Plastic and the Circular Economy
Plastic is everywhere these days and researchers are only beginning to understand the true impact of plastic on the environment and life as we know it. According to a report…
Plastic is everywhere these days and researchers are only beginning to understand the true impact of plastic on the environment and life as we know it. According to a report…
Continuing our monthly series on the theory of a circular economy, for this month we are going to discuss repair cafes and tool libraries. The best way to describe this…
Every year, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory work together to monitor blue crab population during…
This month, we’re back to talking about how to participate in a circular economy, this time through clothing.As a reminder, a circular economy is a theoretical model where we reduce…
Last October, the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center was awarded an Oyster Innovation Award grant to create a new program called OysterBlitz. Modeled after the BioBlitz program, the goal was to…
If you read our newsletter last year, you are familiar with our monthly feature Get Out and Explore, where we visited different parks and outdoor spaces around Maryland. The goal…
In the Chesapeake Bay, there are several different species of catfish, some of which are native and some of which are introduced species that have become invasive. The first thing…