award-winning journalist, sports caster, and filmmaker. William J. Cooper, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Urban Water Research Center, University of California-Irvine'A fun and well-balanced introduction to a complex environmental topic. The big problem is that it is all about money, profits. This is one of the easiest visualizations of how humans (not all, but many) have lost connection with the environment--a sad state of affairs--but the truth.' Its going to be the largest plant of its kind in the world. We are the shipper of the scrap. //

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