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Ditch The Plastic Bottle, Save Money, Save Lives
Ditch The Plastic Bottle, Save Money, Save Lives
This past week I was exposed to the photography work of Chris Jordan. He recently returned from an expedition to Midway Island to photograph a shocking scene of what is happening because of human plastic consumption.
This fate is not exclusive to Albatrosses, all marine life living near the Pacific Gyre are affected by this gruesome fate. From the smallest fish that consumes plastic by mistake, to the larger fish who consume them and the rest of us down the food chain are all being affected by this.
The problem is certainly a big one, but there are small steps we can all do to get started solving it.
2) Check out the 5Gyres.org, a new project from Anna Cummins (local LA resident) of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation and the JUNK Raft dedicated to researching and communicating plastic pollution in the worlds oceans (we’ve got a great YDT video with Anna coming up soon).
3) Stop using plastic water bottles. There is no need for one-time use plastic bottles. Not only is the cost of buying bottled water expensive, the environmental cost is astronomical. To help you get started, YDT has partnered with local company EcoUsable to help get the word out about their stainless steel filtered water bottles and get people to ditch the plastic.
From now until the end of month, YDT will be giving away four EcoUsable water bottles to new subscribers who sign up for YDT newsletter and current subscribers who invite friends.
To learn more about the bottles checkout www.ecousable.com
Images via Chris Jordan, EcoUsable and the BBC
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Sherri
This is such a huge issue and one that each of us can do something about!
Anna Cummins will be our guest at the MVCC Green Booth at the Mar Vista Farmers Market next Sunday 11/22 to talk about this and the Gyre expeditions – see all the info here –
http://marvistagreengardenshowcase.blogspot.com/2009/11/learn-what-we-can-do-to-save-our-oceans.html
Kirsten@Nexyoo
That photo is so sad. Another interesting project focusing on plastic in the Pacific is the Plastiki: http://www.theplastiki.com/
Tracy Hepler
The photo is so sad! I’m hoping we can use our sadness about how this is happening and use it to make a difference so that it stops happening.
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