David+Lewis+86+it

This event was hosted by 86 it. Their goal is to clean and better our environment by increasing recycling rates and cleaning up trash. At this event there were 50-60 people who split up into three groups, which went to different places on a stream, and walked a stream picking up trash and recycling. We saw many unusual things along or in the river from couches and mattresses to shopping carts and TV's. There was also millions of plastic bags in and around the banks.

This event relates to earth science because it involves cleaning and bettering our environment. One thing that i learned is that plastic bags are about the worst thing possible for the environment. We saw about a thousand plastic bags in the water, stuck in the bank, on logs, clogging the river, ect... and it was terrible. if we really want to save the environment, i believe that a huge step would be to get rid of plastic bags