My "Rubbish" Ocean Challenge
#MyOceanChallenge - A "Rubbish" Challenge for a Clean Ocean
From Endangered Species Day, May 15, to World Oceans Day, June 08, I'm taking a My Ocean Challenge to raise awareness and funds in support of Project AWARE's Dive Against Debris program and Marine Debris campaign.
Each day until World Oceans Day, My Ocean Challenge is to do a litter pick and take photos of the rubbish found to raise funds and awareness about the growing marine litter problem!
My "Rubbish" Ocean Challenge started a few days ago with a special evening at my daughter's Scouts group where I was invited to discuss the challenges our ocean is facing. We talked about endangered marine species, over-fishing, unsustainable fishing practices including shark finning, and the devastating impacts of marine debris.
All 26 Scouts and their leaders joined me in a litter pick. In less than 15 minutes, we collected three buckets full of litter: aluminium cans, plastic bottles, cigarette butts, glass bottles, food wrappers, plastic toys, six-pack rings, broken glass, ... and more - a true wake up call for the kids who couldn't believe that an estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste ends up in our ocean each year!
on Endangered Species Day, May 15th, as I was walking to work, I decided to pay attention and started taking photos of the litter found along the way. What I saw truly shocked me! Litter is everywhere! It surrounds us! But the worst is that we are so used to it we no longer notice it!
Once in the ocean, our litter takes a toll on marine life and fragile environments. It’s time to rise to the marine debris challenge! I'm taking Project AWARE's My Ocean Challenge to raise funds critical to removing and reporting marine debris from underwater environments.
On land or underwater, litter / marine debris is not out of sight, out of mind! Just look around you! It's everywhere! Let's stop the Ugly Journey of our Trash before it ends up in our ocean! Rise to the Marine Debris challenge with me!
Thanks for supporting a clean, healthy ocean and for sponsoring My "Rubbish" Ocean Challenge!
