Intro to Environmental Science
This project was completed for Professor Judith Turk during the Spring semester of 2016
This project was my first real look into what sustainable methods are. My group partners and I chose to analyze the concept of beach replenishment and report our research to our classmates. The biggest takeaway for me was that my research confirmed my past view that beach replenishment is futile. The only sustainable benefit from this method of protecting our coastal towns is an economic gain caused by an increase in jobs. Otherwise, beach replenishment strips the beaches of their health, destroys the local ecosystems (especially avian communities) within the target area, and can negatively affect adjacent coastal towns.