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Plastics: Issues and Alternatives The Past Present and Future of a Modern Material (Portfolio)

Over the past few years I have become more and more aware of the effects plastic pollution has had on our planet. This paper explores using fungi as an alternative to plastics for various products. Plastics: Issues and Alternatives The Past Present and Future of a Modern Material Cassidy Brennan Headlines blasting news about issues surrounding land and ocean pollution are the new normal these days, and they all center around the same substance: plastic. An article released this past summer stated: “We estimate that 8300 million metric tons (Mt) of virgin plastics have been produced to date. As of 2015, approximately 6300 Mt of plastic waste had been generated, around 9% of which had been recycled, 12% was incinerated, and 79% was accumulated in landfills or the natural environment. If current production and waste management trends continue, roughly 12,000 Mt of plastic waste will be in landfills or in the natural environment by 2050” (Geyer et al., 2017). Here we will desc...

Environmentally Conscientious and Sustainable Gardening Practices for Public Spaces

Photo from D Acres educational permaculture farm in NH (September 2018) An Introductory Overview Why bother with environmentally conscientious and sustainable gardening practices? “Ecological gardens meld the best features of wildlife gardens, edible landscapes, and conventional flower and vegetable gardens, but they go beyond simply adding these styles together... These gardens are grounded in relatively new concepts such as permaculture and ecological design, but they use time-tested techniques honed to perfection by indigenous people, restoration ecologists, organic farmers, and cutting edge landscape designers. They combine low environmental impact, low maintenance, and high yields with elegant aesthetics” (Hemenway, 2009). Humans all over the world have an impact on the planet, which we can clearly see now with the effects of global climate change, and all of the catastrophic events that have been happening with increasing frequency through the past f...

Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants (Portfolio)

This is a paper that I wrote my second year at NHTI in by biology (I) course on moss (yes you can write a final term paper on moss and enjoy it). It was an eye opening project and presentation that I really enjoyed. Written April 2nd 2016. Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants Cassidy Brennan Understanding the plants around us today is important, and understanding their history is equally important. Scientists today look to plants and their origins to evaluate health and biodiversity of forests as we will look at later on. Similar to the animal kingdom it's thought to be true that all plants have a common ancestor, and this ancestor is believed to be green algae from the charophyte group for a variety of reasons. These include the fact that both land plants and algae have common characteristics such as the photosynthetic material Chlorophyll B, the cell wall made from cellulose, storage of carbon, and the formation of the cell plate during the process of cytokinesis ar...

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