Cupcake Wars- Coral Reef Edition
Our project that we created was based off the idea of coral reef depletion. The idea was to make people aware of the mass destruction due to human consumption and waste. As we mentioned in our presentation, there are several reason why coral reefs are slowly wasting away. Pollution, over fishing, and tourism are all leading causes. More than 80% of the worlds reefs are over fished. One-third of the world's CO2 dis fusses into the ocean which then raises the acidity. It has been estimated that in the next 30 years 60% of the worlds coral reefs will be completely depleted. While building our form we used a variety of supplies, we used a few natural resources, several recycled objects, and some miscellaneous items. The sand and shells were used to represent the beach and the natural underwater world in which they live. The shark and little fish were used to represent the wildlife that lives around or in these reefs. Our miscellaneous items that were used on the reef were to represent other living organisms and human waste that has built up due to mass consumption.