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Co-founders Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao at their company Biocellation. Photo by: Bart Michiels
THESE TWO CANADIAN WOMEN STARTED A COMPANY THAT TURNS PLASTIC INTO USEFUL CHEMICALS
Originally published by Grit Daily.
Plastic pollution does not have a simple solution and Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao haven’t let that stop them.
Wang and Yao are pioneering a new way in which plastic can be diverted from a landfill or from ending up contributing to a patch of garbage in the ocean.
Their team at BioCellection has developed a way to turn plastics that are not recyclable like polyethylene back into other chemicals.
Anne Grahumn’s scar after having extensive surgery in 2015 to combat ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer survivor says attitudes changing about disease
Originally published in the Florida Times-Union.
The breadwinner to her family of five, 61-year-old Anne Granum’s world came to a stop in April 2015 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
Granum had been to two doctors in the six weeks before her diagnosis and the tests they performed yielded no answers as to why she was in pain.
Treatment for cancer showing results in first human trials
Originally published by Grit Daily.
A cure for cancer with little-to-no side effects seems like something you would see on a Sci-Fi movie. One prick and you are freed from a disease that in our world causes numerous people to suffer everyday.
In Florida alone in 2016, 119,408 new cases of cancer were reported and 44,266 people died of cancer, according to the CDC.
It may sound like a Sci-Fi movie, but Dr. Patricia Lawman and her team at Morphogenesis think that they have created a vaccine-like treatment that does just that.
Tristan Harris speaking on the topic of “humane technology.” He is the founder of the Center for Humane Technology after being concerned by the policies he saw his industry. Photo from: tristanharris.com
This organization wants regulations to make technology more human
Originally published by Grit Daily.
One San Fransisco-based organization is looking to promote the development of a new measurement of success for big technology companies.
Instead of looking at how much time people spend and trying to get them to spend more, Tristan Harris wants companies to make decisions based on what real-world benefit they create for the user, especially interpersonal connection.
The Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit started by Harris, a former Google ethicist, Aza Raskin and Randima Fernando.
Andrew Gillum and Linda Awbrey. Photo by: Linda Awbrey.
High school administrator recounts Gillum’s start in politics
Originally published on desantis-vs-gillum.com, a website dedicated to the Florida governor’s race in 2018
Andrew Gillum, the democratic nominee for governor of the state of Florida, is campaigning to be governor, but what offices has he served in previously?
In 1997, the student activites director told 17-year-old Gillum “You will be governor of the State of Florida one day.”
The decision between food and medicine
A article written for class in 2018.
Omar Soto Hernandez is from Venezuela and came to live in the U.S. about three months ago when he married his wife Blake.
This is what differences he sees between the countries and what he thinks about Venezuela in the past, what has happened to and around him in the present, and what he thinks of the future of Venezuela.
In the past, Hernandez said that he can remember going to the supermarket and buying a basket full of food and being able to purchase soda and candy.
“I remember there were maybe then or sixteen kids of milk and all of them made there.”
Now, he says the situation is opposite.
“Right now we don’t have food…My sister died because basically we don’t have food.”
A road paved using recycled materials from MacRebur. Photo from: MacRebur Facebook.
‘We’re not a roads company we’re an environmental company’
Originally published by Grit Daily.
The problem of plastic pollution is daunting to solve, but one company is working to reduce it.
MacRebur is a Scotland-based company that has found a way to use plastics that can’t be recycled and turn them into roads.
Founded by Toby McCartney, Nick Burnett and Gordon Reid in 2016, MacRebur is on a mission to change plastic pollution and make the world a cleaner place. This is all inspired by his daughter.
A bag holder at the entrance to the Moreley home that reads “reduce, reuse, recycle.”
Local family lives in a converted shipping container
Originally published in the Flagler College Gargoyle.
Adam Morley isn’t your typical politician.
In a shipping container on the outskirts of St. Augustine, Morley lives with his wife, Janine and their 1-year-old son Elon. He tries to incorporate sustainability into his life, constantly working to become more and more sustainable. And a big part of that is living in a shipping container.
Caitlyn Cooper outside of Flagler College.
Life as a college-aged druid
Originally published by the Flagler College Gargoyle.
Caitlyn Cooper is like many other Flagler College students. She is an art major, has brightly colored hair, and is navigating her freshman year in a new city. What is not so common, however, is she identifies as a witch and a druid.
Druidry is a religion that stems from Celtic beliefs and is centered around the earth and the appreciation of nature, Cooper said. The ancient religion also isn’t centered around deities.
“You don’t have to worship anything to be a Druid,” she said.