Did you know that more than 18 billion pounds of plastics end up in the world’s oceans every year? About 5 months ago, 17 pounds of plastic waste killed a pilot whale in southern Thailand. The whale was found in southern Thailand struggling to swim; a necropsy found 80 plastic shopping bags and other debris had caused it to starve, in the video “17 Pounds of Plastic Waste Kills Pilot Whale” below:
Yesterday, a dead sperm whale was found washed ashore in eastern Indonesia with nearly 6kg (1000 pieces) of plastic waste (in forms of plastic bags, plastic cups, flip flops) in its stomach, according to park officials. Turtles, fish, and whales worldwide are dying from the ocean’s plastic pollution. We need some systematic changes: 1. Businesses need to be responsible for the entire life cycle of any product they produce. 2. Governments need to implement more strict policies to tackle this issue. This global ocean pollution may require international treaties to resolve such a global problem. The WWF Global Plastics Policy Manager, Erik Lindebjerg, talks about this issue with euronews, in the video, “115 plastic cups, 4 bottles, and 2 flip-flops found inside dead whale” below:
Plastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean, influencing all ecosystems from beautiful coral reefs to abyssal trenches, eventually accumulating in our own food. Learn more about how to upend the current system of produce-use-discard, and transition to a system which promotes reuse and repurposing of plastics, in the video “How We Can Keep Plastics Out of Our Ocean” below:
Sir David Attenborough on the environment, the future and a life on television, in the video “David Attenborough on the future of the planet” below:
At this point, I’d like to share these posts below:
Perhaps we can encourage our local and federal governments to implement these methods of cleaning our local drains and oceans, as indicated in the two posts and videos above.
Gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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I am a mother/wife/daughter, math professor, solar advocate, world traveler, yogi, artist, photographer, sharer of knowledge/information, and resident of Windermere, FL. I've worked professionally in applied math, engineering, medical research, and as a university math professor in IL and FL for about 20 years. My husband and I loved Disney and moved down to Central Florida initially as snowbirds. But we've come to love the warmth and friendly people offered by this community and decided to move down to Windermere, FL full time in 2006. I am now spending time sharing information/ knowledge online, promoting understanding of math and solar energy (via http://www.sunisthefuture.net ), and developing Windermere Sun (http://www.WindermereSun.com) as an online publication, sharing and promoting Community ABC's (Activities-Businesses-Collaborations) for healthier/happier/more sustainable living. In the following posts, I'll be sharing with you some of the reasons why Windermere has attracted us to become full-time residents of Central Florida region. Please feel free to leave your comments via email at "Contact Us" in the topbar above or via [email protected]
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