2. Plastic Oceans film project - includes video clip with David Attenborough

  3. “Garbage Patches” of the Pacific Gyre:

  4. •Death by Plastic

  5. •“Rise Above Plastics” - petition, education and incredibly powerful images.

  6. •Shocking pictures of the carcasses of albatross chicks (click “Midway”) that have died as a result of the abundance of plastics in the Gyre. The parents having fed the chicks the plastic thinking it is food.

  7. •Dead grey whale has plastic bags, plastic chunks, duct tape, sweat pants and a golf ball in its stomach.

  8. •Video of "Entanglement of Steller Sea Lions in Marine Debris: Identifying Causes and Finding Solutions". Difficult to watch but  . . . as always, education will lead to prevention.

  9. •See video and pictures at “Altered Oceans” (LA Times) - takes a few minutes to download

  10. •All the plastics that collect and what to do about it

  11. •Pledge against plastics and learn more about their environmental impacts

  12. •“Discovery magazine” article

  13. •“Best Life” magazine article

  14. •Background from the Sierra Club

  15. •Information including pictures and movie trailers for the documentary “Addicted to Plastic”.


        Shortcomings of “degradable” plastic bags (better to use reusable!)


  2. Video showing the problems of marine debris specifically for Steller sea lions.

  3. Video of a Bryde’s whale the died after ingesting plastic.


  5. Poster showing how long it takes materials to break down in the ocean


  7. NOAA presentation on the impacts of marine debris aiming at the Gulf of Mexico but information applies to all oceans


  9. PPT presentation on “The Dangers of Plastic Bags”


  11. Cetacean Sightings Network - see “entanglement”


  13. Images showing the consequences of sea turtles ingesting plastic bags


  15. Problem of derelict fishing gear


        Video and article of a Minke whale’s adapted feeding behaviour as a    

        result of having been entangled.








Plastics Pollution /

Marine Debris