Down Stream Effects

DESIN THINKING

Plastic In Our Oceans 

Bill Schubat VPR about plastic in the oceans

video on the garbage in the oceans. 

Swimm

                                   Do You contribute to Ocean Pollution? Let's find out! 

Boyan Slat 

video on his new design of his system that was deployed off the coast of CA

Interceptor 007 faces rain event in LA 

Interceptor 006 Guatemala

IMPROVING THE SYSTEM

                                                                                

                                                            NEW GOALS BY 2030

                                                                                

               First Product Created of Plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 

ASSIGNMENT 

As we discuss the realizations, Engineers and Scientists may have not considered the impacts and  Downstream affects of critical decisions, consider the actions which have led to the extreme pollution across the world, answer the following questions.  

You can find these questions as a link in the classroom.  Complete and submit assignment.

In your observations of the videos identify obstacles which would hold back or hinder the collection process of the ocean clean up and the interceptors 

Take a stance on whether these types of collection devices are serving the symptom or the cause in the fight against pollution and environmental inequality for some across the world?