Protecting our Oceans: How to Get Involved as a Student

“Together We Can Protect Our Home” is the message written on the World Oceans Day website, a message that echoes loud and clear across all of us that have even the slightest hint of an environmental bone! Today, June 8th, we choose to dedicate our blog entry to encouraging our residents and team to take a step towards protecting the oceans. How, you may wonder, can I do my part as a student? More ways than one, we would have to respond! Let’s break them down though:

1. Reusable Water Bottles

Student living entails a whole lot of time spent commuting, in and around lecture halls and (as you may have guessed already) sitting at the library. All these long days demand for a little hydration, and – fortunately for our oceans – most university campuses and library halls have equipped themselves with water fountains! So, purchasing a reusable water bottle will ultimately result in a significant reduction of your plastic usage throughout the year, and not to mention save you quite a few pounds along the way! Even more so, if you are an avid coffee or tea drinker, you can make your beverage cup a reusable one too. This is also a great saving tip as there are a number of shops where you can get a bit of a discount by using your reusable cup for coffee!

According to Oceana.org, the amount of plastic that ends up degrading marine habitats and killing marine animals on an annual basis is estimated at 17,6 billion pounds. So every little bit helps!