Working Together We Can Make A Difference!

Raising Awareness

Getting the word out to as many as possible is abolutely critical as well as trying to determine a way to clean this horrible patch of floating plastic. Studies on the Garbage Patch are underway from various scientific research groups.

Efforts to study!- a group is leaving June 10th from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF)   to study the impact of the Garbage Patch. http://www.trashvoyage.com/  follow the voyage!

Changes we can make to help prevent this type of problem

Using disposable plastic is what got us into this mess in the first place, This is something we can easily cut way back on. Using "canvas bags" instead of harmful plastic bags is a great way to start! Justine Gronwald in Hawaii the CEO of  http://www.justbagithawaii.com is directly helping by offering canvas bags and promoting public education! Keep up the Great Work! 

Heres a video about the environmental impact of plastics that was orginally  aired on the Andy Bumatai show http://theandybumataishow.com/ in Hawaii on May 21st  2009

http://naturewalkswithmark.org/watch_the_show   (Scroll down until you see the video called Nature Walks with Mark takes on Plastic Bags!