My name is Aiden Riff, and I’m a DLab student at One Stone. I have been working on the United Nation’s Global Goal number 14 in my DLab. I have learned so many new things about the ocean and the harm towards the ocean in my research these last 10 weeks. Maz, James, and I had an interview that really had me at a loss of words. We sat and talked with Mike Malterre for about an hour. We talked about Stream to Sea, which is the company Mike founded has been working with for the past few years. It hurts me to see that billions of people are using products that affect their health and the ocean. I would like to spread the word about how the products they use affect their bodies, and show us all what we can use instead. Our interview with Mike really had me stunned, but also gave me the motivation I needed to keep working and pursuing this project. I learned that Mike has tried so hard to show people that they are affecting the reefs. He has had famous people talk about his product, he has tried talking to the people that monitor the reefs, and they have done little to nothing. I have learned that the reefs, which provide about significant amounts of our oxygen are dying, and if we do nothing about it, they may be drastically diminished in about 50-100 years. I have learned things that have changed my perspective on what I do and how I do things. I would like to work on this project for this next term and see if I can make a difference. Right now, this is what being the Good is to me.
