#plasticcrisis

There are a lot of ways to make your Halloween (and every day) less spooky by reducing your waste:⠀ -make your costume (and share it with us if it's marine themed!)🐳⠀ -choose candy to give out with less packaging⠀ -use a reusable bag to collect your candy⠀ -get crafty and reuse your decorations!⠀ -use all of your pumpkin and make some great seasonal recipes⠀ ⠀ What other ways do you celebrate in an eco friendly way?⠀ #talesofsavingwhales #whaletales #marinedebris #savethewhales⠀ Posted @withregram • @blueoceanaction Reposted from @seashepherdaumarinedebris ⠀ ⠀ Halloween 🎃 is coming!⠀ ⠀ If only we had a spell to remove all plastic from the ocean!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ We know that is impossible but what is possible is to have a single-use plastic-free Halloween! ⠀ ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #StemTheTide #PlasticCrisis #SeaShepherd #ForTheOceans #PlasticKills #StopPlastic #PlasticTide #Halloween #NoExcuseForSingleUse #EveryPieceCounts #EveryPieceCounts #LoveTheSea #ConservationInAction #Conservation #SeaShepherdMarineDebrisCampaign #Spooky ⠀ #blueoceanaction https://www.instagram.com/p/CVYmvjsPgeW/?utm_medium=tumblr

"Let's do something for the sake of the oceans and for the sake of the generations to come." Javier Bardem is calling for united actions against the plastic waste crisis.⁠

Big shout out to you @deecaffari and the rest of the crew on board @turnthetideonplastic. We wish you the very best on your next leg of the @volvooceanrace to UK shores! Wooo! We are banging the drum for you and think what you are doing is incredible. Skipper Dee and her awesome crew are highlighting the plastic crisis our world #oceans are facing, whilst taking part in a mega #sailing race across the globe. Double cool. Along the way they are collecting #watersamples in remote oceans, with new data revealing microplastics from THE FURTHEST POINT FROM LAND ON EARTH - WHERE THE NEAREST HUMANS ARE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. Hard to comprehend right? There’s more: The highest levels of #microplastic found so far, 357 particles per cubic metre were found in a sample taken in the South China Sea, east of Taiwan, an area that feeds into the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre. This critical data shows just how far and wide plastic has sadly #polluted our world oceans. . . Anne-Cecile Turner, Sustainability Programme Leader for the Volvo Ocean Race, says: “Such information is extremely valuable as it helps fill in the large gaps in our understanding of how plastic breaks down over a number of years and is spread to the ends of the earth by ocean currents. It’s also a stark reminder of the pressing need to tackle this #plasticcrisis head on and governments, businesses and individuals all have a role to play in addressing the problem.” . . It’s time to take action: reduce, reuse and recycle. SPREAD THE MESSAGE. And remember, all plastic from landfills eventually end up in rivers and oceans - if you live inland it’s sometimes hard to grasp problems happening in the ocean…but most of the oxygen you breathe comes from organisms in the ocean. More than half of the oxygen you breathe comes from marine photosynthesisers, like #phytoplankton and seaweed. Both use carbon dioxide, water and energy from the sun to make food for themselves, releasing oxygen in the process. In other words, they #photosynthesise. And they do it in the ocean. Fighting this war on ocean plastic is crucial for our future survival. . . #recycleplastic #marinelittercrisis #plasticocean #ecoclothing #recycle

Way to go, Panama! 🇵🇦 The first phase of the country’s single-use plastic bag ban went into effect this weekend, meaning supermarkets, retailers, and pharmacies will now have to provide customers with sustainable alternatives. Plastic pollution causes immense harm to the world’s ecosystems. In recent years, dozens of countries, often spurred by the United Nations, have taken action to restrict plastic pollution. Read more at this link.

I have been dipping into the world of “Eco Friendly Living” I have a long way to go but I read a while ago that if lots of people do their best at living more sustainably it’s going to make more of an impact than one person being full on eco friendly. I have put a little post up on the blog with swaps I’ve made and a little of what I think about the swaps. I’d love to know any swaps you have made. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #becomingmoreecofriendly #ecofriendly #ecoswaps #plasticcrisis #greenliving #minimalliving #greenliving #livinggreen #sustainability #savetheplanet #lesswaste #reducereuserecycle #environmentallyfriendly #wellness https://www.instagram.com/p/B0lwub2lyO1/?igshid=xy7bhjhcljq2

Good Morning. I’ve been trying to make conscious changes to our home and life to do a little bit towards the #plasticcrisis. I read somewhere that one person going going all in becoming eco friendly isn’t going to do as much as lots of us trying our best. So one way I’m trying to switch is getting a milk delivery from a local dairy after a friend recommended it. For us Using glass bottles will save over 250 plastic bottles being used a year. It may not seem a lot but imagine if only 100 people made that switch! What switch have you made? Leave some tips below remember together we have more of an impact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #plasticfreejuly #plasticfree #familylife #milkdelivery #breakfast #simpleliving #ecoloving #ecoliving #ecofriendly #ecofriendlyfamily https://www.instagram.com/p/BzhmftHFG53/?igshid=4rgmdjepjgdp