Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network

Voyaging into an Ocean of Plastic with guest Captain Breezy Grenier Ocean pollution is as vast as the ocean. We can begin to solve this problem with education. In the last episode we talked about cleaning up our rivers and waterways. We talked about how litter and toxic waste gets carried down storm drains or down rivers and out into the ocean. This episode will begin with a story walk to the Scalloptown Park and Wildlife Habitat, to examine human activity and its effect on marine life, using scallops as an example. We will also explore the nearby shoreline nearby, and hunt for plastic litter. Made primarily from non-renewable fossil fuel, plastic items include bottles and bags, drinking straws, cigarette butts and microplastics. As these plastics degrade slowly, often over hundreds, if not thousands of years, they create secondary microplastics, that are invisible to the eye. All of these forms of plastic have entered into marine ecosystems, and now exist at surprisingly high levels, increasing the probab