Have you walked out to a nearby lake, river, or the harbor and saw garbage floating on the water? Have you ever seen plastic water bottles and plastic bags on the ground at a nearby park? Why should we care about plastic waste? Should we worry about using plastic bags when we get a takeout from our favourite restaurant, or when we go to a grocery store? In this special Earth Day episode of the Sci'more Podcast, we speak with Laura Bankey, Vice President of Conservation Programs at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. 

If you ever been to the National Aquarium here in Baltimore and ever wondered what they do (other than house beautiful animals of course), also come and check out this episode!

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Useful links:

Laura's Profile: https://aqua.org/about/our-people/laura-bankey

National Aquarium Conservations: https://aqua.org/support/conservation

City Nature Challenge: https://citynaturechallenge.org/ join at the end of April!

Music: ‘Lucky Massive Dangerous’ by Speck

Editing: Yun-Fei Liu

Intro: Chris Seong Yeol An

Interviewers: Chris Seong Yeol An

Outro: Chris Seong Yeol An

With help from: Michael Dryzer, Emily Han, Ashton Omdahl, Sebastian Markert, and Michael Xie