St. Ignatius High School

Last Tuesday on March 21st I had the pleasure of presenting to St. Ignatius High School located in the Outer Sunset in San Francisco. I spoke to the Nature Nexus class taught by Mr. Paul Totah. The class consists of 15 seniors who are learning how to live a sustainable and practical life. They had recently finished the water unit and where then going into a careers section. It could not have been better timing for Surfrider to come in and show the From Sea to Summit video as well as speak about plastics pollution. The video speaks about the watershed and how we are continuously a large impact on it no matter where we are located, whether it be by a stream, in the mountains, in a city or lying by the beach.

I had a great time speaking to these great students. They were very engaging and already were great environmentalists. Mr. Totah has done a wonderful job teaching his students about plastics pollution, recycling and how to live a sustainable life in a big coastal city. We should all learn from them and continue to teach others how important and easy it is to reduce, reuse and recycle plastics.

Got this great video from a fellow marine environmental activist Heidi Q. Please feel free to copy the link and email it to your friends and family and remind them why it is so important to pack out the trash that we bring with us on outdoor excursions.

A battle is underway in California’s San Francisco Bay area and it’s the latest front in the nationwide effort to ban the plastic bag.

The bag’s got some powerful allies in the plastic industry who have been suing Bay Area residents to stop these bans.

Check out this 2 minute video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSD21zp89zM and learn how you can take action to say no to the plastic bag industry.

Keeping bags out of the Bay is only the beginning of a worldwide movement to limit useless and harmful plastic bags and protect our planet.

The other day I was browsing the web for some plastics pollution information for a project I'm working on for the SF chapter of Surfrider.

Then I came across this article and it really shocked me. (http://killedbyplastic.blogspot.com/2008/01/greenpeace-article.html.) Its called Killed By Plastic and was written on Jan. 3rd, '09 by Green Peace. It pretty much sums up exactly why I am such a recycle fiend. Everyone is human and can't be a super recycler, but it is so important to try to do the little that we can. Just wanted to pass on some info so we can all understand why we should recycle (and compost).

For most of you, I am preaching to the choir, but I find it important to remind ourselves of why we take responsibility of our actions, and our trash. Since it does not only affect us but so many other animals on Earth. Happy recycling and have a great weekend!

Cheers,
Lotti

P.S. There is a graphic photo of a dead bird in the front, so if you're a little queasy with dead things, maybe you should keep a trashcan near by, or make sure you're near a bathroom...