tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60640280549804257582024-03-18T12:57:46.258-07:00The Plastic Ocean ProjectThis blog shares the research experiences and findings conducted at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW faculty and students) in conjunction with Plastic Ocean Project. Earlier posts share open-ocean sampling and adventures in the North and South Atlantic, the South Pacific and the North Pacific Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Outreach and education is the primary purposes to bring global awareness to an issue that has reached a crisis level in the marine environment.theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-26579520321859968082019-01-27T12:52:00.000-08:002019-01-28T17:32:29.100-08:001st Trees4Trash Cleanup on Cape Fear Dr. Burgaw, NC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hurricane Florence made landfall on 9/14/18 along the NC coast, a direct hit in Wilmington, NC, where Plastic Ocean Project was founded. Here where we have been so fortunate to conduct research at UNCW with extremely talented scientists like Pamela Seaton, PhD. Ralph Mead, PhD., Alyson Taylor, PhD., and Brooks Avery, PhD. to name a few. Here where we work along side other dynamic nonprofits like Cape Fear Surfrider, Cape Fear River Watch, and Cape Fear Sierra Club. Here where students from K-12 on up to master students, community members, and business owners, help relieve some of the pressure on the planet due to plastic waste. Here marks the entry point of Flo where she brought up to 140 mph winds and 3 feet of rain. The Cape Fear River swelled up and out consuming sections of I-40 and other major roads, laying captive to the people trapped by the mote surrounding the New Hanover community. That part of the story, the news reported daily. The water receded and so did the press. What we were left with was a destroyed science building, Dobo Hall, where we conducted our research, thousands of trees, especially our hardwood centuries old, and devastated communities.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Rumors of the area trashed by personal belongings, not intended to be forfeited, pricked the ears of Plastic Ocean Project and we decided to go have a look for ourselves. </span><br />
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For weeks we watched FEMA remove our beloved tree canopy that had fallen like soldiers due to our already saturated soil before the storm. The 140 knot winds made them an easy target. Wilmington, "The City of Trees" lost thousands of trees. We decided to combine the two issues. For every 25 lbs. of trash removed, we commit to planting 1 hardwood tree. As the saying goes, "Someone is sitting under a shady tree today because someone planted it many years ago." We hope to create a clean, <i>shady</i> place for the next generation to enjoy.<br />
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We rented a 15 passinger van for UNCW students volunteers to take the 30 minute drive up, work 3 hours, then back. We were met by a caravan of cars lined up along Cape Fear Drive. Linda Edmundson and daughter drove down from Raleigh, NC, Maddy Arena, a high school student from Carteret County drove the hour to get there and Bev Lawrence and Jim Rineholt from Florida visiting in the area were there too. The Hammers Family, Karl, Angel, and Amanda, Cordelia Norris, Guilianna Martinelli, Kelsey Kelly from Extended Range Diving Services, and Harvey Tate all donned reusable gloves and reusable bags and quietly went to work in the debris field. They recovered things like keys, Good Luck coins, CDs, photos, toys, clothes, kitchen utensils, vintage baseball cards, and vases. Items that meant something to someone, not like the single use trash that we usually clean up. Our hearts broke a little when one of the volunteers brought a baby shoe to our table where we would put special items. Folks that lived on the road stopped to thank us, others grabbed their buckets and joined us. The owner of the property shared the story of how the location became a huge dump sight because the county would not be picking up on private roads, he offered his property close to the highway for the neighbors to put the destroyed items close to the road so FEMA would pick them up. But then came those who were paid to dispose of the debris in other neighborhoods who began dumping, and some tree removal outfits did the same, and the several acre area became a major dump site.<br />
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Darren Cannan who lived on the road asked what we were going to do with all the debris. Not truly prepared for the mass quantity of debris that laid before our eyes, we planned on coming back with a small trailer but soon realized we would need several. Before we knew it, he was gone and then back again with his flat bed trailer. "I can take one load, but we only have 10 minutes to get it to the site." Darren offered. We hurriedly filled the trailer and off he went.<br />
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She hugged several of us and thanked us for caring enough to come out. "That location is a constant reminder of the pain we suffered in this community. It looks so much better." <br />
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We soon got back on our way to finish packing up our supplies, weighing and tying up the rest of the bags when here comes Patti and Darren with their flat bed trailer. "We can take one more." We filled it up and off they went. We looked around and realized there was still a lot to grab. Chip Jackson gave me that look, when he said, "So you need a truck." We both looked at his truck and then back at each other, "I cleaned it out on the off chance." His pre-teen daughter Torie helped fill up his truck and we headed back to Wilmington where we disposed of it properly.<br />
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Thank you UNCW Plastic Ocean Project students Noelle Minch, Shelby Cobb, Zachery Tyson, Kenna Robinson, Ceili Casadei, Claire Bachman, RAH, and especially President, Eric Dzenis, for donating your entire day to be a HUGE part of this project. Big POP is stronger with the awesome sauceness of UNCW POP. (Sorry if I missed any of you.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/make-a-donation.html">http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/make-a-donation.html</a><br />
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theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-89995418357145372562018-05-30T09:38:00.000-07:002018-05-30T09:38:04.787-07:00Plastic2Fuel Innitiative in Puerto Rico gets a GRANDE welcome
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Flying across the beautiful
blues of the Atlantic Ocean heading towards the Caribbean Sea, a Plastic Ocean
Project team was embarking on its first trip to Puerto Rico to study the
feasibility of a plastic to fuel solution for the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The team, consisting of Ned Buddy and Rafael
Toro, was at the beginning of a 96-hour fact finding tour of the “Enchanted
Island”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>POP’s research into a
Plastics2Fuel solution for the islands of the Caribbean began 3 years
prior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Initial research on Puerto Rico was
made possible with the help of Daniela Romero, an undergraduate and founding
member of UNCW POP. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ned and Rafael had begun
seriously discussing the use of a proven technology developed by a company
called Renewlogy which takes plastics and converts them into a distillate and
fuel oil combination, similar to a #2 diesel back in October 2017. Could we
take this process and set up a prototype in Puerto Rico? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In December 2017, Rafael
travelled to the island on family matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was his first return to his native island in over 8 years. He saw
firsthand the devastation wrought by the hurricanes, not just on the land, but
on the people. Traffic lights were nonfunctional and approached with caution.
Abandoned and neglected gas stations and homes made once bustling areas look
like ghost towns. Bent and broken billboards, debris, trash, hanging tree
branches, utility poles and lines littered the side of the roads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the noticeable effect of the hurricanes
was on the faces of the Puerto Ricans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The festive and jolly time of Christmas he remembered from his past was
missing this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">One glow of optimism came when
Rafael visited longtime friend, Pedro Negrón, in his home near San German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He related the harrowing 40 hours he endured
during hurricane Maria and the immediate recovery efforts afterwards. Discussing
the Plastics2Fuel initiative with him, they explored ideas of how to place such
a system in Puerto Rico. He saw this as a worthwhile endeavor and even offered
his land to locate it on. Being a long-standing member of the community, made
him a unique barometer of POP’s vision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On the approach into San Juan,
the blue tarps still passing for roofs on the houses below were a stark
reminder of the devastation wrought by hurricanes Irma & Maria 7 months
prior. Yet driving the northern route across the island, we found ourselves
surprised by the cleanliness of the surrounding landscape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although we saw numerous billboards toppled
over into parking lots and buildings, as well as hundreds of trees lying a
strewn in the hills, the highway roadside was clean and lush. The downed power
lines, poles, and scattered debris were gratefully missing since Rafael’s last
visit to Puerto Rico. The expressway to Arecibo showed signs of cleanliness,
well-manicured landscapes and highway maintenance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Traffic and street lights were
functional and made for safe travels. In the distance homes and neighborhoods
were lit up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going through town after
town, we noticed such a high volume of traffic coming in and out of the malls,
eateries, pharmacies and grocery stores. Business was flowing as usual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We arrived in San German close
to 10pm, settling into one of the original cities of the island, at the
gracious bed & breakfast operated by Tony Linares just across the street
from the Porta Coeli (Gateway to Heaven) Convent church, built in 1609. After a
brief tour and background of the historic house which was to be our base for
the next 4 days, we settled in for the night with coquis lullabying us to
sleep.<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We awoke Sunday morning, Earth
Day, to a beautiful day. We headed off to visit several popular beaches in the
southwest. Heading out through Cabo Rojo we reached Playa Buyé, a small cove with
a reef and rocky shoreline. We continued on to Combate, passing through
Boquerón. We reached the old fishing village in the southwest corner of the
island near to the lighthouse. There we saw 55-gallon plastic barrels clearly
marked for recyclable materials, but empty for the most part. We picked up
trash along the ¼ mile beach. We received some weird looks but we also found
some receptive offers of help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did
get about 30 minutes of swimming in that beautiful sea. We filled up a dozen or
so bags of trash, containing lots of straws, plastic cups, packets of Gasolina
– a unique potent rum drink unfortunately sold in Capri-Sun like packaging. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sunday evening, we had a
traditional Puerto Rican dinner back at the house with Pedro Negrón and his
wife Iris. In addition, the Head of Public Works for San German, the engineer,
Damian Morales and the recycling coordinator, Ulises Quinones and their wives
joined us. Breaking bread and getting to know them, gave us a greater
appreciation for their hardships during the hurricane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How resilient and resourceful the human being
can be. All agreed that something had to be done with plastic waste. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Monday morning, we woke up to
sound of roosters and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. Ulises picked us up
at 9 to begin our tour of the municipality and the recycling center. He brought
us through the network of recycling centers set up at the 15 schools in the
municipality which complement the household collections. One of the schools was
named Bartolome De Las Casas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a
Spanish monk who was sent to the island in the 16<sup>th</sup> century to study
its population, fauna and wildlife. We felt like him on our research study. We
continued on through the waste stream to the public works facility. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Reaching the municipality
recycling center which is located in a small valley we entered a well-kept and
orderly facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Entering into the
building we passed a flatbed trailer loaded with empty black drums which had
been flown in by FEMA as emergency fuel. Ulises offered these to us to store
our fuel. We met with Damian Morales and his staff and presented him our initiative.
We collected some data and more information on their services and programs.
Later we toured the outdoor facility where we were able to view the sorting and
baling of the various recyclable products. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We left to visit the next
stage of the waste stream, WR Recycling, which manages the recyclables for 11
municipalities in the region. We proceeded to Bajura, a low-lying area where
their Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) is. We were met by Melissa Bonilla
Ramos, one of the administrators of the company, who graciously provided many
facts, insights and a tour of the facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We spent a couple of hours there gaining an understanding of how it was
operated. Since the hurricane, the Army Corps of Engineers has charged WR
Recycling with processing the mounds of white goods (refrigerators, washers,
dryers, stoves, vending machines, etc.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>collected throughout the region. As a result
the amount of recyclables has piled up creating rows and rows of 10 foot high
stacks of baled plastic containers, aluminum cans, plastic bags all around the
grounds. This was also the cause of the backlog we witnessed at the sorting
facility in San German.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Tuesday morning, Ulises took
us to a regional landfill in Lajas. This landfill, one of the 28 across the
island, has been in operation for over 40 years now and is one of the 12 which
are not under closure orders from the EPA. It is operated by the municipality
of Lajas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were granted access to
drive anywhere we like and look around as long as we please. We explored the 34-acre
site which takes in near 300 tons of waste a week. It too had huge mountains of
white goods awaiting disposal. As we drove up the 100 foot “cliffs” of garbage
we taken aback by the cake layered effect of plastic bags which had accumulated
over the years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Afterwards, we headed south
towards the Caribbean Sea, we reached the town of Guayanilla. We had been
invited there to tour their facility and present our initiative to Ruben
Carrero, the Head of Recycling for the municipality. He has built a collection
network of 5,000 homes as well as using the 19 schools in Guayanilla. They have
their own MRF which processes over 250,000 lbs. of recyclables a month. Ruben
has built a very resourceful network and is one of the few facilities actually
able to find alternatives to the landfill for glass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After visiting both facilities,
we headed northwest past San German to Mayagüez where we visited Campus Verde. This
is a collegiate initiative of the Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto
Rico, which encourages and educates how to responsibly manage the planet's
resources inside and outside the campus. Campus Verde coordinates activities
and workshops to raise awareness about the importance of living in harmony with
the Planet. They provide innovations ranging from planting trees, cleaning
beaches, movie presentations, conferences, and workshops to the community and
now also offer an online course on Environmental Sustainability. In 2015, they
opened an Eco House on campus. The opening ceremony was attended by Jane
Goodall. Yamitza Gaztambide, Administrative Assistant, was graciously spent
over an hour with us going over some of their presentations, explaining their
background and programs and leading us on a tour of the Eco House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The similarities between Campus Verde and
UNCW POP were striking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We returned to San German
after a fulfilling and rewarding day to get some much-needed rest and prepare
for our final day which would be in San Juan. Reflecting on our successes of
the past 3 days, we were quite pleased that we had been able to view the whole
of the waste stream from the schools to the sorting facilities, the recycling
facility and the landfill. Around 4am, we were reminded of one additional
piece, the household garbage collection!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Awaking just past dawn, we ate
another delicious breakfast and packed ourselves up. After saying our goodbyes,
we travelled off along the southern highway through Ponce and then north
through the mountainous interior of the island and on to San Juan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along the way, we came across a large windfarm,
saw one of the main diesel to electricity plants which creates the majority of
the island’s electricity and wondrous views of the Caribbean. Travelling
through the mountains, with thousands of trees strewn across the hills like
toothpicks, you could understand the amazing logistics involved with bringing
power to the final 10,000 or so households still dark 7 months on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In San Juan, we met with</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Robert
Castaneda and John Gray of Greenlink RE, a renewable energy company working on
developing new technologies to make a positive impact upon the waste streams. They
are also looking at using Renewlogy’s technology on a more commercial level. We
traded our experiences in Puerto Rico and listened with interest to their other
projects elsewhere in Latin America. After our cups of delicious Puerto Rican
coffee, we moved on to lunch with Jessica Seiglie and David Savilla, the
Executive Director and fellow Director of Basura Cero (Zero Waste). Over some
delicious local seafood, we discussed how they are making an island wide impact
on reducing the amount of waste generated in Puerto Rico. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We had such an inspiring time in Puerto Rico!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went down there with the question of
whether it could be possible to use a P2F technology in Puerto Rico. We were
met with enthusiasm, cooperation, open doors and genuine encouragement to go
forward with POP’s goal of a P2F solution for a Caribbean island. The answer to
our hypothesis was a resounding YES!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We would be amiss if we did
not thank POP for the faith in our convictions, Tony Linares for his
hospitality, Jessica Seiglie for her perseverance in proof reading and fine tuning
the Spanish version of our 36 slide presentation, Damian Morales for his
insightful questions, Frontier Airlines for providing us the low cost fares
which made this venture possible, to the family of Rehole Polyte and the rest
of the Haiti team, Hannah Phillips, Annie Clark, Blada Johnson, Getro Deliscas,
your tribulations were in our hearts during our journey, and to you, for
reading our tale of adventure, hope and dreams of providing a sustainable
solution to the “Planetary Pickle” that plastic waste has enveloped us in. We
hope we have piqued your interest, inspired your creativity and perhaps we can
count on you to help us to continue our research. For more information on
Plastic Ocean Project’s Plastics 2 Fuel initiative, please visit </span><a href="http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/plastic-2-fuel.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.PlasticOceanProject.org/plastic-2-fuel.html</span></span></a></div>
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In unity with the Christian Day of Resurrection, I feel it is timely that we share our own story of loss of life in an attempt to help those in need and the hope that the losses suffered will one day bring about greater good for many.<br />
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For over two years Plastic Ocean Project, Inc. (POP) has been working with Renewlogy (PK Clean) a company that takes non-recyclable, low value plastic and turns it into a high BTU value energy source. Why would we support this? Because after looking at all of the current solutions to plastic pollution, this is the best way to get rid of the plastic menace (second to not using plastic in the first place) turning it back into its basic property - oil. After traveling the world and recognizing that island nations suffer the most from plastic pollution, especially in places like Haiti and Puerto Rico with poor infrastructure for waste management, POP committed to finding the funds to get this technology to regions that contribute to plastic in the ocean, have plastic washing up on their beaches, do not have landfills, and pay a premium for fuel with a huge carbon footprint shipping fuel across the ocean.<br />
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They arrived on Sunday 3/4/18 in Port-au-Prince, but due to flight issues, got a late start driving into the mountains heading toward Henge.<br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iy5FYpf5R_k/WsEmmAg1HJI/AAAAAAAAB9w/PxsAfhVtROQi592jlCWib8w00GI2MezWgCLcBGAs/s1600/Haiti-Car.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="707" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iy5FYpf5R_k/WsEmmAg1HJI/AAAAAAAAB9w/PxsAfhVtROQi592jlCWib8w00GI2MezWgCLcBGAs/s320/Haiti-Car.jpg" width="320" /></a>Oddly enough, I had been trying to catch up on work in my office at UNCW when my work phone rang. I looked at the clock, it was 12:32 am. I looked at the screen on my phone and it was from Davis, Davis Clark, Annie's husband. My heart sank into my stomach as I slowly brought the receiver to my head. I stopped breathing as I listened to his wistful voice, "Bonnie, there has been a terrible accident. Annie," then paused composing himself, "has a broken leg and multiple injuries." As he mentioned each person after, I feared one of them was not coming home alive and indeed, one did not. "The driver was shot trying to swerve around a man standing in the road with a gun ordering him to stop. We believe he was trying to protect the passengers and kept going. The second shot hit him in the head and the car sped forward and off of a cliff." I hung my head as I jotted down the name of the hospital, Blada's Haitian phone number, and told Davis I would call him back after I made a phone call.<br />
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZueJqHCI5MM/WsEiBT3UszI/AAAAAAAAB9A/9oaVeztFdSEqWRAP25tq1Tec_xJ8B-gLQCLcBGAs/s1600/Haiti-attack-Airport.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="1474" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZueJqHCI5MM/WsEiBT3UszI/AAAAAAAAB9A/9oaVeztFdSEqWRAP25tq1Tec_xJ8B-gLQCLcBGAs/s320/Haiti-attack-Airport.jpeg" width="302" /></a>Less than 6 hours into this effort for good, the effort was lost, a person was dead, and our team was in dire straights. Cut off from them except for Blada's cell phone that wasn't working, I called the man whom I spoke with weeks earlier that does relief in Haiti. He said, "If you need me to go pick them up, call me." That man was Dave Walen, a local attorney, pilot, musician, and humanitarian. It was 12:59 am when I texted him, "Dave, it is Bonnie, there has been some really bad things happen in Haiti . . . please, please, please, can you call me, I am going to be up all night." Within one minute, my cellphone rang and moments later, Dave conferenced in Joe Hurston, the founder of <a href="http://www.airmobile.org/" target="_blank">Air Mobile Ministries.</a> They spoke calmly and methodically, asking me for as much information as I could give as if they had done this many times before and perhaps why Dave said, "I'll pick them up." We were in the midst of an emergency evacuation.<br />
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Dave and Joe fly together bringing supplies as well as water purification systems to Haiti. Joe must have made 100 phone calls lining up logistics on the ground in order to fly to Haiti to pick up our team. In the meantime, Davis was on a 5:30am flight from Reno, NV to Florida to meet up with Joe and then fly to Haiti. Within 48 hours of receiving Davis' phone call, Joe and Davis were in Haiti transporting Annie from the hospital to his plane with Hannah in tow.<br />
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So what did happen that night? According to Hannah, the road they were on was frightening. They were in the mountains and could look down cliffs on either side with no guardrails. The driver seemed uncomfortable with the road and the car kept needing water. They stopped a few times to fill up the radiator. Hannah sat in the front seat in a car devoid of seatbelts and Annie sat in the back with her feet up between the front seats with Getro and Blada on each side of her. About 40 minutes into the drive, they could hear some commotion outside before the first shot went off. Ambush. A bullet hit the driver in the shoulder and someone ordered, "Put your heads down." The gun went off again and Hannah heard the driver's head hit the dash. She instinctively put her arms on the dash and her head against her arm prepared for the crash. Annie described it as the scene in the movie, Thelma and Louise as they flew off a cliff. She told me she buried her head into her pillow and screamed in her head "I am not dying here!" Getro remembers flying through the air out the window but lost conscientiousness. Blada expressed his frustration of not remembering anything after the fatal bullet hit the driver as they plunged over 60 meters onto a series of boulders. Though none of them were conscious, they believe the gunmen and accomplice crawled down to the car and took Getro's backpack with his laptop and clothes, Annie's backpack with her personal affects, money, cellphone, and Hannah's cellphone. <br />
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When they came to, no one knew where Getro was, people where helping them into their car, including all of their belongings that were left behind. Hannah recounts coming into awareness sitting in the front seat of the rescuer's car with her backpack strapped to her back and her carry on bag with her. Annie was stretched across the back seat with her broken leg and 4 inch wound on her head bleeding profusely. Hannah reached into her bag and gave Annie clothes to hold against her head as Blada situated their bags in the car and ordered them on to the hospital. On the way they ran out of gas. Blada jumped out of the car to push and soon other Haitians came out to help push the car to the hospital door. Once Hannah got into the light, she realized she was completely covered in blood and went into shock. Blada communicated with the staff as they quickly began treatment on Annie and Hannah. He suddenly realized he still had his phone buttoned in his shirt pocket and was able to get Annie's husband's phone number which brings us to the moment I got the call at 12:32 am.<br />
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There have been many losses, pain, and suffering. The driver left behind a wife and three young children. Annie’s injuries were much more serious than the broken leg and 4-inch gouge on her face. It turned out in addition to a fractured femur that required surgery, she also had a fractured sternum, lumbar vertebra 3 top and bottom, and a rib. Hannah received an injured shoulder, stitches on her nose, leg, and arm. Blada nearly lost his eye and required stitches just above his right eye and Getro, who had no idea where he was when he came to, wondered the dark mountainside until he realized he had his phone and called the police. The police came and got him and he filed the police report. Getro has a broken thumb and injured leg. It is a miracle they all survived and why today is a good day to praise God or any positive entity that was instrumental in protecting our people from fatality. Joe Hurston is a very spiritual man and when he was talking me down from my despair, he told me Romans 8:28, God makes good of everything. We hope that this incident will inspire folks to want help reduce the desperation in Haiti by providing good jobs and energy that will not come from cutting down trees. And we owe a special thanks to Dave and Joe. I learned later that this was the first time they orchestrated a rescue of this kind - another example of divine intervention.<br />
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I want to believe that with the help of our Plastic Ocean Project supporters, we will not let this stop the good we want to accomplish in Haiti. Annie said, "I would like you to know that this trauma, as horrific as it was, does not spoil my feelings for the Haitian people or their need for help. It’s only desperate people who commit such acts and I have only compassion for them. " Hannah shared the most beautiful stories of how the hotel across from the hospital not only let her shower to clean the blood and glass out of her hair but stood guard of the entire hallway where her room was so no one, not even the patrons, could go near her to make her feel safe. When Getro and Blada took her to places to eat, people wanted to know why she had black eyes. They would tell them in Creole, "These people from Plastic Ocean Project came here to help us and this is what happened." They would share the story of plastic to fuel and how they all suffered because of these desperate souls in Haiti, and the listeners fired back, pleading with Hannah not to give up, to come back and do the great work they set out to do and that those bad people do not represent the good people of Haiti.<br />
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Before we can think of continuing our work, we would like to ask our supporters to consider donating to our GoFundMe to offset the expenses to our team for medical bills, the fuel for the plane, emergency airfares, the items stolen, the car destroyed, or donate to <a href="http://airmobile.org/" target="_blank">Airmobile Ministries</a> and include a comment "to help support the driver's wife."<br />
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Here is our GoFundMe Campaign: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/RecoverLossesFromHaitiProject">https://www.gofundme.com/RecoverLossesFromHaitiProject</a><br />
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To learn more about Blada's story, visit <a href="http://www.kayblada.com/news">www.kayblada.com/news</a><br />
To learn more about Annie Clark's story visit <a href="https://myplasticfreelife.com/2018/03/mission-to-alleviate-poverty-and-plastic-waste-in-haiti-ends-in-trauma/">https://myplasticfreelife.com/2018/03/mission-to-alleviate-poverty-and-plastic-waste-in-haiti-ends-in-trauma/</a>theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-87442836768006509212017-07-06T14:17:00.001-07:002017-07-07T10:08:49.008-07:00Fishing4Plastic Tournament highlighted in Resource Recycling NewsThis article was published today on the Resource Reycycling, Inc website. We appreciate the fact that they ran this story because a good percentage of what we find in the ocean IS recyclable and thus a waste of resources. Thank you Dan Leif for working with us on this story that speaks volumes of what collaboration can do to help right a fixable environmental issue.
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Imagine motoring across the cobalt blue waters of the Atlantic and gazing out over the bow in search of a leviathan. You are in good company with teammates armed with hand nets and an experienced captain who knows these waters better than any scientist.</div>
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This is what the competitors in the first ever Fishing4Plastic Tournament off Beaufort, N.C. experienced in early June. The leviathans were spread out in every direction, and by the end of the day 181 were captured. But these weren’t whales or other sea creatures – they were misplaced pieces of the waste stream, some of them valuable recyclables such as plastic bottles and containers, glass bottles, aluminum cans, cardboard and even a wooden pallet.</div>
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When the final haul was analyzed, organizers discovered 35 percent of the discards “caught” by participants was recyclable material. The tournament was the last opportunity to stop it from becoming an environmental hazard instead of a resource. And the event also served as a unique platform to get local residents to better understand the repercussions of improper material handling.</div>
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The Fishing4Plastic day was hosted by the nonprofit group Plastic Ocean Project and sponsored by Blockade Runner Resort. And it grew out of nine years of research done at University of North Carolina Wilmington on plastic marine debris.<br />
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The event was a joint effort, bringing fishing charters and community members together for an offshore ocean cleanup. Six charters carried 33 participants to areas where trash tends to accumulate off the North Carolina coast.</div>
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Probably the most alarming debris found was the 27 helium mylar balloons and the 20 fragments of latex balloons with their plastic string, which measured a total of 178 feet. These balloons eventually lose their helium and end up in the water column, where they mimic jellyfish and other marine life. Jellyfish are an important dietary element for sea turtles, sunfish and other species that<br />
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Seeing the items in the water and understanding how they affected the ocean ecosystem helped community members know what they need to focus on to reduce the harmful impacts of plastics in the marine environment. But organizers also made sure to infuse some excitement and fun into the program. The teams on the water competed for prizes, including DryCase headphones and DECA 10L bags. Simultaneously, a competitive cleanup took place on land, and while 96.3 Thunder Radio broadcasted live, numerous activities and learning opportunities took place at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort.</div>
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In addition, Pine Knolls Shore Aquarium and the Monofilament Recovery & Recycling program shared information on the dangers of plastics in the ocean while kids created art with plastics at the Duke Marine Lab table. PK Clean Technologies used a Coyle LLC solar panel as an energy source to demonstrate how plastic can turn back into oil. Sierra Club educated visitors on other rising ocean issues.</div>
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At approximately 2 p.m., the competitive teams ventured back with their “catches.” Between the tournament and the land-based beach cleanup, the event helped to collect nearly 300 pounds of garbage from the Beaufort area. The winning team was the Crystal Coast Waterkeepers, captained by Justin Hill of Family Time Fishing Charters. LaNelle Davis won the prize for most collected material in the land cleanup.</div>
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The event was a huge success because of the support of the charter captains (who gave up a good fishing day to benefit the environment), the financial sponsors and the North Carolina Maritime Museum, which offered up critical space.</div>
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Plastic Ocean Project hopes to turn this into an annual tournament in more communities. It is truly the last opportunity to stop the flow of plastic already heading to ocean gyres.</div>
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<em>Bonnie Monteleone works in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and helps run the Plastic Ocean Project. She can be contacted <a href="mailto:monteleoneb@uncw.edu">monteleoneb@uncw.edu</a>. To learn more or get involved with Plastic Ocean Project, visit our website at <a href="http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/get-involved.html">plasticoceanproject.org/get-involved.html</a>.</em></div>
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While the mission of Plastic Ocean Project is to do research regarding plastics in the environment, It is also all about finding solutions to the negative impacts due to plastic. <br />
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One of the biggest problems regarding plastics today is our use of single use plastics, and the litter they create. (Water bottles, straws, k-cups, plastic lids for to-go coffee, etc).<br />
There is a solution to this and it all comes down to our choices. If we say NO to single use and replace those things with alternatives, we are making a huge difference regarding the plastic epidemic. <br />
Instead of buying bottled water, we can have our own faucet with clean water to fill our re-usable bottles. <a href="http://insinkerator.co.uk/uk/page/environmental-cost-of-bottled-water">This company</a> is doing just that.... supplying us with alternatives to bottled water, AND showing the impact of what bottled water is doing to our Earth. <br />
When it comes to plastic straws, there are many alternatives for those of us who really need a straw. <br />
<a href="http://www.glassdharma.com/">Glass Dharma</a> makes beautiful straw from glass and you can take them with you wherever you go. Although they are made from glass, they are durable. I have never had one break! Please say <a href="http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/no-straw-please">"NO" to plastic straws </a>when you are dining out. <br />
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This <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Insulated-Double-Tumbler-Coffee-Travel/dp/B00U61O022/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1463053867&sr=8-18-spons&keywords=reusable+coffee+mug&psc=1">glass coffee cup</a> is perfect for those who love their morning joe. There are plenty of re-usable coffee mugs/ cups to choose from. I like this one because it's glass and it's simple. Drinking from plastic, whether it is BPA free or not, isn't a good idea. The chemical compounds in plastics can leach into your drink or food causing potential health issues. This alone is reason enough not to use plastic for food or beverages. <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/plastic-not-fantastic-with-bisphenol-a/">This article</a> talks about the chemical compounds and there are many other<a href="http://www.breastcancer.org/risk/factors/plastic"> links</a> to support this. <br />
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When it comes to K-cups (Keurig), DONT DO IT!! Really. This is just not good on so many levels!<br />
These little single use K-cups are wreaking havoc in the environment. They're everywhere..... Read <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/03/coffee-k-cups-green-mountain-polystyrene-plastic">this article</a> to learn more and go here for a simple alternative. A good rule of thumb is that if it's really convenient and quick, it's probably not good for our bodies, or the environment. Making a good cup of coffee can be a nice little ritual in the morning. Using a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SterlingPro-French-Coffee-Press-Chrome/dp/B00DUHACEE">French press</a> is one way to make a yummy pot of coffee and also to enjoy the process. Check out <a href="http://bestreviews.com/best-french-presses">this article</a> and find the right press for you based on the best reviews of 2016. Just need one cup? There are <a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Reusable+Coffee+Filter+Basket+Replacement&FORM=RESTAB">plenty of alternatives</a> to the plastic K-cup. <br />
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If we all make different choices regarding plastics, especially single use plastics, we can make a huge difference. There are lots of ways to reduce our single use. For information on how to make your own cleaning supplies, go <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/20-diy-green-cleaning-recipes-141129">HERE</a>. Please share your ideas or email kim@plasticoceanproject.org with any questions.<br />
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From Plastics to art- Plastic Ocean Project members are passionate about cleaning the environment, and re-using some of those materials to make art that raises awareness and tells a story. <br />
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Founder of POP, Bonnie Monteleone collected plastics from nearly 10,000 nautical miles in three oceans and used them to create a beautiful work of art inspired by Katsushika Hokusai's, famous wave painting, "The Great Wave of Kanazawa". Bonnie's exhibit is used around the country to bring awareness to the epidemic of plastics in our oceans. Titled, "What Goes Around, Comes Around", this massive collection of canvas brings it's viewers to the center of the issue as they stare at the twenty five foot exhibit adorned with plastic bits and pieces Monteleone found during her research in four of the five gyres. Five bins of plastics and trash pulled from the ocean samples allow viewers to see hands on what is used in the art work and what is being collected from our oceans. </div>
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From The Cameron Art Museum, in Wilmington, NC to the Aquarium of the Pacific in California, and many places in between, the installation has traveled over 4,700 miles, and has been on view in many locations across the country. Please visit <a href="http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/outreach-through-art.html#/">Plastic Ocean Project website</a> for more information. </div>
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Many of the Plastic Ocean Project volunteers are passionate about art and raising awareness. Local artist, <a href="http://www.bigstronggirldesigns.com/2016/03/heart-work.html">Kim Beller,</a> Secretary and volunteer for POP, designed art for the "Ocean Friendly Establishment" program started by Ginger Taylor of Wrightsville Beach Keep it Clean. Ginger teamed up with POP and Surfrider Cape Fear Chapter to launch this program that helps reduce the use of single use plastic straws among restaurants. Restaurant owners continue to find this program helpful, as the only requirement is to pass out a straw only if customers request it. The latest restaurant to sign up is "Crabby Mikes" in Surf City, NC and is the first restaurant in the Topsail area to become an "Ocean Friendly Establishment". Each restaurant who signs up receives a framed copy of the hand painted certificate to hang in their establishment. Beller was recently featured in <a href="http://www.wilmaontheweb.com/April-2016/Ocean-Friendly-Stamp/">Wilma Magazine</a> for this work.</div>
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UNCW Plastic Ocean Project members are also getting very artsy with their use of plastic trash they collect at the many cleanups they organize. Their first annual Art Gala, "Plastic to Art", was held at EXPO 216 in downtown Wilmington, on Earth Day. Arisa Yoon, UNCW POP member and Jared Sales, Event Manager of EXPO 216, along with the UNCW POP members, organized this event to raise awareness and as a fundraiser for UNCW POP. The group collected close to $1000.00 selling art they made using plastics from the cleanups they organize. </div>
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"My Personal Journey of Evolution in Creative Endeavors as it Relates to Water and Aesthetics in an<br />
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I am about to embark on a great adventure. I am leaving all manner of familiar and toxic means of expressing the art that takes place in my mind at home in Wilmington, North Carolina as I travel to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Acrylics, acetone, paint pens and enamel, glue sticks and spray paint, will sit this endeavor out. Canvases forlorn and noxious fumes will soon be forgotten as I attempt to portray the island, the ocean, and sea life in a natural and environmentally sound way.<br />
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On Wednesday, March 9, UNCW POP volunteers, Scott Davis and Danielle Gutierrez spoke to the students at Ogden Elementary School in Wilmington, NC. During the school wide presentation, Scott and Danielle spoke to the students about the dangers of plastics in our oceans, how they affect turtles, cetaceans and fish, and what the children can do to help. They played interactive games with the students while spreading the message about how long plastics and litter last in our environment. Kim Beller, Plastic Ocean Project volunteer spoke about the Middle Sound Community Cleanup on Saturday, March 12, and invited the students and their families to join the event. A huge thank you to <a href="https://www.rootsandshoots.org/minigrant" target="_blank">Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots Mini-grant</a> that helped fund the cleanup and to Ogden Elementary School and to Yvonne Lovvorn for helping organize the event. </div>
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On Saturday, March 12, the Middle Sound Loop community came together to help clean the litter on the loop. The 5 mile loop is surrounded by water on 3 sides, including creeks, marsh, wetlands, and the intracoastal waterway. The concern and reality is that this litter and debris will eventually make its way to the ocean. Students, parents, and residents in the community came together and cleaned over 750 pounds of litter from the loop. Plastic Ocean Project Founder, Bonnie Monteleone was there to speak to the crowd about the issues with plastics and what the organization is doing to help clean up the environment and come up with solutions to the plastic epidemic.</div>
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Lisa Rider, President of Plastic Ocean Project talked about the importance of using the Marine Debris Tracker App. No matter where you are, you can use the tracker app which adds all litter collected to a data base system which helps keep track of top items collected. </div>
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During the cleanup, volunteers helped sort and weigh all of the trash collected. The recyclables were taken out to be disposed of at the recycle center. Wrightsville Beach Keep it Clean volunteer, Ginger Taylor helped with the efforts and picked up trash along the loop. </div>
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Area residents, Jenn Butler, Tony Butler and Chelsea Thornwell came out to pitch in and clean up. </div>
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Adam Brown, Middle Sound Loop resident volunteered to haul off the trash and debris. (Thanks so much)! He hauled a few trailer loads of trash to the dumpster.</div>
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The amount of trash picked up and removed from the loop is truly unbelievable. We have to start making different choices and encouraging people to dispose of litter in a responsible way. Organizing a neighborhood/ community cleanup is a good way to make a difference and bring people together. Wherever you are, whether near an ocean or in the middle of the country, you can prevent litter from going into our oceans by cleaning up in your area. Everything goes downstream and eventually ends up in the oceans. A huge thanks to all of the volunteers who showed up to help with the cleanup. It was a huge success. Another cleanup is in the works for September. </div>
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As we usually focus on the beaches and spoil islands, this cleanup in Middle Sound brought awareness and is proof that we need to clean up in neighborhoods and communities as well.</div>
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"Last night after science we celebrated my birthday with an awesome Pad Thai dinner made by chef Stella and Barbara and I was surprised with a vegan cake with sprinkles and candles to the tune of the birthday song being sung by the crew. It was more than I could ever ask for on a special birthday at sea. I received a beautiful card with a hand drawn sailor chick at sea with a friendly manta ray near by coming up out of a wave to greet her. The card was made with love by our very talented eXXpedition resident artist, Stella Marina, which was signed by the crew and I will treasure this gift and the memory forever.</div>
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The crew also celebrated a day of science with no plastic! Our manta trawl micro-plastics sample yesterday collected no plastics visible in our on board microscope. The morning dolphins, being at sea, dinner, cake, card, and the gift of a day without ocean plastic was one very special birthday indeed.</div>
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Today, we are making good time still, which is exciting for me because I am super stoked for the trip up the river to Bartica, Guyana. I am not particularly excited about the potential mosquitos, but we have net for that and the sights and smells of the jungle will be a super rad change of scenery including different flora and fauna and potentially different things found within our sample collections and observation data.</div>
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Big swells coming through make everyday tasks like making coffee without burning yourself, brushing your teeth without bruising yourself in several different places, or even walking without bumping into any number of obstacles along the way, very difficult, exhausting, frustrating, and the bruising is just unavoidable.</div>
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Being on deck when swells come through is exciting and being at the helm even more so. It is like riding up and down mountains of water, like surfing without having to paddle out, sort of. The waves remind me of my sweet surfing social worker at home probably catching waves much north of here in the Atlantic. When we pass big container/cargo ships, we see huge wake swells that look like they would be fun to ride for a bunch of adrenaline junkies – I think I know a few at home that would partake if they had the chance. My uncle G would be all over it.</div>
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The key to the big wave party at sea is being on deck. On deck there is, sometimes, a breeze and you can see the waves coming in and the boat going up and over them. You can anticipate the movement and brace yourself, which doesn’t always mean that you don’t land on a hard surface, but at least it cuts the chance down a bit. At night and during science, we are tethered in by our life jackets for obvious reasons. As fast as we are moving, the height of the waves, and the current here are several factors that would make it hard to get back to a woman overboard. We did, however, practice a woman overboard drill a few days ago and I am confident that our crew would be able to recover someone if they needed to. I really don’t think that will be necessary given that the first rule of sailing is to stay on the boat.</div>
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Big waves and kitchen work is sketchy and today Katrina and I have cooking and cleaning duties throughout the day. At least the stove is on a gimble which makes the stove top rock front and back along with the motion of the boat. It helps to put on some music to go along with the rocking of the waves. Today, we have chosen a varied selection of strictly 90s music, which brings me back to the days when I was much more of a free spirit than I am now. Back then, I would probably be screaming “weeeee” at the motion of these waves and dying for a chance to be pulled behind the boat by wake board or skurfing board. This reminds me of a time that my husband and I were sailing his 23 footer along the ditch (Intracoastal Waterway) from Sneads Ferry to Beaufort and I had the crazy idea of getting pulled behind on a kayak while at sail. It was a very interesting experience to say the least. Probably not the smartest idea, but I survived with a fun story to internally giggle about when the memory pops in my head.</div>
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Waves and going to the head… Wow, what can I say about that?! I really thought I would have better sea legs by now since I have completely forgot what it is like to walk on a nonmoving surface. The head, which includes a shower and toilet in one is about the size of a telephone booth, but not as high. It sort of reminds me of the shower space in an apartment I had once in my early 20s. You basically straddle the 2 ft by 2 ft square of floor with legs to keep from bouncing off each wall while standing for a shower, brushing teeth, or washing hands. Yes, I still bump into the walls no matter what. If it wasn’t plastic and it wasn’t so hot, I might consider wrapping myself in bubble wrap. Maybe recycled tires since they seem to work so well for bumper cars. Bumper cars is exactly what it is like walking through the galley way. I am so glad the tropical sun has tanned my skin enough to help hide the bruises. Maybe these too, I should call beauty barnacles. The beauty barnacles of sailing. It makes me even more impressed by our three full-time sailing crew of women that live for this lifestyle and make it look so easy and graceful. It also makes me laugh at myself and recall my Dad joking about my lack of grace even after he paid for 5 years of ballet lessons in my youth.</div>
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At night the big mountains of waves are so incredible beautiful. Stars light up the night sky and the water turns an almost blackish blue. The waves that strike the boat occasionally blast a bioluminescent glow made by the creatures within it making helming that much more magical than I ever imagined. It reminds me of a random kayak tour we got talked into on a dive trip my gal pal, Krissi, and I took in Vieques, Puerto Rico this past year and gives me a smile from the memory of all the good one-liners made on that trip.</div>
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As many of our readers might remember, Lisa Rider, President of Plastic Ocean Project 2016, is out on the Atlantic sample for Plastic Ocean Project with eXXedition. As promised, here is what she has to say thus far on her journey.<br />
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"Making the unseen seen as it relates to ocean pollution and coastal conservation is as big of a deal to me as the ocean is vast. It’s been a life mission of mine since as long as I can remember. I often explain it as simple pride. I am a proud eastern North Carolinian, but with that pride comes responsibility. Making the unseen seen to me means bridging the gap between our coastal environment health and the significant impact on our own health, the health of our economy, and other things that some people consider much more important than the community environment as a whole. I often wonder if the significance to this is the disconnection many people have from the ocean and the lack of knowledge of just how important our oceans and coastal community ecosystems are to our survival as humans. It is easy to feel disconnected when the problem is not slap-in-the-face visible as it is when you live on the coast and feel the impact on a daily basis, after all, we are visual creatures.<br />
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Being from a coastal community, the ocean is always on my mind. She, the Atlantic for me, has made me who I am, has shaped my career focus, sustains me, keeps me sane, keeps me fit and healthy, and keeps me focused on the road ahead. As a child, I grew up on the Intracoastal Waterway and found myself knee deep in marsh mud on a regular basis as a very small child. The highlight of my summer was playing with periwinkles on marsh grass, canoe fishing with my Dad for Blues and Spots, and heading out to the Banks on the boat to watch the wild horses and here my Dad tell stories of the local maritime history. Clam digging with my neighbor friends was something I grew into around age 8 and scars from oyster shells are prized forever marks that I like to call beauty barnacles. At age 10, I took part in a beach cleanup project for Girl Scouts and found myself hooked on picking up debris. One of our local swim spots was a beach on Radio Island, i n between Beaufort and Morehead City, and it was constantly littered with bottles and glass at the time. Now that same area is littered with plastics and cigarette butts. Now, as a diver, I even find man made debris on the bottom there near the rock jetty.<br />
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I learned to sail around 11 years old on small handcrafted dingy boats build at the Maritime Museum in my hometown of Beaufort. It was an awesome experience of channelling the wind and the water and getting a true feeling for channeling mother nature’s gifts. Like this expedition, it wasn’t all rainbows and kittens. I recall my first attempt at sailing which included flipping my boat, getting the mast stuck in mud, and using my full body weight to flip her over by leaning on the daggerboard. I also remember threatening to wear a football helmet due to the boom smacks to the head, but that soon pasted with experience. These experiences toughen you up, my Dad would say – he was right. Around the same time, I started volunteering at the local wildlife rehabilitator, the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter, in the spring each year for a few years. There I saw first hand the impacts of litter on our native wildlife. Sea birds came in tangled i n fishing line or worse and it inspired me to do more to protect what I had the privilege to grow up and know as home. The following year, I learned to surf in Atlantic Beach by local legend, Buddy Pellitier, and I started to experience, even more, the power of our coastal environment and just how humbling she, the ocean, can be.<br />
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In high school, I helped a friend who was a first mate on an offshore fishing charter boat out of Atlantic Beach and for the first time, I experienced being completely out of the site of land. It was also humbling, but magical and strangely liberating. It was incredible. I grew up on flat bottom skiffs in the bay, canoes, and small fishing boats, but I have never gone past the site of land with the exception of the ferry over to Ocracoke Island, and I found it very different. The experience really woke me up to how small I was. A drop in the bucket, I thought. Each day I was on the boat, I had a lot of time to reflect on the ride out and back. Some days a storm would pop up and things would get intense enough to remind me of how humbling she can be. I experienced this later in life as a diver heading out to a ledge or wreck with no land in site descending with blue skies and calm seas only to ascend 20 minutes later to dark clouds an d 6 foot swells. She has a sense of humor sometimes too.<br />
Last night, on watch, Sarah, Emily, Stella, and I were chatting it up about how fair the weather had been and how we might need to make up some speed in order to continue to slow down for science during the mid day and also keep on schedule to get us to Guyana on time. Almost immediately after these words came out of our mouths, her swells picked up, a dark cloud creeped up on us, we picked up speed to 16 knts, and it started to rain. Did I mention her sense of humor?<br />
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A check of the radar confirmed that we were in the midst of a small storm and we closed the hatches (not a pleasant experience for those sleeping below – It Is Hot!). Perhaps it was Murphy’s Law due to our slip up of fair weather talk or a gift of good karma from her as a thanks for making the unseen seen, after all it was not a bad storm and it helped us pick up speed and make up some time.<br />
Here we are, 14 women experiencing the ocean with no land in sight on a mission to make her seen with hopes that if everyone could experience her magic, her beauty, her power, her humor, her no-talk-and-all-action attitude, and most of all her significance to sustaining all life then perhaps they too would work so hard to protect her and make everyday decisions with her in mind, with us all in mind.<br />
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My personal connection to her is obvious. Born with salt water in my veins, growing up with marsh mud up to my knees, a scallop shell around my neck, surfboard under my arm, oyster knife in one hand, and a litter bucket in the other – its just life. The sweet salty air of home consumes me with the feeling of pride, but with that pride comes responsibility.<br />
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Now, back at the helm with “Clutch” blasting in the headphones, we, eXXpedition, are on our way in the middle of this big beautiful ocean with no land in site and on a mission to make the unseen seen. “A sailors life for me…”<br />
Con mucho Amor,<br />
Lisa Rider"<br />
Taken from <a href="http://exxpedition.com/2015/12/10/amor-la-mar/">http://exxpedition.com/2015/12/10/amor-la-mar/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As of this week, we have seven local establishments sign up for our Ocean Friendly Establishments initiative with Cape Fear Surfrider, UNCW POP, and Wrightsville Beach Keep it Clean.These establishments agree to only offer straws upon request thus reducing the production and disposal of single use plastics. Ginger Taylor came up with this idea several years ago and this year we hit the ground running. We now have businesses asking us if they can be certified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The way we can tell them thank you for stepping up to help is to patronize them. The list provides a spectrum of food from pizza to crepes to fish to Panamanian and everything in between. Check back for we have several more in the works!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Wednesday, November 4th, Bonnie Monteleone, Executive Director of Plastic Ocean Project, visited Capitol Hill to speak in opposition to offshore drilling off our coast. She <span style="color: #222222;">spoke about the importance of the Hatteras region where the majority of the sea turtle species, of which are endangered or critically endangered, frequently visit due to the <i>Sargassum</i> mats which form off our coast. <i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">She also talked about the fact that sargassum floats, and so does oil. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Sargassum</i>, comes from the </span></span><a href="http://www.sargassoalliance.org/">Sargasso Sea </a>, and <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is an essential fish habitat important to many species because of its ability to provide shelter and foraging for hundreds of marine species, including baby sea turtles. There are at least 81 species that rely on </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Sargassum</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> as their only known habitat. </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Sargassum</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is protected by law, and for that reason alone offshore drilling should not happen off the North Carolina coast. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Please consider contacting the <a href="http://www.governor.state.nc.us/">governor's office</a> to express your opposition to offshore drilling off the North Carolina Coast. Or, sign this <a href="http://action.ncconservationnetwork.org/page/speakout/NoOffshoreDrillingNC">petition</a>.</span></span></div>
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After the screening of Mission Blue at UNCW , the UNCW POP volunteers were super excited and decided to start a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/mission-blue-noaa-national-marine-sanctuaries-hope-spot-hatteras?recruiter=423649258&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink">Hope Spot</a> in Cape Hatteras. The student volunteers put a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/mission-blue-noaa-national-marine-sanctuaries-hope-spot-hatteras?recruiter=423649258&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink">petition</a> together to present to <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/sylvia-earle/">Sylvia Earle</a>, of <a href="http://mission-blue.org/">Mission Blue</a>.</div>
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Ginger Taylor, Tricia Monteleone and Bonnie Monteleone created this "trash turtle" using trash collected by Ginger Taylor during her Monday morning walks looking for turtle tracks. This sculpture serves to educate visitors touring the turtle hospital on the issues and problems with plastics in our oceans. Bonnie and Ginger also put together an information board with facts about plastics. This sculpture and information board is part of the tour at the <a href="http://www.seaturtlehospital.org/">Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital</a>, and provides information to all of the visitors about the issues with plastic and marine debris litter.</div>
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UNCW POP members and other volunteers have been busy contacting area restaurants to sign up for the "Ocean Friendly Establishment" initiative. The only thing a restaurant has to do is make the pledge to only give straws upon request to their patrons. It's such an easy way to make a big difference! Thanks to all who have signed on so far. Anyone interested in joining this initiative and new trend, please contact Kim Beller for more information. kim@bigstronggirldesigns.com</div>
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We are proud to announce the latest restaurants to come on board! More to come!!!</div>
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<a href="http://wbceviche.com/">Ceviche's, Wilmington, NC</a></div>
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<a href="http://blockade-runner.com/resort-amenities/east-restaurant/">Blockade Runner East Oceanfront Dining, Wrightsville Beach, NC</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bluesurfcafe.com/">Blue Surf Cafe, Wilmington, NC</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Recently, I saw my friend,<a href="http://www.teresamcfayden.com/"> Teresa's</a> post on </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Facebook, sharing her beautiful handmade soaps and information about her soap making class. The soap looked like something I would definitely want to try, but it was wrapped in plastic. Reaching out to her was easy. I sent her a private message on Facebook asking her to consider using a more eco-friendly wrap and she was happy to make the switch. In fact, she made the switch within minutes and sent me a photo showing off her new packaging. This is how the universe works!! All we have to do is ask. If you know of a business you would like to support, but wish they would be more conscientious of their use of plastic, then just put it out there to them and they will likely be happy to make the change. Little success stories add up and become very important in our endeavor to make the ocean cleaner and greener. </span></span><br />
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Plastic straws still remain one of the top items found at the cleanups. The group has found almost 300 straws in the past couple of months at Wrightsville Beach. Unfortunately, straws, (as all plastics do), pose a huge problem for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wH878t78bw">marine life</a>, not to mention the <a href="http://www.algalita.org/plastic-debris-delivers-triple-toxic-whammy-ocean-study-shows/">toxicity</a> from the plastics leaching into our oceans. UNCW POP volunteers and other volunteers are reaching out to area restaurants regarding the "<a href="http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/ocean-friendly-establishments.html">OCEAN FRIENDLY ESTABLISHMENT</a>" initiative. Anyone interested in becoming an "OCEAN FRIENDLY ESTABLISHMENT" can contact Kim Beller (kim@bigstronggirldesigns.com) to receive information and to sign up. All we ask is that the establishment only gives straws upon request. </div>
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UNCW POP has been busy doing beach cleanups and organizing events to raise awareness in the community. Recently, guest speaker <a href="http://uncw.edu/mmsp/WilliamMcLellan.html">Dr. Bill McLellan</a> spoke to the group about cetaceans and marine debris. The number of whales, dolphins and other marine life affected by plastics and fishing gear is outrageous. The plastic epidemic is huge and it is killing our beloved sea creatures at an alarming rate. Saying no to single use plastics and keeping the ocean clean of fishing gear, plastics, and other litter is essential to helping our marine mammals. Dr. McLellan is doing important work to save <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150107-sea-trash-whales-dolphins-marine-mammals/">whales</a> and dolphins, as well as documenting all of the obstacles they face. It was an honor to have Dr. McLellan as a guest speaker at UNCW. </div>
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<a href="http://www.gridjungle.com/BeneathTheWaves/">Beneath the Waves </a>is a photo gallery of photos from diver's committed to cleaning up the ocean of marine debris. Not only do we need to clean up the surface of the ocean, but beneath the waves, in the depths of the ocean lies a devastating problem for marine life. Please e-mail any photos (with photo creds), if you want us to share what you are finding during your cleanups, (on the beach or beneath the waves). </div>
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Tuesday, November 10th there will be a showing of the movie <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1wp2MQCsfQ">MISSION BLUE</a> at 6:30 in Dobo 134 at UNCW. Everyone is welcome!!</div>
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Perfect timing for halloween, Sam Athey, Lara Noran, and Danielle Gutierrez visited Mrs. Casteen's second grade class at Ogden Elementary School to speak to students about plastics in our oceans. After reading the book "<a href="http://www.allthewaytotheocean.com/">All the way to the Ocean</a>", by Joel Harper, the students were given re-usable bags for trick-or-treating on Halloween! The story lead them to a group discussion and guessing how long it takes various plastic items to break down, and reach the ocean. UNCW POP is available for presentations and outreach. Please contact us if you are interested in more information and scheduling an event for your school or group.</div>
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This is what 433 bottle caps looks like. Over 600 plastic bottle caps were found during the cleanup. These bottle caps would have eventually ended up in the ocean, adding to the ever growing problem in the 5 gyres and ocean debris. Using re-usable water bottles and refusing to buy single use plastic bottles could eliminate this kind of litter. Ocean Conservancy, in partnership with the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment has come out with a new report stating that the ocean could contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fin fish by 2025. These numbers are frightening. It is more important than ever to clean up our ocean and to take a stand agains single use plastics. Because plastics do not bio degrade, once they get in the ocean the process of photo degradation happens and they break down into tiny pieces called micro-plastics. These plastics are being ingested by all kinds of marine life and fish, including those at the bottom of the food chain. What can you do to help? Say no to single use plastic, co-ordinate clean ups in your area, and spread the word! </div>
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Sam, with UNCW POP (Plastic Ocean Project), found 56 straws between access 15-29. It is estimated that over 500 million straws are used per day. (PER DAY)! That's enough straws to fill over 46,400 large school buses per year. Where are these straws going? They likely will end up on the beach and in the ocean, if not in the landfill. This is a problem that we can fix. Consider saying NO to straws. When dining in restaurants, tell your server you do not need a straw, or consider taking your own <a href="http://glassdharma.com/straws.html">glass straw</a> to your favorite eatery. With the plastics in the oceans reaching extreme levels, it is more important than ever to make changes to reduce our plastic footprint. </div>
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<a href="http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/#/">Plastic Ocean Project</a> has teamed up with <a href="https://capefear.surfrider.org/">Surfrider, Cape Fear Chapter </a>and <a href="http://wbkeepitclean.blogspot.com/">Wrightsville Beach Keep it Clean</a> to launch a straw initiative for area restaurants. It's a simple concept, but one that can make a huge difference. Restaurants who participate in this program will only give straws upon request. Local artist and Plastic Ocean Project Ambassador, Kim Beller designed a certificate which will be given to all restaurants to proudly display when signing up for this initiative, recognizing them as an "Ocean Friendly Establishment". Please contact Kim Beller if you wish to participate or learn more, and someone will be in touch with you very soon. Regardless of where you are located you can participate in this program. We have people from Oregon and California reaching out to us to see how they can help out! Outreach and education is available to anyone who participates. </div>
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Cell phones. Though they have become an addiction, POP would not have been able to visually record much of our journey sharing our stories of what we have learned from our research and the faces and places we've seen along the way. I became a little overwhelmed by the 100s of photos we took with people who asked us to share our work AND the number of people who have stepped up to help eradicate plastics from their lives and our environment. I like to call it People Power and nothing can change the world for the better than when we put our minds, bodies, and souls into it. <br />
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On July 4th coordinator Lisa Rider invited us to have a booth at the <a href="http://earthandsurffest.com/" target="_blank">Earth and Surf Festival </a>on North Topsail. There we displayed plastic marine debris samples collect from various regions of the planet along with our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/232871104/porthole-to-the-sea?" target="_blank">Porthole to the Sea.</a> We were among many tents sharing the importance of caring for the ocean so many of us submerge our bodies into, eat from, and ride on. And thanks to the proceeds from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/keeponslowbeautifulcommittee" target="_blank">Keep Onslow County Beautiful'</a> Fun Run, and the surf competition put on by <a href="http://www.onshoresurfshop.com/" target="_blank">Onshore Surf Shop</a>, POP was able to fund moving our traveling art exhibit from UCAR, Boulder, CO to University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UH.<br />
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We split our time and funds up between working with children, moving our education thru art exhibit around the country, performing research, and doing cleanups. Thank you all for the funding that helps eradicate this problem and to the people who joined this fight along the way.<br />
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<br />theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-17173131172705456672015-07-02T10:03:00.002-07:002015-07-06T10:59:36.697-07:00When Plastics Cost an Arm or a Leg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This turtle was likely well nourished from the 80+ fish species and over 100 invertebrates associated with the <em>Sargassum</em>. Even so, the Plastic Ocean Project (POP, Inc.) has observed a decline in the marine biota associated with the <em>Sargassum</em> and continues to monitor this during surface sampling in the North Atlantic ocean gyre and circulation currents. This critically endangered Kemps Ridley, falling victim to ocean plastics at perhaps just three to six months old, was otherwise fat and healthy. Here is her story told by Karen Comstock, founding director of </span><a href="http://www.casatortuga.org/whoweare.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Casa Tortuga</span></a><span style="color: black;"> and copy editor for POP, Inc.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beachgoers came across this fat little Kemps Ridley sea turtle half-buried in the
seaweed that covered a good thick strip along the shoreline on Mustang Island
off the coast of South Texas a few hot summers ago. The thick <em>Sargassum</em> matt,
where sea life thrives and baby sea turtles grow to a size more likely to
escape at least the threat of sea gulls, now gave some shelter to this stranded
little one. But with one flipper already amputated by plastic ribbons from
either rope or vinyl tarp, her chances of getting out of the tangled mass and
back into the open water were slim. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unlike
the pseudo-debate over causes of climate change, there is no mistaking the
human-caused, heartbreaking injuries suffered by marine life battling for
survival against the overwhelming onslaught of plastic debris. Flowing out of
factories and shopping malls, blowing across parking lots and down our streets,
the journey of plastic is from our hands on land to river and then to sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
vacationing couple in their 20's who found the turtle just outside my home,
covered her gently in a wet cloth and asked anyone who passed for help. Word
reached me quickly. I went out to see the status of the turtle and phoned Donna
Shaver's team at the Padre Island National Seashore. They directed the call to
Tony Amos at the <a href="https://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/about/facilities/ark" target="_blank">Port Aransas Animal Rehabilitation Keep</a> (ARC) and this baby
Lepidochelys kempii was soon taken to the ARC for medical care.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the good hands of the knowledgeable and qualified staff at the ARC, I imagine
this turtle recovered and was released at an appropriate time in a
well-considered place. Though sea turtles missing a flipper are as common in
the sea as three-legged dogs are on land, no one can know her true fate or how
long she survived. I do know her appearance on the beach that day was life
changing and impactful on the tourists who found her and, subsequently, on
those who heard their story and saw the pictures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the tiny bones and pink flesh sticking out beyond the little tourniquet of
plastic, I know that education doesn't get any more raw than this. Our
personal experiences seeing harmful human-caused results are the only thing
that can augment how and when we take personal responsibility for the impact of
our actions on the environment. This turtle lost her right arm to our use of
plastics. Her story needs to be shared and shared widely.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Former Director of <a href="http://casatortuga.org/"><span style="color: blue;">CasaTortuga.org</span></a>, Karen Comstock is now advocating for the Earth and her oceans from the mountains of Western North Carolina while pursuing an advanced degree in New Media and Global Education from ASU, Boone NC.<o:p></o:p></span></td></tr>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-1694901655122651782015-04-12T04:34:00.002-07:002015-04-12T09:06:02.745-07:00All is not quiet on the western plastic ocean front!<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px;">
<span class="s2">Many of our followers are keen to our traveling art exhibit zigzagging across the country stopping at various cities along the way. The 25 feet of ocean waves has helped bring awareness to the pandemic of plastic pollution. We have met so many caring people along the way, many unaware that become extremely interested in the discussion. We just hit an epic location in Boulder Colorado, <a href="https://scied.ucar.edu/events/what-goes-around-comes-around-ncar-art-science-gallery" target="_blank">UCAR</a>, on top of the Rockys but those stories can wait because this one shared by Linda Leitch from Canada is worth stopping everything for to read, learn and help.</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EO29MS9WUc0/VSpVddj7TVI/AAAAAAAABoU/3t7jM1Pdq3Q/s1600/CanadaBeachedTrash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EO29MS9WUc0/VSpVddj7TVI/AAAAAAAABoU/3t7jM1Pdq3Q/s1600/CanadaBeachedTrash.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><span class="s2">The beaches on </span><a href="http://www.gofundme.com/noutx0" target="_blank"><span class="s2">Haida</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">Gwaii</span></a><span class="s2"> have always been a magnet for the flotsam and jetsam that circles the Pacific. The archipelago sits off shore from the mainland and reaches out into the currents and wild winds of Open Ocean. </span><span class="s2">Some beaches collect the debris and display it for a while and then it’s simply swept ba</span><span class="s2">ck into the sea</span><span class="s2"> to continue it</span><span class="s2">s</span><span class="s2"> journey, but some beaches here hold on to the debris and do not let it go. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">In the last few years we’ve watched with alarm as our favorite areas started to collect devastating amounts of new debris. A beach known simply to the locals as “East Beach” was being hit particularly hard, the belly of this beach is exposed to Hecate Strait and all her wild personality. </span><br />
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<span class="s2">East Beach is our backyard playground. This paradise is where we draw sustenance into our lives. It’s where we hunt deer, collect firewood, pick berries, and gather shellfish. This playground ex</span><span class="s2">tends from the tip of </span><span class="s2">RoseSpit</span><span class="s2"> Ecological R</span><span class="s2">eserv</span><span class="s2">e,</span><span class="s2"> all the way through</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">Naikoon</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">Provincail</span><span class="s2"> Park and is accessible only by 3 day hike or with the serious use of 4 wheel drive vehicles.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">Very few people will dare to navigate this shore by vehicle for</span><span class="s2"></span><span class="s2">it’</span><span class="s2">s</span><span class="s2"> extremely remote and</span><span class="s2"> the potential always looms near that the beach will leave you mired while the tide creeps in and claims your vehicle. It takes a special skill set to drive out here, a kind of built in sense for where the beach will have hidden obstacles and soft spots. My partner </span><span class="s2">Dann</span><span class="s2"> has been perfecting these skills since childhood, but still we have the occasional white knuckle moments.</span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCQz0I58m4E/VSpVe10Zg3I/AAAAAAAABok/zZrTY0clszY/s1600/CanadaTsumaniTrash.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCQz0I58m4E/VSpVe10Zg3I/AAAAAAAABok/zZrTY0clszY/s1600/CanadaTsumaniTrash.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a><span class="s2">Watching the garbage flood</span><span class="s2"> our home </span><span class="s2">was unbearable and </span><span class="s2">we were forced into action. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Using</span><span class="s2"> our trusty rusty pick-up and</span><span class="s2"> a small trickle of funding provided to Canada directly from Japan we started to take truckloads of debris off the beach.</span><span class="s2"> <b>This is</b></span><span class="s2"><b> no easy task. </b>We wor</span><span class="s2">k as weekend warriors, camping</span><span class="s2"> overnight </span><span class="s2">in all conditions</span><span class="s2">because the distance we travel is far and difficult and often dictated by the tides</span><span class="s2">. </span><br />
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<span class="s2">Sometimes we enjoy</span><span class="s2"> glorious sun</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">filled days</span><span class="s2"> with sparkling calm waters </span><span class="s2">beside us and sometimes we battle</span><span class="s2"> our way down the beach in dark cold storms that</span><span class="s2"> dump</span><span class="s2"> water</span><span class="s2"> and flood</span><span class="s2"> the creeks blocking our passage. </span><span class="s2">There are times when the beach is perfect and firm for driving that have been balanced out by days when we are stuck knee deep in muck prying the truck out of the mire with our bare hands, but we</span><span class="s2"> ultimately always get</span><span class="s2"> moving again</span><span class="s2"> and we have never considered giving up</span><span class="s2">.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">To make the most of our time and funding we </span><span class="s2">load </span><span class="s2">our</span><span class="s2"> truck to comic </span><span class="s2">proportions. Often I</span><span class="s2">’ve</span><span class="s2"> described our truck on its way home as a “fortune telling gypsy wagon put together with marshmallows by a drunken Dr. Seuss.” Such are the oddities we carry.</span><span class="s2"></span></div>
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<span class="s2">As well as bringing the garbage off the beach we’ve documented what we carry and set up monitoring sites along the way to begin to gauge the amount hitting our shores for the future. This is important information that has never been collected here before.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">The debris is dominated by Styrofoam </span><span class="s2">varying in size</span><span class="s2"> from blocks that dwarf the truck to tiny microbeads of mess.</span><span class="s2"> Behind the Styrofoam are bottles of every shape size and purpose, fishing gear</span><span class="s2">, and </span><span class="s2">tiny ground </span><span class="s2">up bits of plastic that maybe used to fit together into something useful, but are now an environmental hazard </span><span class="s2">embedding into the shoreline and </span><span class="s2">being eaten by the wildlife.</span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VjgjSCwL22A/VSpVeCgH-yI/AAAAAAAABoc/KSprHyb-AX0/s1600/CanadaTruckTrash.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VjgjSCwL22A/VSpVeCgH-yI/AAAAAAAABoc/KSprHyb-AX0/s1600/CanadaTruckTrash.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a><b><span class="s2">After bringing in 62 loads of debris over an 18 month span</span><span class="s2">we’</span><span class="s2">ve exhausted our funding</span><span class="s2">, while more garbage than ever is swamping our shores</span><span class="s2">. </span></b></div>
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<span class="s2">It was exceptional</span><span class="s2">ly kind of Japan to donate to Canada</span><span class="s2"> their humble offering after they were devastated by a tsunami, knowing that tons of debris would make its way across the ocean landing on our soil. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">It is with the same respect I reserve for family that I pick up the ripple effect of problems from that day.</span></div>
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<span class="s2">However, garbage has been a problem he</span><span class="s2">re long before 2011</span><span class="s2">, and the increase in garbage that we’ve been finding and piling into our truck has not been entirely from Japan.</span><span class="s2"></span></div>
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<span class="s2">There is a horror show of irresponsibility unfolding in our ocean from countries all around the Pacific. Often we find things with markings that indicate their country of origin. We’ve found things from Chile, Philippines, Korea, Russia, China, United States, and Canada mixed into the debris.</span><br />
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<span class="s2"><b>This is a problem that connects all countries and cultures living around the Pacific Rim together.</b> This is a problem that will need us all to act together to change our habits and lifestyles. It’s up to every country and every individual with in each country to help out and work toward change.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">As I am a Canadian, I feel exceptionally let down by the lack of response from our government in particular. We</span><span class="s2"> are cleaning in an Ecological R</span><span class="s2">eserve and Provincial Park, places that we, as a country, decided long ago deserve protection</span><span class="s2">. Sharing this archipelago</span><span class="s2">,</span><span class="s2"> though f</span><span class="s2">urther south of us</span><span class="s2">,</span><span class="s2"> is </span><span class="s2">Gwaii</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">Haanas</span><span class="s2">National Park Reserve which is home to many culturally significant heritage sites to the </span><span class="s2">Haida</span><span class="s2"> people.</span><span class="s2"> They, too, were operating cleanup projects with the funding from Japan and have also exhausted that fund</span><span class="s2">ing, without any of the problem</span><span class="s2"> being solved</span><span class="s2">. </span><br />
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<b><span class="s2">My p</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6064028054980425758" name="_GoBack"></a></b><span class="s2"><b>artner and I are not radical environmentalists, and may not be the typical type of people you would find having passion for this problem. </b>We are simple folks, maybe even a little reclusive</span><span class="s2">,</span><span class="s2">but this land is our garden, this ocean is our larder and so this problem belongs to us as much as anyone.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">As a temporary measure, until further funding is found I’ve </span><span class="s2">started a </span><span class="s2">gofundme</span><span class="s2"> page with the hopes we can keep our truck rolling down the beach clearing this paradise landscape of harmful plastics.</span><span class="s2"></span><br />
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<span class="s2">Any</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">help is appreciated. <b>Share the <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/noutx0" target="_blank">link</a> with frien</b></span><b><span class="s2">ds, donate, use less </span><span class="s2">plastic,</span></b><span class="s2"><b> and clean debris from our waterways every chance you can.</b> By Linda Leitch</span></div>
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<br />theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-8014972602785685282015-02-01T22:17:00.000-08:002015-02-01T22:32:16.490-08:00Last day of Surface Sampling in the Caribbean January 23, 2015<div class="MsoNormal">
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the steel wall that separated my sheets from the salty sea, I recall the
spectacular marine life display many of us witnessed yesterday of Humpback whales surfacing near the Dominican Republic. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We squealed
at the sight of a mother and calf surfacing in tandem - so symbolic of this
crew with three sets of mother and daughters. But the best was watching the
juvenile whale breach seven times as if she equally enjoyed our visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/odyssey/jen_palmer.html" target="_blank">Jen Palmer,</a> who was a member of the Voyage of the Sea
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of the most significant details Jen provided related directly to our work -
Humpbacks are baleen whales meaning the are filter feeders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do not have teeth and feed on the small
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debris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this cruise had been
the first time we pulled out and/or documented more plastic bags than anything
else in our marine debris study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plastic
bags have a mandatory advisory printed on plastic bags stating that they should be <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>kept away from children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, this juvenile whale’s mother will not
have the option of keeping them away from her calf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plastic pollution is known to be lethal to
most marine species including these mega ton creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So you can imagine how delighted we were to
hear from Jim Ries, executive director for One More Generation, that Georgia has passed Georgia's 1st bag ordinance. More and more communities are stepping up and taking action on behalf of our marine and terrestrial animals. This map provides a global view of these ordinances that will help reduce plastic ingestion and entanglement. <a href="http://www.factorydirectpromos.com/plastic-bag-bans">http://www.factorydirectpromos.com/plastic-bag-bans</a><br />
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Plastic Ocean Project, Inc. completed its 7<sup>th</sup>
aquatic region of sampling that night. We
have sampled through the North Pacific with Algalita Marine Research
Foundation, 5 years of sampling the North Atlantic with Bermuda Institute of
Ocean Sciences, South Atlantic with 5 Gyres Institute, South Pacific with the film crew
from the upcoming film <i><a href="http://www.plasticoceans.net/" target="_blank">Plastic Oceans</a></i>
with producer Jo Ruxton, Pyramid Lake with the Native American Paiute Tribe in
Nevada, and this week amid the British Virgin Islands, and International waters
around the Dominican Republic with <a href="http://www.beautifulnationproject.org/" target="_blank">Beautiful Nation Project,</a> <a href="http://www.onemoregeneration.org/" target="_blank">One MoreGeneration,</a> and <a href="http://panexplore.com/" target="_blank">Pangaea Explorations</a>.
Why would we bore you with the rambling of names? It’s to illustrate how
many impassioned groups out there willing to pool their funds to perform
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theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-81926778121027182702015-01-21T12:37:00.001-08:002015-01-21T12:37:13.740-08:00"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."<br />
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I saw this proverb on my in flight movie on the way to the British Virgin Islands. I read it and processed it after a minute, the movie was emotionally draining and processing this proverb took minute. Fortunately I had the luxury of rewinding. This trip is all about coming together as nonprofits as women and as mothers and daughters to change the world. Anyone who works in the nonprofit world can tell you sometimes coming together can be difficult. Some people view each other as competition, as in we are all competing for the same all mighty donation. To us we just want to make a difference and the only way we see that happening is if we come together.<br />
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We all come from different walks, but not so extraordinarily different. We all hail from the U.S. but we all have traveled pretty extensively so we understand some of the issues we face, but we have never lived it. How do you tell someone living in extreme poverty to think about the products they use in terms of the environment?<br />
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Jennifer Palmer, a lovely woman and marine biologist on the boat, has just come back from a four month trip traveling mostly through villages in Indonesia. In some of these places the only clean water is is through a water bottle. Or now the only way they could find laundry detergent was in single-use packets. Not only is this not cost effective, in an area that could use cost effectiveness more than anything, it is extremely wasteful and not ecomonically sound. In a place where there is literally nowhere to put waste. Who is running the dog and pony show over there? To create change globally, we need understand the way others live. As Tonia Lovejoy, founding member of <a href="http://www.beautifulnationproject.org/" target="_blank">Beautiful Nation</a> often asks, "How does where you live effect how you live?" This question is one of many this crew has been wrestling this past week. <br />
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Project’s leg with Pangaea Explorations, sailing from Tortola, British Virgin
Islands to Turks and Caicos. And we just got word that One More Generation
(OMG) is going to partake in the voyage as well. To say this is but a dream
would be an understatement. Between our traveling art show making it across the
United States and our matching campaign with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All At Once</i> as part of Jack Johnson Ohana Foundation, we can say we
had our best year yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of the
wonderful things happening it goes without saying for me and Bonnie it has been
a whirlwind of excitement with a touch of exhaustive hard work that has left us
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can complain when the work is being done on a sailboat! We have the unique
opportunity to be part of a crew that will be conducting research by trawling
for marine debris as well as visit local schools leading discussions about our
‘plastic footprint’ and the challenges their communities face because of it.
The goal of this voyage is to create a toolkit for students to give plastic a
global value. Our crew has the right combination of passion, brains and
creativity that could inspire real change on the islands and ultimately
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Hope is what keeps us going, not just at POP, Inc., but also
as human beings. We all have something we are striving for and while we work
our way to get it, hope is at the end of the tunnel. This voyage is particularly
special because we will have three sets of mothers and daughters on board. From
Beautiful Nation Project there will be Tonia Lovejoy and her mother Debbie
Winterbauer. Their shared reverence for the planet has helped mold a geosocial
network that provides free educational resources for schools across the globe.
Take a look here and see how you can join the network <a href="http://www.beautifulnationproject.org/">http://www.beautifulnationproject.org</a>.
Also joining the crew are Olivia Ries and her mother, Lauren. Olivia who is now
10 years old started One More Generation with her brother in 2009; to say she
is a remarkable young person would be putting it VERY lightly. Olivia and her
brother, Carter, have done more for conservation and education than most
politicians, celebrities or maybe even the Dalai Lama. I am in awe of their
dedication, creativity and their understanding of the importance of educating
others, especially their peers. A simple google search of them returns accolades from all corners of the earth, or you can check them out here <a href="http://onemoregeneration.org/">http://onemoregeneration.org</a> don't forget to watch the video below and be in
awe for yourself. The last of the mother daughter teams is me and Bonnie (who I
affectionately call Bon Bon), she is the reason I am here on this beautiful
planet and why we get to be in such inspiring company for nine days.
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but our desire to save our oceans started more recently. In 2008, Bonnie read
an article about the North Pacific Garbage Patch and just like that an activist
was born. She began reading, listening or watching anything she could get her
hands on to learn about the problem our oceans were facing in regards to marine
debris. It became all she talked about with me and my brother, at first, I’ll be
honest, it was a little overwhelming. But we all changed our ways; her passion
to save our oceans soon became my passion and I have been working with her ever
since. The trouble is we are 700 miles away from each other and very rarely get
to work hands on together, this opportunity is something we have been hoping
for, for a very long time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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One way or another each of us embarking on this voyage has
been inspired by our family, and it is the hope for our future generations that
keeps us going. I think this group is on the cusp of something magical and
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What a rocking October for Plastic Ocean Project, Inc. As of October 1st our traveling art exhibit arrived in California making it's 26th and final destination as part of the funding from Project Aware. We had one year to complete the cross country exhibit and on December 1st, it will be on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA. <a href="http://www.projectaware.org/" target="_blank">Project Aware </a>does so much good, not only by helping protect marine life like sharks, but also fund diving campaigns and helps small non-profits like ours accomplish big goals. But we would have not been eligible for those funds if it weren't for our supporters voting for us to win the grant money to get our show on the road. Through this initiative we have shed light on the proliferation of plastic marine debris to 1000s more people of all ages. Now to find funding to help bring it back across the US.<br />
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The exposure the exhibit has received has led to so many requests that we put together a smaller version that is currently at the <a href="http://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher" target="_blank">Fort Fisher Aquarium, NC</a> and will be on display until November 30 and will then move to UNC Chapel Hill. But this is only our outreach front. Last month not only did we collect trash in the N. Pacific with <a href="http://www.oceandefenders.org/" target="_blank">Ocean Defenders Alliance</a>, but we also sampled an endorheic lake meaning there is no outlet, water only leaves via evaporation. Why would this be significant to study? Because if you think about it, it is a microcosm of an ocean. We can learn a lot about runoff, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and how plastic marine debris persists in this environment. More on the findings later.<br />
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Mid-October, we spent two weeks sampling off the shores of Bermuda. What made this years sampling even more unique was the fact that we had the opportunity to sample after a tropical storm AND a category 2 hurricane. We now have five years of open-ocean samples collect in the N. Atlantic gyre with significant evidence from this last outing that put exclamation points on top of the results established over the past four years. Just a couple examples.<br />
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1. Just like gyre circulation systems are a transport for plastic marine debris on a grand scale, surface eddies serve as mini gyre systems. <br />
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2. Convergence zones where different temperatures of waters meet are aggregates for marine life as well as free floating plastics making plastic debris more readily available for ingestion and entanglement. Here is a video where you can see a convergence zone notice the teal blue waters of Bermuda butting up against the deep colder waters of the open-ocean. We could actually see with your own eyes all the trash along this edge. So if <a href="http://www.boyanslat.com/" target="_blank">Boyan Slat</a> wanted to find a sweet spot for his ocean cleaning device, he might want to start in regions like this - not too far from land. <br />
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3. As the sea state goes up, meaning as the wind speed and wave height increase, the number of plastic pieces goes down, yet, we find the size of the pieces increase.There are other points to be made, but we will save that for our potential publication coming out early 2015.<br />
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But Plastic Ocean Project, Inc goes beyond research and outreach, we are also about collaboration. We asked <a href="http://www.beautifulnationproject.org/" target="_blank">Beautiful Nation Project </a>if they would like to join us on our fall N. Atlantic research cruise with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Maureen Conte, PhD. They accepted and for those of you with middle school children and/or educators, visit their website. They are using ships of opportunity as a means of an educational platform to bring ocean science and the students around the world into your classroom. <br />
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Also, we continue to support the efforts of <a href="http://5gyres.org/how_to_get_involved/campaigns-microbead/" target="_blank">5 Gyres Institute</a> who are promoting the banning of micro beads in consumer products in particular <a href="http://cornellsun.com/blog/2014/11/09/cornellians-paddleboard-down-erie-canal-for-pollution-research/" target="_blank">Plastic Tides</a> who is currently paddle boarding up the Erie Canal to the NY State Capital from Ithaca IN WINTER CONDITIONS, to promote awareness to the ubiquitous quantities of plastic beads intentionally entering our water via companies that put them in their products. Go Christian and Gordon!<br />
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<br />theplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064028054980425758.post-45050436569953428782014-10-20T21:18:00.001-07:002015-01-11T07:31:57.588-08:00Hurricane Gonzalo Stirs Up the Sea and Spits Out Plastic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: start;">Hurricane Gonzalo ripped through Bermuda and what washed in wasn't pretty. The sargassum was full of plastic particles, the pictures don't do it justice as the whole beach was covered with sargassum just like this. It's so disheartening to see this outcome, as if we needed another eye-opener. To know that animals are mistaking these pieces of plastic for food, and even if they weren't and they were to go eat a piece of sargassum they would end up with plastic as a side dish. To me that seems like being at your favorite restaurant and finding a short and curly in your favorite dish, not appetizing and definitely not healthy.</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tIlQnEDPMIk/VEWqhDB3gJI/AAAAAAAABi0/d3a5w24piGo/s1600/bermuda%2Bsargassum2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tIlQnEDPMIk/VEWqhDB3gJI/AAAAAAAABi0/d3a5w24piGo/s1600/bermuda%2Bsargassum2.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>Bermuda wasn't the only island to get hit, and they are certainly not the only island with plasticized sargassum. They've all started their clean ups on the islands, but the clean up needs to start now in our everyday lives. How are we going to stop this from taking over our beaches our oceans?<br />
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It is time for us to head out to sea, to see what Gonzalo has in store for our next few days of surface sampling. I'm curious to see in the aftermath of a hurricane what the trawl will come out with. Will we see what we saw on the beach or have the rough seas hidden the problem just under the surface? We'll find out and let you know soon.<br />
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Written by: Tricia Monteleonetheplasticocean.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10724437683335513528noreply@blogger.com2