Articles, Books, Movies - Earth Stewards

ARTICLES

• This article in “Science News” said that basically only #1 & #2 plastics are recycled- the others go into landfill (www.sciencenews.org/article/chemistry-recycling-plastic-landfills-trash-materials).

BOOKS

• The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to Surviving the Climate Crisis, Christina Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac.

• Expedition Deep Ocean, Josh Young.  This book is about Victor Vescovo who is the first person to go to all the deepest points in 5 oceans.  In the bottom of the deepest point on Earth- in the Marianas Trench- Victor found plastic trash.

• Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, Paul Hawken (editor).  See also the Project Drawdown website (www.drawdown.org)

MOVIES

• Netflix: “Chasing Coral”, “Before the Flood”, “Cowspiracy”, “A Plastic Ocean”, “Our Planet”.

• PBS NewsHour: “The Plastic Problem”. On YouTube