Humans’ Interactions With Nature
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 02:00 Written by Albert Greenhut Friday, 22 May 2015 06:45
It is in human nature to explore as much as it in human nature to change the world. Ship wreck exploration is a fun intersection between these two truths. As a Midwesterner I do not think of myself as proximate to any great aquatic adventures but, alarmingly, this winter has proved me wrong. Because this was one of the warmest winters on record, this year’s ice sheets from the East Coast have cleared the Great Lakes of sediment and have made them clear enough that the lakes’ bottoms can be seen from airplanes (and they will continue to be clear until agricultural runoff and blooming algae muddy the water).
This means that of the 6,000 ship wrecks in the great lakes more can be seen from the air to direct divers to and learn more about. The coast guard has done research about these wrecks but crowd sources additional information that lets individuals contribute to larger knowledge databases.
The real story here is that humans are in a struggle caused by our need to change the world to meet our needs but still preserve the raw beauty that we are drawn to explore. Our industry focuses on industrial packaging and preservation, and that is where my expertise is as well. Every year there is an immense amount of materials wasted because instead of being recycled (and re-purposed) they are thrown out.
Unnecessary waste further impacts industrial demands and stresses our resources. So when walking the line of preserving what we have for exploration and using what we need, we urge our customers to be conscious of the benefits of using a fully recyclable material that does not rely on volatile chemicals, and actively helps replace and eliminate the need for oils. We are taking great strides with automotive customers in Europe and Africa helping them eliminate the need for protective oils to protect their parts. Seeing the results of another oil spill off the coast of California makes us appreciate clean water, aquatic adventures and our truly environmentally friendly reactive barrier packaging material, the Intercept Technology.
