Apologies for the very tardy blog post but we wanted to display Zoe reminding you how important it is to share and respect the Earth. We are co habitants. The things we make that are manmade do have to be considered with where we source them, how they’re made, how much natural resources are needed to make then, can any resources be re-used or replaced AND where are they disposed of when used.
For years the oceans have been seen as a dumping ground. Most people feel “out of sight, out of mind.” When you yourself cannot see where the oceans intertwine from river to sea, form surface to sea floor, it’s easy to think the oceans are infinite. In honesty the oceans cover more of the earth than land, yes, but they also have animals living in them. Waves and currents are natural filtration created by tactonic plate movement and gravitational pull. That is made to filter dirt, fish waste, some animals eat the dead remains of other animals, etc. However plastics and fabrics are dumped daily and animals have to live with that. It is unjust as plastic and excess waste can kill animals. They eat the plastic or get chocked by fabric or ghost nets and drown.
Specifically the rare “leatherback sea turtle” is a deep-sea soft shelled sea turtle which feasts on jellyfish. They may in turn accidentally mistake a plastic bag for a jellyfish and have undigestable plastic stuck in their stomachs. This tells their brain their stomach is full of food but because it cannot be digested they then starve to death or die of infection from the plastic. Other cases where their throats are designed with spikes to help them swallow live food so the plastic can get stuck in their throats and choke them.
The Pacific ocean has the largest landfill trash dump pool, a gyer, known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” It is not an island but just a large soup of trash in the ocean that has accumulated from pollution in surrounding areas that get pulled in one spot via currents.
We MUST do better. Recycling and reusing are the easiest ways to help. Offer donations or your services to beach clean up. Anything to “Keep Our Oceans Clean!”, says Zoe:
