Sleuthing for microplastics | Wayfinders Now #19

Hey y'all, We hang out with an inspiring 10th grader, Mackenzie, and her grandfather, Lou. They serve as the volunteer super duo who collect water samples for the citizen-science project called the Florida Microplastic Awareness Project (FMAP). Footage filmed in 2019. Thanks for watching and we hope you’ll join us for whatever mischief we get into next time! Thanks, everyone! Much Love, Esther and Michael + Bowie 🐱 [ MUSIC CREDITS ] • “A Certain Shade of Blue” (instrumental version) by Paper Twins [ LET'S CONNECT] • Subscribe to our site for posts and updates: https://wayfindersnow.com • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wayfinders_now [ SUPPORT OUR STORYTELLING ] We're saving up to improve the quality of our videos and preparing Hope for sailing adventures with needed safety equipment. If you’d like to chip in, we've included links to our Paypal, Amazon wishlist, and Patreon below. Thanks for supporting our wayfinding story, everyone! • Our Etsy shop with original art: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WayfindersNowStudio • Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/WayfindersNow (replenish the emergency bourbon fund) 😉 • Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls... • Join our crew via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wayfindersnow [ RESOURCES ] • Florida Microplastic Awareness Project (FMAP): http://flseagrant.ifas.ufl.edu/microplastics/ • Fact sheet about Microplastics: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/SS/SS64900.pdf • Sierra Club Plastic Reduction Toolkit (?????) • “9 Ways We Can Avoid Plastic During the Pandemic (and After"): https://wayfindersnow.com/2020/08/02/9-ways-we-can-avoid-plastic-during-the-pandemic-and-after/ • “Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic particles from water, study finds”: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/15/seagrass-neptune-balls-sieve-millions-of-plastic-particles-from-water-study-finds • “People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year, study finds”: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/05/people-eat-at-least-50000-plastic-particles-a-year-study-finds