Texans For Clean Water

Important message from Mermaid Kelly: Ariel is swimming by to encourage you to help protect her home. Even though she collects human “treasures”, other sea creatures and marine life become injured or even die because of human trash, including thousands of sea turtles, whales, and over one million seabirds each year. All of this trash can harm & entangle fish, sharks, and damages coral reefs. In the Pacific Ocean there is even a huge area called the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” This is a large area filled with debris, approximately the size of Texas. The debris extend down 20 feet & contains 3.5 million tons of garbage. It is estimated to double size in the next 5 years. A marine biologist & ocean activist, Sylvia A. Earle once stated “If the ocean dies, we die.” Without the ocean, we can’t survive. Around 50% of the oxygen we breath comes from phytoplankton in the ocean. Many Ocean Activists have already taken action to preserve these creatures and our home, now it’s your turn! You can start taking the steps to helping all of the life in the ocean by using fewer plastic products, recycling, doing local beach/ river clean ups, support local organizations working to protect the ocean, influence change in your local community, but most importantly, educate yourself on the ocean & how to protect it. This video is also up on my Mermaid Kelly YouTube channel as well! Feel free to share the message and video~ YouTube link: https://youtu.be/PY5tR8E8sZk

This infographic examines the most common types of human wastes, how the waste affects the marine life, and how just how long the average lifespan of article is. Watch out for long living ferocious beasts like the plastic bottle, the tin can, and the battery.

Washed Up, a photo series by Alejandro Durán who has created color-based sculptures by collecting plastic detritus washed ashore from forty-two countries onto the shores of Sian Ka’an, Mexico’s largest federally-protected reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the world’s second largest coastal barrier reef.

Littering says a lot about you

I can only imagine. by nickverbelchuk

Ripples and Reflections by kuekat_Dave

under water by auimeesri

Hawksbill Sea Turtle by kennethret