Alonzo's GEOG 125 Blog

     Today, and pretty much every day, I eat 2 eggs. The eggs can come from various grocery stores. Today were Target Good and Gather Grade A Large eggs. In these eggs, I also put a slice of Velveeta cheese. A toasted bagle serves as a counterpart to the eggs. The bagel is produced by David's Deli (pictured below). The bagel is slathered in spreadable butter and Strawberry cream cheese. Yes, both. I usually eat some Greek yogurt following this. It serves as dessert to the bagle and eggs. It's basically my morning ice cream. The yogurt is typically one produced by Chobani, or whichever is in the fridge. Throughout this meal, I sip on black unsweetened coffee with pumpkin spice creamer. Coffee is produced by Good and Gather while the creamer is Coffee Mate. This meal is the absolute highlight of my day.                                      ...

    We've all heard save the turtles before. I think of saving the cute, tiniest, smiling turtles when I hear the phrase. In the Battle of the Bag documentary viewers see Tony Amos explain how just a few grams of plastic can cause death for a 100-pound turtle. It took me by surprise to see how such a small amount of plastic waste can cause that much harm to a large animal. I had the same sentiment when seeing footage of volunteer vets pulling 50 kilos of plastic out of a large animal that appeared to be similar to a horse.     Rebecca Hosking's attempt to locally curb plastic bag use was both simple and clever. By simply showing her film to local business owners, she eliminated their ignorance towards the harm of plastic bags. And without any law or taxation being enacted, she convinced the town to steer away from plastic bags. Even the more conservative-leaning town people were on board. This makes one think, this can truly work anywhere. Recently, Rhode Island was...