Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Fake Plastic Fish - the New Reality

Listening to my favourite radio station - the CBC - I heard the story of three young surfers who left Vancouver to embark on their dream journey around the world. What they found was plastic migration knows no boundaries. Plastic is choking the planet.


Read their story at http://www.oceangybe.com/ make the pledge to give up your plastic purchases with the ultimate purpose to wean yourself and your family off of plastic forever. Start with never using a disposable plastic bag. It is anything but disposable. The survival of the oceans depends on our choices.


Plastic as it breaks down becomes smaller pieces of plastic, eventually being consumed by marine life and ending up in the food chain. Those fake plastic fish may be real plastic fish in the near future.


Yesterday was World Oceans Day. Awareness will bring about change so we suggest you educate yourself about the oceans and why they need your help. You will find many interesting and informative topics at this website http://www.theoceanproject.org/







2 comments:

  1. Hi there. I found your blog because I have an ongoing Google alert for "Fake Plastic Fish" since that's the name of my blog. But since I didn't see a link to www.fakeplasticfish.com, this must be a coincidence.

    Anyway, I have been collecting and tallying my plastic waste on www.fakeplasticfish.com for two years now and writing about plastic-free alternatives. I invite you to check it out and possibly participate in the challenge to collect and analyze your own plastic waste for a week or more.

    If you feel inspired by what you read, feel free to add a link to your sidebar.

    Cheers!
    Beth

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  2. Very strange. I don't know why my links didn't work. Let me try again:

    http://www.fakeplasticfish.com

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