by Beth | Jun 9, 2013 | Education, Environment, Good Causes
Did you know that in the past decade, more and more personal care products have been sold in The United States and around the world that contain micro-plastic particle abrasives used as an exfoliant? This is perhaps the most offensive form of plastic pollution...
by Beth | Nov 23, 2012 | Education, Environment, Good Causes
Over 1,000 Hong Kong school children, teachers and volunteers form a massive kid-designed dolphin to say in two languages “Protect” in English, and Ocean in Chinese (海洋), communicating their desires for a clean and thriving sea. Kids Ocean Day Hong Kong is...
by Beth | Jun 13, 2012 | Education, Good Causes
Did you know that half of the earth’s oxygen comes from phytoplankton, a one-celled plant that lives on the ocean’s surface? Or that one in six jobs is in some way marine related? Whether you live in a coastal town by the sea, or in a land locked state and...
by Beth | May 31, 2012 | Education, Good Causes
Imagine if 10,000 people decided to not make as much trash for one month.We could reduce the trash on Earth and in our ocean by over a million pounds. Take Ocean Conservancy’s 30 Day Trash-Free Challenge and join the movement to stop trash before it starts. To...
by Beth | May 22, 2012 | Education
This is a photo I took a few weeks ago at an Earth Day Festival I attended. It is the stomach contents of an albatross. This stomach regurgitation, called “bolus,” represents the kind of plastic junk sea birds often mistake for food. The plastic string is...
