Solar Energy and Oyster Populations

Submitted by Teddy Applebaum on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 8:32am

9 comments for "Solar Energy and Oyster Populations".

1. Solar Powered

Submitted by aspring on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 11:49am.

So wait, what was solar powered here?

2. Deep Ecology

Submitted by Xray22 on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 11:22am.

This one shows how all aspects of sustainability are integrated. It's not just about using green energy, but preserving biodiversity --- and more. Too bad the boat wasn't solar powered though!

3. Educational and truly

Submitted by Jerry7119 on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 1:00pm.

Educational and truly important if we are to make significant efforts to keep our oceans clean

4. Precious Bay!

Submitted by Lori Vales on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 6:25am.

It's great to see progress toward saving our bay!

5. Great mood

Submitted by eadams on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 7:40pm.

Nice message - one oyster at a time.

6. Info on Solar

Submitted by caseyp on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 9:18am.

Nice video and great efforts. I'm interested to know how exactly you are using the solar energy in this project. Could you explain a bit?

7. A timely message for a Bay in

Submitted by pwilbur on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 2:20pm.

A timely message for a Bay in dire need of attention!

8. Oysters

Submitted by beaglemom22 on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 6:09pm.

This video makes a great statement about what has happened with overfishing, and how this can impact our environment. Great job to the marine biology students who are reseeding those beds and kudos to the video production team as well. Well done!

9. filtering seawater

Submitted by ksanderses on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:15pm.

An oyster can filter 60 gallons of seawater...interesting.

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Teddy Applebaum

Born and raised in Cambridge, MA, Teddy is a member of the class of 2009 at RWU, double majoring in Journalism and Political Science. When he is not building sculptures with the Chair Rearrangement Club, or searching for the next Watergate, Teddy can be found drowning in his own cynicism. The founder of a failed independent school newspaper, Teddy is now the web editor of RWU's paper the Hawk's Herald. In his free time he watches the sky for falling meteors, enjoys a good game of chess and hatches big ideas with the hope that someday he will follow through on at least one of them. After graduation Teddy hopes to bounce from paper to paper like a pinball en route to eventually writing for the New York Times.

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