Plastic: Can We Have Too Much?
The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: one of five high pressure zones in the earth's oceans where large swaths of plastic accumulates
Following our class discussion:
Please post comments about the text (perhaps themes or issues it evokes) and answer the following questions. Also, Free write for at least five minutes about something in the article that you think is important (something the article discussed or possibly left out).
Can we survive without plastic? What sorts of plastic are necessary or essential? What sorts of plastic can we live without?
Finally, a bit of rhetoric...how does Susan Casey appeal to audience? List how she appeals to ethics, logic and emotion. What are other ways an author might try to appeal their audience within this topic?
