A Plastic Ocean – Reflection

1. What scene from the film most personally affected you? Why?

  The scene with the whale dying because its so sad to see how we are killing the planet and all the wildlife around us in order to produce for ourselves. I think we all need to be more considerate of the environment around us, and I think plastic production needs to be stopped or harshly limited. We need to find technologies that will help clean the planet and alternatives for plastics that don’t harm the environment

1. How much plastic did you use today? Do an plastic inventory. 
   Today I used a plastic water bottle that I took one from the table during the awards ceremony because it was hot and I got thirsty, however I could have just gone to the water fountain. I don’t recall using other single-use plastics today.
2. How can we as a school reduce our plastic consumption? What can you do personally? Why is this something we should care about? Use examples from the documentary to support your thinking.
   We can limit plastic consumption by removing bottled water from the vending machines, and replacing it with more water-filling/drinking fountains. We can continue to recycle the current plastics, and personally we can stop using plastic wrapper and water bottles. We are destroying our environment and it is our responsibility to keep our environment in shape.

Citations:

A. M. (2017, June 8). World Ocean Day – A time for reflection. Retrieved June 12, 2019, from http://sydney.edu.au/environment-institute/blog/world-ocean-day-a-time-for-reflection/