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ECO CHIC

8: The Deal With Microplastics

ECO CHIC

Cloud10

Natural Sciences, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Science

4.7641 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about microplastics! What are they? Why are they harmful? What can we do about them? As always I’d love to chat about science/sustainability/anything under the sun; send me an Instagram DM (@lauraediez, easiest for me!) or an email via my contact page!  References: * This is a great PDF handout by NOAA on micro plastics * Here is more info on the Microbead Free Waters Act * Here is a galley of product lists containing micro plastics, broken down by country and then severity of the micro plastics (red/orange/green) – some are surprising! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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climate science. This podcast is all about practical science and sustainability. It's a really

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awesome space to share a lot of things that I take for granted, like general climate change education or personal sustainability efforts, things that are not necessarily common knowledge,

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but totally should be. We're going to be talking about climate change from a bunch of different

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angles, but also just sharing some personal tips on how to be a more responsible citizen of

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the planet. Last week's episode was all about sustainable travel tips. Vacations you in it.

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Last week's episode was all about sustainable travel tips.

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Vacation season is here, and it's important that we think about how we're traveling from an environmental standpoint, but also how we're impacting other communities.

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foreign adventures, definitely go check that episode out.

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