There ?presented? to? ?the? ? watershed? ? ?project
There
?
are? ? many? ? ideas?
?
?presented? to? ?the? ? watershed? ? ?project ? for? ? ?businesses,schools, ? ?or ? other? ? ?organizations. ? ?But ? ?we
never ? think? ? of? ? something? ? that? ? we? ? directly? ? affects? ?
?
a ??place? ?that? ?everyone? ?has? ?and? ?is? most??
?important ?
?to ? ?them, ? ?home. ? ?Many people ? ?don’t?
?realize?
?that?
?there?
?are?
?many
?ways??
?to?
?reduce
??the?
waste?? ?we ?create,?? ?and? that?
?
our? ? ecological? ? footprint?? ?is
?
way? ? bigger? than? ?it? ?should ? be.?
?
That? ? is?
?
why? ? ?people?
?across ? the?
?
nation? ? should? ? only? ?
start?
?
drinking? ? ?from? glass? ? and?
?
not? ? ?plastic ? or? ?
?paper ?
cups.?
Not?
?only?
?is
?
this? ? better? ? for?
??your ?
pocket,? ? but? ? the? ? quality? ??of
? water? ?
itself?? is?? ?better ? ?from ??glass.
I
?
live? ? in?
?
the? ? Cache? ? ?la ? ?Poudre? ?watershed? ?which?
affects? ? multiple?
?
cities? ? in? ?
CO.?
?A??
?lot?
?of
??waste,?
?mostly?
?plastic
?is?
?going?
into ? the? ? river?
?
which? ? will? ?overtime? ?decrease ? ?? the
?
high? ? ?quality?
?of?
water?? to?? ?drink.? ?There? is? ?roughly?? 500,000? ??thousand?
?people?
?in
this ? watershed?
?
so? ? this? ? extremely? ? important.?
The?
?biggest
?
?concern? for? ? ?the?
?watershed?
?to?
?me?
?is?
?that?
?water?
?quality?
?and?
?quantity?
?is?
being?? ?wasted? ?at ??an? ?alarming
waste. ? Many? ? times? ? at?
?
parties??
?or ?
big? ? events? ? that? ?
?have?
?water?
in??
?water
?bottles??
or??
?paper?
cups,? ??people? ?put ??the ?drink? ??down ??and forget ? which? ? one?
?
is? ? ?theirs. ??Then?
?a?
cycle?? ?begins? of?? ?consuming ??and?
?using
??more?
?water
??bottles?
?and?
?by?
?the?
?end?
of??
?the?
night,?? ?there are ? many?
?
bottles? ? all? ? ?over ? the? ?
? place. ?
Most?
??of?
which?? ?have? ?only? ?have? ?been? ?used? ?for? ?one? ?sip.? ?This? ?contributes ??hugely? ?to? ?water waste ? and? ? plastic? ? waste!?
The?
?plan?
?to?
?improve?
the? ? watershed?
?
is? ? to? ? ?promote ? and? ? advertise? ? to? ? ? use ? ?a ?substitute? ? ?for ?
?plastic ?
?water ?
?bottles
?
?and
reduce ? the? ? use? ? paper? ?
?cups.?
?In?
school,? ? hanging? ? ?up ?
a? ? poster?
?
to? ? buy? ? a? ? ?reusable ?
?water?
?bottle ?
?or ? ?a? metal?? ?based ?
?water ?
?bottle.
There? ?are? ?1,800? ?kids? ?at? my? ? ?school.,
?
?if ? ?all ??kids? ?consumed? 3-4?
?
plastic? ? water? ?? bottles?
?a ? ? day
?
there? ? would? ?
?be ?
?5,400-7,200 ? plastic?
water? ?bottles? ?wasted!? ?If? ?the? ?main? ?focus? ?was? ?to? change?
?
my? ? school’s? ? average? ?
water?
?
container;then? ? ?there?
?would
??be?
?a
presentation ? during?
?
Homeroom? ? from? ? ?a ? power?
?
point,? ? demonstrates? ? all? ??the ?? environmental?
?benefits ?
?from
?drinking??
from?
??glass
and?
?how?
?much?
?waste?
?could?
?be?
?prevented?
?just?
?by?
?making?
?the?
?switch.
This
?
project? ? hopefully? ? conquers? ? my? ? ? school? ?and ?
?becomes ?
a? ? ?trend. ? It? ? ?will ?
?affect ?
?my?
?house? because? ? ?I
?
?have ? ?already
made?
?the
?
switch? ? ?and?
?a?
?lot?
?of?
?the?
?families?
?that?
?send?
?their?
?kids?
?to?
?our?
?school?
?aren’t?
?the?
?wealthiest.?
?We?
?have?
?places
?
to? ? ?fill?
up? water ? bottles? ? at? ? our? ? school? ? and? ?
save ?
?
a? ? lot? ? ?of ?
families?
?
the? ? hassle? ? to?
?
spend? ?
?on ? ?plastic? ?water ?
bottles.? ? The? ? ? work ? will? ?
?mostly
?
come? from?
social? ? media? ? ?and ? and?
?
hopefully? ? ?convince ?
the? ? school? ?
to? ? buy? ? ?and? ?sell? ?glass? water?? bottles.?
(Glass)
or (Metal)
I’m?
?going?
?to
?
?introduce? ?something? ?important ?called??
?BPA. ?Bisphenol? ?A? (? BPA) ? is?? an? ? industrial? ? chemical? ? used? to? make? polycarbonate ? plastic? resins,? epoxy? ?resins, ??and? ?other? ?products.? ?The?
?effects?
?of?
?BPA?
?mimics?
?estrogen,?
?a
?
?hormone? ?dominant ??in woman? ?and?
?less?
?in?
?men.
?
Too much?? estrogen?? ?could cause? serious? ??health?
hazards!? ?For? ?example,?
this??
imposter? ?can ?interfere with ? the? ?
?production,?
?secretion,
?
transport, action,? function,? and? elimination of ?natural ? hormones.?? ?This ?imbalance is
?
?very dangerous?
?to?
?infants?
?and?
young? children? ?since? they? ?are? ?most? ?vulnerable.to? ?support?
?this?
?claim, “In
?
2013? scientists from? Brigham and? Women’s? ? Hospital? ? published
? findings? ?showing ? that? BPA exposure? ?can? ?affect egg? ?maturation ?in?
?humans” (not good? ?at? ?all!) (?MedicalNewsToday.com?). That?
?is why? ?having?
?a?
?substitute is? very important.?
This?
?idea?
?will?
?going?
?to?
?make?
?a?
?huge?
?change?
?in?
?the?
?watershed,?
?water?
?quality?
?is?
?one?
?of?
?if
?
not? ? ?the ? best?
?
in? ? Colorado.?
Why?
?not?
?make?
?it?
?better?
?taste?
?and?
?health?
?wise.?
?School?
isn’t? ? educating? ? the? ?
tremendous??
?impact
?
?plastic? ?has? ?on ?our? ??seas ? and?
?
all? bodies ? of? ? water.? ? What?
?
people? ? think? ? ?is ??cool? and?? benefits? ? ?them ?
?never
?
?dies ? overnight,? ? especially? ? ?with?
?teenagers.?
?The?
?saying
goes?
?”
?
Monkey? ? see,? ? Monkey?
?
do”,? ??if ? almost?
?
?all ? kids? ??had ?
?some
?
sort? ? of? ? a?
?
water? ? ?bottle? ?unique ?
to? ?them;?
?
people? ? don’t?
?
want? ? ?to ? ?be
out?
?of?
the? ? trend? ? so? ?
they?
?
force? ? ?themselves ? to? ? get? ? in?
?
someway.?
The
?
way? ? to? ? pay? ? for?
?
?this ? ? project ?is?
??to?
?have?
?my?
?watershed?
?funded
??just
?for?
?the?
?reusable? ? water? ?
?bottles(glass)or ? ?metal (stainless) ? bottles.? ? Advertising? ? with? ? posters? ?
and? ? power? ??points ?
?will
?
come? ? ?from ? me?
? ?and? ?be ?presented? ? ?to ?classrooms.? ? ?This ? ?will part? ?will?
?not?
?be?
very? ?expensive.?
?
An? ? estimate? ? ?cost ? would?
?
?be ? $250? ? total.? ?
?The?
?first?
?$200-225? would? ?
? be ? used?
?
on? ? ?the ?
?water ?
?bottle
supply,? ?and? ?the? ?other? ?$50 ? ?on ? advertising? ? approximately.Enough? ? for? ? a?? test? ?
round?? and?? ?then? ?see? if?? ?there? ?is? ?a? ?demand. ??Going? ?on snapchat ? ?and?
?creating?
?a?
?story?
?to?
?update?
?when?
?the?
bottles? ??would? ?be? ?selling? ?is? ?another? ?free? ?cost? ?platform.
In?
?conclusion,?
?this?
?will?
?help
?
the? ? ?watershed ? it? ? will?
?
? save?
people?? ?money,? ?reduce ??plastic? ?waste,? ?educate? ?teens? ?about
their
?
health? ? choices,? ? and?
?
start? ?a? ? ? good ? trend? ?for? ?
?future ? ?generations ?to?
??follow.