All Lessons
A list of our current educational offerings
101 – 210 – CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
101 – LESSON 1: Introduction to Ocean Plastics
Lesson 1 provides an overview of plastic, explains plastic Resin Identification Codes, and explains how to sort and recycle plastic correctly.
102 – LESSON 2: Microplastics
What are Microplastics: An introduction to microplastics including sources of microplastics and why microplastics are an issue.
103 – LESSON 3: Journey of Plastic to the Ocean
The Journey of Plastics to the Ocean: An introduction to how plastics become ocean plastics including the common pathways for plastics to reach the ocean.
104 – LESSON 4: Why is there so much plastic?
In this lesson, we will take a closer look at why there is so much plastic available to become plastic pollution.
105 – LESSON 5: Impacts of Ocean Plastic Pollution
Plastic is ubiquitous and interacts with all aspects of the biosphere. There is no other single anthropogenic (human-made) contaminant that has had such a wide spectrum of direct exposure across all levels of biology.
206 – LESSON 6: Circular Economy for Plastic
Learn about the concept of a circular economy, exploring its two fundamental cycles and three guiding principles. Understand the benefits and the importance of traditional knowledge with a specific focus on transitioning to and the advantages of a circular economy for plastic.
207 – LESSON 7: Moving to Action
Encouraging Behavioural Changes: An overview of how to encourage and enable behavioural changes that would work towards preventing and collecting ocean plastics, and encourage people to ‘join the ocean plastics cause’.
208 – LESSON 8: Planning & Setting Up a Plastics Recycling System
Recycling System Planning: An overview of how to set up a recycling system for ocean plastics prevention and management: essentially a “Master Recycler’ course aimed at anyone who seeks to collect or process plastics or ocean plastics.
209 – LESSON 9: Using Policy to Make a Difference
How to Use Policies to Affect Change: An overview of the kinds of policies that exist that could stem the flow of ocean plastics into the environment (e.g., extended producer responsibility, deposit return systems, green procurement, funding tools).
210 – LESSON 10: Advocating for Change
How to Advocate for Change: An overview of ‘how to advocate for change’ (e.g., in policies or actions), using Canada as the example location for that advocacy.
