[Talk] [Group] Bliss English Club-7/8

Just come and join us. No registration or sign in before the meeting is requested. 1. Introduction： Bliss English Club is a wonderful and cool place running since 1997 where you can learn English, make friends and have fun. 2. Venue： TOHOHI Arts Corner at No. 13, Lane 68, Shih-ta Road, Taipei https://i.imgur.com/9QjXrS2.png 3. Time： Almost every Saturday 14:30~17:30 4. During the meeting：English Only !! Hosts are the souls of BLISS meetings. Any member can host a meeting. The topics can be various as well as the ways conducted in the meetings We have group discussions, role plays, recitation, book reviews and so on. Other than English learning, we also like to make friends. We hold colorful activities such as dinner meetings, quarterly outings, and year end parties forming friendships. Bliss is not only an English learning group, but also using English to explore the world. Welcome to join with us:) 5. Topic: Any topic !! From Astronomy, world innovation, literature to art. Any topic that the host feels interested to share !! 6. Admission Fee： Charged at NT$150 per person with a cup of tea or coffee 7. <Bliss Meeting Notice> Fun Water Sports in Hot Summer” by Monika on 7/8, 2017 You bet! Bliss Meetings not only “Water” but “Cool” ”you “Up” this Saturday! Without further delay, come to splash water in Fun Sports with our hostess, Monika! Let’s have fun and be “Cool” together, Blissers! The agenda: 1. Introduction of water sports 2. What kinds of water sports do you like? 3. River Tracing 4. Kayaking 5. SUP & SUP yoga 6. Rafting 7. Scuba Diving & Snorkeling Recap of “To Get Involved From Knowing ‘The Ocean Cleanup’" by Steven on July 1, 2017 Date: July 1, 2017 Host: Steven Topic: To Get Involved From Knowing "The Ocean Cleanup Participants: Daniel Yang, Daniel Chen, Hazel, Sophia, Peter, Kevin Huang, Annie, Wade, Angel Meeting Photo: https://goo.gl/photos/F3NS2dxNJX15yJPe6 New members- Hazel: https://goo.gl/photos/Fuqkmgg8Evp97quYA Peter: https://goo.gl/photos/txaCUejBRNS9EVxSA Wade: https://goo.gl/photos/ez9iv9NAQRXSt3LYA Sophia: https://goo.gl/photos/NqxF1LmDEwLM5pGw7 The Meeting started… In the beginning of the meeting, Steven showed the photos which presented the serious problems of plastic pollution in the ocean. The plastic garbage not only filled the ocean but also wild animals’ stomach mistakenly. Accordingly, our lives and environment are threatened by the plastic population day by day, which awakened more and more people to face and solve the problems. Boyan Slat Then Steven started to talk about the person, who saw more plastics than fish in the ocean when diving in Greece at age 16. He started to devote himself in a high school project to investigate ocean plastic pollution problems and tried to convince people that we can“clean up” the ocean. In 2012, he presented his idea to build a passive system in TED talk and he quitted his studies and founded “The Ocean Cleanup” next year. Assumption and Findings: “The Ocean Cleanup foundation” observed ocean garbage patches and the gyres and made their conclusion after investigation : “ the plastic mass peak remained on the sea surface and the plastic mass exponentially decreasing with depth”. 1st clean-up Design 1.Based on that, they developed the 1st design comprising V-shaped array of floating barriers that are attached to the seabed so as to catch the plastic deposited there by the ocean currents. 2.Underneath the booms, a screen will help gather plastic suspended under the surface. The floating barriers will funnel plastics towards a central platform which extracts and stores the waste until it is transported to land for recycling. 3.The prototype was launched in June, 2016 but failed after 2 months 2nd clean- up Design 1. The 2nd clean up system was announced on May 12, 2017. 2. Comparing with previous one, it’s cheaper and more efficient. It is supposed to shorten the clean-up time from 10 years to 5 years. 3. The new system also has better survivability. Arguments about “Clean-up Simulation” Although the cleanup system is very creative, the foundation is facing a lot of doubts. Such as we should prevent the garbage from being spread into the ocean other than cleaning afterwards; most recyclers don’t want to recycle the plastics; the project itself may harm wildlife…etc. Boyan’s “How the oceans can clean themselves” and his vedio 1.Inspiringly, Boyan engaged himself in this mission without money and experiences when he was a junior high school student. 2.Aspiringly, our Host, Steven “got involved” in the project by “printing out the full text of Boyan’s Studies “How the oceans can clean themselves” and sharing with us. 3.Persuasively in his TED video, Boyan successfully convinced people of “Ocean Cleanup” with his own charisma and supportive data. Reflections: Thank our devoted Host Steven, a living example of learning and improving by “getting involved”, who hosted two meetings within two months, and the contribution of all the participants during the discussion. It was really an informative meeting ever attended. -- Bliss English Club since 1997 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bliss.taipei?fref=ts Website: http://blisstaipei520.pixnet.net/blog Picasa: https://plus.google.com/101726755048448689917/photos Bliss 2017 Calendar: 2:30~5:30 pm every Saturday No meeting date: 8/5,9/30,10/7,12/16,12/23,12/30 Outing: 9/23 (Q3) Year-End-Party (YEP): 12/9 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 61.228.127.206 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/EngTalk/M.1499171987.A.CD8.html