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Devan Philbrook + Gabby Garcila
THE ISSUE, What is the basic issue?
GARBAGE + CHEMICALS IN THE OCEAN = MARINE POLLUTION
4Ocean gives us hope. Their goal is to end the plastic crisis that our ocean is facing. They have removed over 4 million pounds of trash in under 2 years.
When two guys, Alex Schulze and Andrew Cooper visited Bali in 2015, they were perplexed by the amount of plastic on the beach and in the ocean. The two also noticed local fishermen coming in each day discouraged by nets filled with more plastic than fish.
First, they establish plastic economies around the world by paying fishermen whose livelihoods have been affected by pollution to catch plastic. The operation is funded by the sale of bracelets made from the recovered materials. Each bracelet purchase removes one pound of trash from the ocean & coastlines.
Here are some awesome images from their projects!
WHAT CAN WE DO??
STOP YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM!
1. Reduce your use of single-use plastics and your dependency on plastics
2. Recycle and dispose properly
3. Participate in cleanups
If you want...
Use your voice! Spread the word about the issue. Support bans. Support organizations addressing plastic pollution. The situation may not be too scary today, but not far from now, it won't only be the sea life that is hurting, it will be us too. SPEAK UP!!!!!
How does this make us feel? Not just physically but mentally, too.
We share our feelings and feelings from peers.
"Hearing this type of thing on the news everyday really scares me. I wonder what my future will be like for me and my kids? I try to tell myself that their are many things being done, eventhough we live in the nation the produces the most CO2 in the world! We need help, starting with a new president and a science breakthrough in order to save our future."
"I ask all the time, why do people not see that climate change is an issue? It's going to hit our generation the hardest." -Devan Philbrook
"I believe this a very urgent issue for not only our generation but for all of the ones that follow. We need to quickly improve the current conditions of our oceans now because as a world we depend on our oceans and our oceans are depending just as much on us right now."
After interviewing some peers...
"It sucks, it's scary" -Sophia
"I feel pretty depressed, lowkey" -Cole
"It's bad, It's bad" -Drew
"It's a bad thing" -Roma
"I think it is real scary and not enough people are educated enough to the point to where we can make change. We need it to be more projected everywhere." -Alexandra