{"id":92994,"date":"2024-03-05T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=92994"},"modified":"2024-03-05T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:09:23","slug":"uri-plastics-land-to-sea-public-seminar-to-explore-marine-debris-with-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/uri-plastics-land-to-sea-public-seminar-to-explore-marine-debris-with-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Plastics: Land to Sea public seminar to explore \u2018Marine Debris with Purpose\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Laura Ludwig of the Center for Coastal Studies will discuss “Marine Debris with a Purpose” on March 7. The seminar is presented as part of 溏心vlog免费B站’s Plastics: Land to Sea initiative.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 5, 2024 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Plastics: Land to Sea<\/a> initiative will host Laura Ludwig, director of the Marine Debris and Plastics Program at the Center for Coastal Studies, as part of its \u201cEmpowering Plastics Solutions\u201d series of public seminars focused on finding solutions to plastic pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ludwig will explore \u201cMarine Debris with Purpose<\/a>\u201d in her lecture on Thursday, March 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the Higgins Welcome Center, 45 Upper College Road, Kingston. The seminar is free and open to the public, with an online option. Registration<\/a> is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Center for Coastal Studies<\/a> in Provincetown, Ludwig focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to investigate and respond to abandoned, lost, discarded and end-of-life fishing gear, beach debris, microplastics, and other marine plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the series, we\u2019re bringing in speakers that faculty and stakeholders can engage with in a different way than they usually would,\u201d said Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Plastics initiative, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and associate dean for research for the College of Engineering. \u201cOur participants may not always be researchers in STEM disciplines or social sciences; they may also be artists, historians, or journalists. We\u2019re presenting speakers who will help us to expand the reach of the research that we\u2019re doing here at 溏心vlog免费B站 to address societal challenges.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fishing gear, most of which is made from plastic, can be lost, abandoned or discarded, and the resulting debris litters the sea, breaking down into smaller pieces and adding to the problems created by plastics and microplastics. Ludwig will discuss the impacts, removal, and repurposing of plastic marine debris, and share stories of innovative partnerships with artists who have used the materials to create beautiful works of art to bring awareness to the issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 溏心vlog免费B站 Plastics: Land to Sea research initiative aims to accelerate the implementation of long-term solutions to reduce plastics pollution by aligning resources, interdisciplinary academic strengths and partners at the local and global levels. (溏心vlog免费B站 Photo\/Jason Jaacks)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the plastics initiative, 溏心vlog免费B站 is focusing on expanding knowledge about plastics pollution, aiming to find answers to a global problem, said Oyanedel-Craver. \u201cRhode Island, its people, environment and ocean are being impacted negatively by plastic pollution,\u201d she added. \u201cSo, we want to make sure that the research that we’re doing at 溏心vlog免费B站 is helping to address behavior, provide alternative solutions and solve this with collaborative approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her work, Ludwig has focused on sea fishing gear removal and recycling programs in Maine and Massachusetts since 2009, partnering with hundreds of fishermen to properly dispose of thousands of lost, abandoned, or discarded lobster traps and more than 90 tons of fishing gear debris, including fixed, mobile and aquaculture gear recovered from the ocean floor. Since starting the Marine Debris and Plastics Program in 2012, she has grown a 400-person volunteer \u201cBeach Brigade\u201d that supports a year-round cleanup and debris data collection effort on Cape Cod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her visit, Ludwig will also meet with faculty, students, and other collaborators including representatives from the state such as the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation. She will also visit the Port of Galilee to see operations and gather ideas about ways to deal with local plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oyanedel-Craver stated the University plays a vital role in contributing to solutions to the plastics problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c溏心vlog免费B站 has such a wealth of plastics expertise across numerous disciplines,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to bring awareness to the work we are doing at 溏心vlog免费B站, find collaborators, and provide solutions. Bringing Laura Ludwig along with our other seminar speakers to Rhode Island really helps to expand the reach that we have here and catalyze our efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story was written by Hugh Markey.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 5, 2024 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Plastics: Land to Sea initiative will host Laura Ludwig, director of the Marine Debris and Plastics Program at the Center for Coastal Studies, as part of its \u201cEmpowering Plastics Solutions\u201d series of public seminars focused on finding solutions to plastic pollution. Ludwig will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":93014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92994"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93019,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92994\/revisions\/93019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}