Divers take on worldwide marine debris issues

Project AWARE Foundation – It’s hard to picture six million tonnes of debris entering the ocean in one year. In fact, that’s what happens each and every year – harming wildlife and underwater environments. But on International Cleanup Day, 25 September, Project AWARE Foundation will be joined by passionate underwater volunteers in 100 countries, using [...]

Plastiki completes Pacific voyage

The Plastiki (see Navigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Jan 25, 2010) and her crew arrived July 26 in Sydney Harbour, completing their 130 day, 8,394 nautical mile journey of the Pacific Ocean – including the North Pacific Garbage Patch – that began in San Francisco. Her mission to raise awareness of the issue [...]

Ocean “garbage patch” a legacy of throwaway living

A yachting competition across the Pacific led veteran seafarer Charles Moore to discover what some have since deemed the world’s largest “landfill” – actually a huge water-bound swath of floating plastic garbage twice the size of the state of Texas. Trapped in an enormous slow whirlpool called the Pacific Gyre, a mostly stagnant, plankton-rich seascape [...]

Plastiki and Fish Free Friday

While you Track the Voyage of Plastiki – see the d5o story: Navigating The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – check out the Fish Free Friday feature. Some great illustration work, some important information, and a chance to make a small change that could create a big difference. Source: The Plastiki Expedition

Navigating The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a region double the size of Texas in the North Pacific Ocean – is awash with garbage. It’s estimated that the area contains more than three million tons of plastics, and islands in what’s called the “Convergence Zone” (see map) regularly see their coastlines fouled with the waste that [...]