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Ocean Champions

A Journey Into Seas of Plastic, teaches about the impacts of plastic in the oceans and how we can help

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    • Para Jagoan Lautan (Ocean Champions) being distributed in Indonesia

Videos of plastic pollution

May 2, 2019May 6, 2019 michelle.mech@gmail.com

High tide of trash in Durban, South Africa

High tide of trash in Durban Port, South Africa, last Friday 26 April 2019. This was the aftermath of torrential rains that took over 70 lives and thousands of homes in KZN province.
Credit: Garnett Wilson

November 12, 2018November 27, 2018 michelle.mech@gmail.com

Fishermen in Brazil haul in fishing net containing way more plastic than fish

March 26, 2018November 27, 2018 michelle.mech@gmail.com

Waters in Indonesia densely strewn with plastic waste

Diver Rich Horner has captured video of himself swimming through water densely strewn with plastic waste and yellowing food wrappers, with the occasional tropical fish darting around.

The footage was shot at a dive site called Manta Point, a cleaning station for the large rays on the island of Nusa Penida, about 20 km from the popular Indonesian holiday island of Bali.

 

March 25, 2018November 27, 2018 michelle.mech@gmail.com

Plastic debris in the Arctic Ocean – main part, weight-wise is equipment from fisheries

The plastic polluting our oceans has reached the ‘pristine’ Arctic ocean and Norway’s arctic fiords. The main part, weight-wise, is from fisheries.

 

Children’s book about plastic in the oceans

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Recent posts

  • Improving Canada’s recycled output will take ‘radical changes’
  • The alarming trend of beached whales filled with plastic explained
  • Australia’s Cocos Islands strewn with 414 million pieces of plastic pollution.
  • Plastic Pollution Harms Ocean Bacteria That Produce 10 Percent of Earth’s Oxygen
  • Plastic Threatens Human Health at a Global Scale
  • Turning non-recyclable plastic bags into speakers
  • 187 countries agree to restrict global plastic waste trade
  • These tiny fish reveal our oceans’ biggest problem: plastic waste
  • Your so called biodegradable plastic bag might not actually biodegrade
  • Invasion of the biosphere by plastics: What our current knowledge may mean for our future

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Categories

  • Alternative Products
  • Government Action
  • Impacts on Marine Life
  • In the News
  • Initiatives and Innovations
  • Learn more videos and posts
  • Make Your Own
  • Other
  • Recycling
  • Research
  • Student projects
  • Success Stories – governments
  • Success stories – other
  • Success stories – youth
  • Uncategorized
  • Videos of plastic pollution
  • Worst Offenders

Thanks to the following people for contributing to the production costs of Ocean Champions:

Elaine Leung

Jeff and Kim Blokker

Terry Mech

Ellie Schultz

Darrel and Anthea Archer

Heidi Wassersleben

Reinhard Mech

Joe and Jacque Brandt

Jobic and Remedios Yeung

Chris Gadsby

Wilf and Barb Wassersleben

Carol and Gord Pope

Randy Tate and Marg Clancy

Dorothy Cutting

Marian Hargrove

Margaret Dickson

Ron Wright

Country Grocer, Salt Spring Island

Recent posts

  • Improving Canada’s recycled output will take ‘radical changes’
  • The alarming trend of beached whales filled with plastic explained
  • Australia’s Cocos Islands strewn with 414 million pieces of plastic pollution.
  • Plastic Pollution Harms Ocean Bacteria That Produce 10 Percent of Earth’s Oxygen
  • Plastic Threatens Human Health at a Global Scale
  • Turning non-recyclable plastic bags into speakers
  • 187 countries agree to restrict global plastic waste trade
  • These tiny fish reveal our oceans’ biggest problem: plastic waste
  • Your so called biodegradable plastic bag might not actually biodegrade
  • Invasion of the biosphere by plastics: What our current knowledge may mean for our future
  • Is Canada’s recycling industry broken?
  • High tide of trash in Durban, South Africa

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