Presentation for the 2019 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference on March 29, 2019 in Cambridge, MA

1. MSCC Conference
Seaside Sustainability
March 29, 2019

2. “Passionately creating sustainable
oceans & communities by educating
through action.”
Sustainability. Education. Action.

3. “Sustainability, Education, Action” (SEA)
Education Division
! International Internships
! Green Scholars (PBL)
! Consulting
! National STEM Honors Society
Sustainable Oceans Division
! Marine Citizen Science
! Plastics Mitigation
! WasteShark & “Washed Ashore”

6. Washed Ashore Curriculum
! What? Activators
! So What? Field Trip
! Now What? Action

7. International Statistics on Plastics
! 448 million tons of plastic produced annually (40% single use)
! Woes of recycling
! Plastics in sea life and seafood
! Accumulates as creatures eat lower on the food chain, like mercury
! Plastic pollution = population decline 700+ species
! 8 million tons of plastic end up in the
ocean each year
○ Macro, Micro, Nano
○ Plastic can accumulate or sink
○ Ingested, injures and kills sea life
○ Discovered in the deepest regions

8. SeaBins & Skimmers

9. Test and Demonstration
! Harbormaster
! NOAA
! Environmental Police
! Division of Marine Fisheries

10. THANK YOU!
seasidesustainability.org
@seasusinc