The Ocean Pollution - Essay

   The Ocean Pollution

Can you imagine what it feels like having a polluted ocean? Our planet is covered with 71 percent of water. Even though it is renewable it is still a concern for us to have it polluted. Ocean pollution can have a big impact on different things, such as wildlife, sea creatures and their habitats. There are alot of reasons why the ocean is getting polluted. It can be because of natural things or human activities. But we are talking about pollution so it’s mostly about human activities. So in this essay I will be talking about the causes and effects of ocean pollution.

Oil Spill is one of the reasons why we are having ocean pollution. This can be really worse than we expected it to be if we didn’t solve it as soon as possible. Oil spills can be caused by the ships having an issue or problem that can make the oil flow into the ocean. Oil spills are the result of an accident, such as a tanker colliding with another ship or running aground in shallow water. Rubbish can also be the reason for ocean pollution, Why? Because the more rubbish they will stay in the water the more chances of it to be polluted. Even though it will just stay for a little time it will still leave some germs or dirty substances in the water. 

This can have a big impact in different things in our planet, for example if different types of rubbish mixed in the water it will create a big pollution and make it smell gross, we know that water is important for us so just imagine if the water that we are using smells gross and you can see the dirty things in it. We don’t want this to happen so be resporsible not just for your own good but also for the other people. Oil spill, can be the cause of ocean fish waste and making the sea creatures die, also this can destroy their habitat. The longer that the oil stays in the water the wider that it will go so it is for the best if we solved this problem we can avoid the negative impacts in our ocean. 

We may have a lot of things that can affect our ocean. We still have some solutions that we can do to avoid this and things that can help us to be more responsible for this. Pollution is because of our different activities so it’s also us that we need to solve this. Rubbish can be easier to resolve compared to oil spill. But still both of this is harmful for human and other living things on our planet. Since water is the most important thing that we need to have, we need to take care of our environment not just for the present but also for those other generations that are coming. 

This essay is saying that ocean pollution can be worse that we are expecting it to be. This is also saying that this is not a joke and we need to have a solution for this as soon as possible. This piece of writing showing the different causes and effects of ocean pollution is our environment and our lives. It may sound simple but it is a major issue that we are dealing for our whole life. Taking care of our planet is the most helpful thing that we can do for ourselves and other people. 

Resources

https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts/ocean-pollution
https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/what-is-an-oil-spill-at-sea/
https://www.water-pollution.org.uk/oil-pollution-in-water/#:~:text=Oceans%20are%20polluted%20by%20oil,%2C%20run%2Doffs%20and%20dump

https://www.noaa.gov/explainers/oil-spills-major-marine-ecosystem-threat

https://sloactive.com/plastic-pollution/

Different Aspects of Sustainability

Today we have been talking about different types of sustainability. We have been learning about the definition of each of this topic. This work is showing the definition of each topic and the table below is showing the meaning of Equitable, Viable and bearable definition.

                                                   Three Aspects of sustainability

• Environmental Sustainability - This is all about using and having the living and natural resources in a right way. It means that we don’t want to have more resources than can be renewed.

• Social Sustainability - Having the things or resources that we are using right now are still able to be used in the future. Giving the next generation the chance to have the resources that we have now.

• Economics Sustainability - Using the resources with the rate that ensures the future generation so they can also use these resources.

• Sustainable Development - This means having the resources that meet the needs of the present without making the future generations know their own needs.

               

Definition	Meaning
Equitable	Resources are shared and provided equally between social groups.
Bearable	The environment must be used in a way that provides the ongoing economic needs.
Viable	Society’s use of the environment must not be destructive.

Today we have been learning about different things that are covered by environmental sustainability. We have been learning about different definition. Environmental Sustainability is all about different things in environment. Some of these things are nature and tree, and more about environment.

This task is showing the different things that are connected in environmental sustainability. This is also will help us to have an idea for our statistics project with this topic. I also highlighted them base of their definition key. The red is getting worse, orange is about the same and the green is getting better. 

We have been doing some research about the topic that we choose for our sustainability subject. We are doing this as a group, we are doing this for almost 2 weeks and today is the last day that we are doing this because we are almost finished the term 3. After we've done our work we can have a free time. This presentation is showing some information about our topic which is " Fish Waste".

                          

                                         Sustainopoly

For the last few weeks of our school days, for our sustainability topic is all about making a project about this topic. So basically, we will spend the rest of our lessons working on this project. Our project is covering the whole topic of sustainability, we are doing our project as a different version of Monopoly. We decided to a game so we can let the other students to play with our game. Our project has a same rules and instruction with a monopoly. The only difference is the information with it is connected to the sustainability. We just copy the designs from the original game and just change the information form each of them. Our own version of monopoly is called "Sustainopoly". Also for our figurine icons we have different things that is all about sustainopoly. 

• Water droplet
• Tree
• Paw
• Heart

We also have a different color for our cards, some of these cards is related to each topic that is on them. In the card you will see the amount of points that you can get every time that you are doing the activity on the card. The maximum players for our game is 4  people. We also have some unsustainable cards. In this card you will see that unsustainable activities and the amount of points that we will loose. In this game the person who have the highest points is the winner. I hope you will enjoy playing our game. 

• Green for Land 

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions (+500)

• Plant trees (+500)

• Affordable clean energy (+200)     

• Blue for Ocean 

• Reduce fish waste (+300)

• Plant additional coral reefs (+350)

• Clean out oil spillage (+500)

• Orange for Food

• Reduce waste production (+300)

• Responsible consumption and production (+400)

• Healthy foods (+500)

• Red for Social

• Gender equality (+400)

• Good health and well being (+500)

• Equal Opportunities (+450)

• Fundraiser for people with disabilities (+300)

• Yellow for Electricity and Power

• Use electricity only essential use (+400)

• Reduce excessive unnecessary use of electricity (+300)

• Turn off unnecessary use of light power (+200)

• Pink for Animals 

• Healthy and well care for animals (+450)

• Healthy diet consumption regarding animals (+300)

• Reducing the extinction of animals (+500)

• Purple for Air and Atmosphere 

• Reduce air pollution by developing objects that don’t require fossil fuels. 

• Reduce and eliminate fireplaces and wood stove burning. 

• Reduction to forest fires.