Our Plastic Predicament - Old-growth Podcast S1 E3

Good overview of the plastic pollution problem: https://www.theplastictide.com/the-problem-main/Discussion topics:-Go through everything on our person and that we are using that has plastic in it (glasses, phone, microphone…)Pollution problem-microbeadshttps://greatlakes.org/campaigns/microbead-menace/Micro-bead free waters act https://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/GuidanceRegulation/LawsRegulations/ucm531849.htm-larger plastic that breaks into smaller pieces-fibershttps://orbmedia.org/stories/Invisibles_plasticsGreat Pacific Garbage PatchMidway Island: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2016/12/world/midway-plastic-island/Plastic being ingested -possible health issue for humans/other organisms (ex fish)-Why is it so hard to stop using plastic? - Plastic is ingrained in our daily life-How do we “turn off the pipeline”? (plastic bag banning policies?) http://www.bagtheban.com/multimedia/item/the-truth-about-plastic-bags-Clean up!https://www.theoceancleanup.com/https://www.sciencealert.com/ocean-plastic-collector-pollution-great-pacific-garbage-patch-ocean-cleanupPlastics Pollution Solution - TREC ExhibitGoErie Opinion article - youth focushttp://events.dcnr.pa.gov/event/plastic_pollution_solution_one_small_change

Discussion topics:The relationship between science and policyExample: Science driving child health policieshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167103/Issues with the relationship between science and policyhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01016-2Using Science as Evidence in Public Policyhttps://www.nap.edu/read/13460/chapter/2Trump administration’s disregard for science: Spurring the current movementhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trumps-know-nothing-science-budgethttps://www.nature.com/news/science-under-president-trump-1.20966https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/opinion/trump-disdain-science.htmlMarch for Sciencehttps://www.marchforscience.com/https://people.howstuffworks.com/march-for-science-earth-day-2017.htmScientists in politicshttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/thanks-to-trump-scientists-are-planning-to-run-for-office/514229/

The first episode of the Old-Growth Podcast where we introduce ourselves, go over the goals of the podcast, briefly cover the history of environmental policy, and discuss some cool links!