William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science has partnered with JASON Learning for the Beyond the Plastic Bottle Challenge, an educational activity in which teams of students create a sustainable plan that reduces the debris associated with one source of microplastic pollution in their community.
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Photo - of - by Anusha Komati, W&M Sustainability | May 19, 2021
The William & Mary Committee on Sustainability has announced the spring 2021 and summer 2021 Green Fee awards. With the promotion of sustainable practices at the forefront of these grants, the Committee on Sustainability members approved a total of $35,712 to be spent across a broad spectrum or projects, from academia and research, to operations that advance sustainability on campus.
Fifteen proposals were submitted for the awards, and 11 projects were selected including nine spring projects and two summer projects.
Since its establishment in 2008, the W&M Green Fee program has funded more than $1.7 million worth of sustainability-related projects. The Green Fee funds sustainability research, outreach, operations, and much more. The committee accepts Green Fee proposals every semester.
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Microplastics: An emerging threat to the Chesapeake Bay
Microplastics are a result of our decades-long reliance on plastics and their threat to the Bay may not be fully known for years. Author: David Alan Updated: 11:26 PM EDT April 8, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. The Chesapeake Bay is a treasure. Its miles and miles of shoreline remind us we are Tidewater. The Bay welcomes us home. It s an economic driver for our region and it s also a vulnerable and sophisticated ecosystem being threatened by plastic.
Along a small stretch of shoreline in Portsmouth, we found a smorgasbord of trash. You can see everything from water bottles to plastic bags, said Chris Moore with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. We found a sneaker, dozens of construction hard hats, even a traffic drum. Every bit of trash we saw as we walked the shoreline was the ugly side of our reliance on plastics.