La acumulación de los desechos de plástico de uso industrial y de los consumidores en el Pacífico norte y en otros oceános tiene severas consecuencias para la vida en el océano. Los restos de plástico son muy dispersos, ocupan gran parte de espacio en el océano. Estas “redes fantasma” son como redes de pesca abandonadas que van enrollándose y absorbiendo desechos de plástico. Son muy dañinas para la vida marina, ya que se van enredando. Por ejemplo, cuando llegan a las barreras de coral, las van alisando hasta que los corales mueren.

Author: raulespert
Tags: plastic food chain
Posted: 21 October 2011
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http://www.ted.com At TEDxGPGP, Jackson Browne plays a song he started writing last April aboard Mission Blue Voyage, the Sylvia Earle-inspired trip to brainstorm ways to save the ocean. "If I could be anywhere," he sings, "anywhere right now, I would be here."

Author: TED
Tags: plastic pollution Mission Blue waste TEDTalks musician TED ocean environment sylvia earle Great Pacific Garbage Patch music Jackson Browne song writer talks green plastic ocean health
Posted: 07 October 2011
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La mappa dell'Isola del Plastic Vortex nell'Oceano Pacifico sulla quale nessuno andrà mai in vacanza (www.massoniserafino.it)

Author: serafinomassoni
Tags: ecologia capitalismo plastic vortex oceano pacifico serafino massoni
Posted: 11 August 2011
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Shikoku is the smallest (225 km long and between 50 and 150 km wide) and least populous (4,141,955 as of 2005) of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshū and east of the island of Kyūshū. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima (伊予之二名島), Iyo-shima (伊予島), and Futana-shima (二名島). The current name refers to the four former provinces which made up the island: Awa, Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo.Geography The Shikoku region, comprising Shikoku and its surrounding islets, covers about 18,800 square kilometres (7,259 sq mi) and consists of four prefectures: Ehime, Kagawa, Kōchi, and Tokushima. Across the Inland Sea lie Wakayama, Osaka, Hyōgo, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi Prefectures on Honshū. To the west lie Ōita and Miyazaki Prefectures on Kyūshū. The 50th largest island by area in the world, Shikoku is smaller than Sardinia and Bananal, but larger than Halmahera and Seram. By population, it ranks 23rd, having fewer inhabitants than Sicily or Singapore, but more than Puerto Rico or Negros. Mountains running east and west divide Shikoku into a narrow northern subregion, fronting on the Inland Sea, and a southern part facing the Pacific Ocean. Most of the 4.5 million inhabitants live in the north, and all but one of the island's few larger cites are located there. Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山) in Ehime at 1,982 m (6,503 ft) is the highest mountain on the island. Industry is moderately well developed and includes the processing of ores from the important Besshi copper mine. Land is used intensively. Wide alluvial areas, especially in the eastern part of the zone, are planted with rice and subsequently are double cropped with winter wheat and barley. Fruit is grown throughout the northern area in great variety, including citrus fruits, persimmons, peaches, and grapes. Because of wheat production Sanuki udon (讃岐うどん) became an important part of the diet in Kagawa Prefecture (former Sanuki Province) in the Edo period. Shikoku in relation to the Inland Sea and Honshū. The larger southern area of Shikoku is mountainous and sparsely populated. The only significant lowland is a small alluvial plain at Kōchi, the prefectural capital. The area's mild winters stimulated some truck farming, specializing in growing out-of-season vegetables under plastic covering. Two crops of rice can be cultivated annually in the southern area. The pulp and paper industry took advantage of the abundant forests and hydroelectric power. The major river in Shikoku is the Yoshino River. It runs 196 km from its source close to Mount Ishizuchi, flowing basically west to east across the northern boundaries of Kōchi and Tokushima Prefectures, reaching the sea at the city of Tokushima. The Yoshino is famous for Japan's best white-water rafting, with trips going along the Oboke Koboke sections of the river. Shikoku has four important capes. Gamōda in Anan, Tokushima is the easternmost point on the island, and Sada in Ikata, Ehime the westernmost. Muroto in Muroto, Kochi and Ashizuri, the southern extreme of Shikoku, in Tosashimizu, Kochi, jut into the Pacific Ocean. The island's northernmost point is in Takamatsu, Kagawa. Unlike the other three major islands of Japan, Shikoku has no volcanoes. [1] [edit] Transportation 

Author: theworldoftravel
Tags: Shikoku Island Japan
Posted: 02 July 2011
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Plastic is wonderful material. It has so many uses, infinitely malleable to fit almost any need. And soooo durable. Plastics last hundreds, even thousands of years.

Original Article: http://ocean-aid.org/2011/06/01/the-widening-gyre-of-plastic-made-to-last-forever-designed-to-be-thrown-away/

Author: 3BL_Media
Tags: GREENOPOLIS OCEAN AID CLEAN GYRE OCEANS PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH RECYCLING
Posted: 01 June 2011
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Recientemente ha aparecido la noticia de que unas expediciones oceanográficas se han adentrado en el Océano Pacífico para localizar e investigar la Gran Isla de Basura que al parecer existe en la zona norte de dicho océano. Esta isla tiene una extensión de 1,4 millones de kilómetros cuadrados (como 3 veces España), y se compone básicamente de elementos plásticos de todo tipo, desde objetos identificables hasta partículas microscópicas. Es evidente que esto no trae ningún beneficio a la vida marina de la zona. Incluso llegan periódicamente restos a las costas más cercanas, como las de Japón y las de las Islas Hawaii. Curiosamente, esta misma semana aparece la noticia de que se ha presentado un estudio en la reunión anual de la American Chemical Society según el cual los plásticos se descomponen rápidamente en el mar, al contrario de lo que se creía hasta ahora. En la descomposición se liberan sustancias tóxicas, como los oligómeros de poliestireno, o el bisfenol-A.

Author: raulespert
Tags: sea plastic
Posted: 06 May 2011
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Plastic Planet (Documentary)
In theaters: January 14th, 2011
Copyright © 2010 First Run Features

Director: Werner Boote
Cast: Werner Boote, John Taylor, Felice Casson, Susan Jobling-Eastwood, Patricia Hunt

We live in the Age of Plastic. It's cheap and practical, and it's everywhere - even in our blood. But is it a danger to us? This feisty, informative documentary takes us on a journey around the globe - from the Moroccan Sahara to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a factory in China to the highest peaks of the Alps - to reveal the far-flung reaches of our plastic problem. Interviews with the world's foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shed light on the perils of plastic to our environment and expose the truth of how plastic affects our bodies and the health of future generations. With Original Music by the ORB.

Run Time: 95 minutes

Author: myfilm-gr
Tags: Plastic Planet Documentary trailer First Run Features Werner Boote John Taylor Felice Casson Susan Jobling-Eastwood Patricia Hunt
Posted: 11 December 2010
Rating: 5.0
Votes: 1

El científico marino extranjero Marcus Ericsson (Marcus Eriksen) estudió la presencia de plástico en el mar con su esposa Anna Cummins desde Perth (Australia) hasta el suroeste del Océano Índico (Isla Mauricio): 4.800 kilometros. Actualmente la ruta de basura marina se concentra en vórtices regulados por corrientes marinas en el Pacífico Norte, Pacífico Sur, Atlántico Norte, Atlántico Sur y Océano Índico.

Author: raulespert
Tags: plastic trash sea ocean
Posted: 26 November 2010
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Delimart giant 7-11 is proud to unveil the newest addition to its menu: the individually plastic wrapped banana. Thing is, bananas already come in their own packaging, and all that extra plastic generally just goes in the garbage, and from there, much of it winds up in the ocean, where it joins the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Think an eighth continent...of plastic.

Author: filmat11tv
Tags: environment oceans plastic 7-11 banana great pacific garbage patch ocean greenpeace sustainability packaging industry
Posted: 28 September 2010
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This mockumentary is narrated by Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons and tracks the “migration” of a plastic bag from a grocery store parking lot to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” in the Pacific Ocean.

Author: HealTheBay
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Posted: 17 August 2010
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A boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles has sailed into Sydney Harbour, four months after it set out from San Francisco.

The Plastiki's journey across the Pacific Ocean was meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.

The crew of the 60-foot catamaran that weathered fierce ocean storms during its 8,000 nautical miles at sea, left San Francisco on March 20, stopping along the way at various South Pacific island nations including Kiribati and Samoa.

The boat, skippered by environmentalist David de Rothschild, a descendant of the well-known British banking family, was being towed to the Australian National Maritime Museum for a welcome ceremony.

"We hope that Sydneysiders will turn out in force to help us celebrate," de Rothschild said in a statement.

The six-member crew lived in a cabin of just 20 feet by 15 feet, took saltwater showers, and survived on a diet of dehydrated and canned food, supplemented with the occasional vegetable from their small on-board garden.

The boat is fully recyclable, and is powered in part by solar panels and windmills.

The Plastiki's name is a play on the 1947 Kon-Tiki raft sailed across the Pacific by explorer Thor Heyerdahl.

The crew briefly stopped in Queensland state last week, after battling a brutal storm off the Australian coast.

De Rothschild said the idea for the journey came to him after he read a United Nations report that said pollution and particularly plastic waste was seriously threatening the world's oceans.

Author: itnnews
Tags: Plastiki bottles Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki Rothschild Pacific recycled David de Rothschild Sydney San Francisco ship catamaran boat
Posted: 26 July 2010
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ALDE ADLE Seminar (Full Video Event): Plastics & our Oceans - A threat to the Marine Environment

Event date: 22/06/10 13:00 to 15:30
Location: BE BRUSSELS P4B001

Plastic can be seen floating on all the world's oceans. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch may contain as much as 100 million tons of plastic debris, and could represent up to 8% of the size of the Pacific Ocean. Plastic garbage is an increasing problem in the North East Atlantic as well. Plastic eventually enters the food chain as animals confuse debris with food, which may cause serious health problems.

This seminar aims to highlight the increasing concern of plastic garbage originating from land-based sources as well as maritime sources. An exchange of views with Parliament, Commission and stakeholders will help shape recommendations for potential actions to take at an EU level.

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MEP's Concerned: Chris Davies, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Antonyia Parvanova

For more information: elissa.bensalah(at)europarl.europa.eu

[ALDEADLE-FULL-EVENT] [Event] [Seminar] [Language EN]

100622-ALDEADLE-FULL-EVENT-Seminar-on-Plastics_&_our_Oceans

Author: ALDEADLE
Tags: ALDEADLE ALDE ADLE ALDEADLE-FULL-EVENT ALEV EVENT Seminar VIDEO EPPE BRU European Parliament Anneli Jäätteenmäki Siiri Oviir Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova efficiency combating Gender Pay Gap Gende
Posted: 01 July 2010
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Video summary of the ALDE ADLE Seminar: Plastics & our Oceans - A threat to the Marine Environment

Event date: 22/06/10 13:00 to 15:30
Location: BE BRUSSELS P4B001

Plastic can be seen floating on all the world's oceans. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch may contain as much as 100 million tons of plastic debris, and could represent up to 8% of the size of the Pacific Ocean. Plastic garbage is an increasing problem in the North East Atlantic as well. Plastic eventually enters the food chain as animals confuse debris with food, which may cause serious health problems.

This seminar aims to highlight the increasing concern of plastic garbage originating from land-based sources as well as maritime sources. An exchange of views with Parliament, Commission and stakeholders will help shape recommendations for potential actions to take at an EU level.

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MEP's Concerned: Chris Davies, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Antonyia Parvanova

For more information: elissa.bensalah(at)europarl.europa.eu

[ALDEADLE-EVENT] [Event] [Seminar] [Language EN]

100622-ALDEADLE-EVENT-Seminar-on-Plastics_&_our_Oceans

Author: ALDEADLE
Tags: ALDEADLE ALDE ADLE ALDEADLE-EVENT ALEV EVENT Seminar VIDEO SUMMARY EPPE BRU European Parliament Chris Davies Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy Antonyia Parvanova Plastics our Oceans threat the Mari
Posted: 29 June 2010
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http://www.diveintoyourimagination.com/news/the-garbage-patch/ Annie Crawley joined Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Project Kaisei aboard the New Horizon on a 3 week long expedition to the North Pacific Gyre. They collected data to help find a solution to the "Plastic Vortex" forming in our Ocean. Want to do something about this problem? Get the children in your life to love the ocean, give the gift of the ocean today, visit: http://www.DiveIntoYourImagination.com/store Type youtube in the notes of your order to receive a free gift!

Author: anniecrawley
Tags: Annie Crawley Project Kaisei Plastic Ocean Plastic Island plastic ocean marine climate change New Horizon vortex save North Pacific Gyre debris ocean habitat biology Scripps
Posted: 01 February 2010
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- Initiative is part of Planet Green’s 'Blue August' event debuting August 3rd with full month of programming on-air and online - Swirling off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean is a growing trash vortex twice the size of Texas, filled with plastic bags, bottles and other debris. This isn’t a scene from the latest apocalyptic Hollywood blockbuster; it’s a startling fact. Taking its name from the top marine litter choking oceans and other waterways throughout the country, Planet Green today launched Ban the Bags, Butts and Bottles Challenge!, inviting people to become part of the solution to a growing problem.

Author: multivu
Tags: Blue_August Planet_Green trash_vortex ocean water plastic Pacific trash vortex litter Cousteau
Posted: 29 July 2009
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HP is equipping environmentalist and adventurer David de Rothschild with the technology needed to sail 10,000 miles across the Pacific on a boat made entirely of plastic bottles. (disclosure: HP is a paying sponsor of AlwaysOn) The Pacific Ocean is home to the world’s biggest trash dump, and a large portion of that is plastic. In an attempt to raise awareness of the oceanic mess, David de Rothschild, founder of Adventure Ecology, is readying a sea voyage from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia, aboard the Plastiki, a boat made entirely of plastic bottles. Rothschild says discoveries like that of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch inspired the expedition. “I was like, hang on a second. This can’t be true,” he said in a recent interview. “Why doesn’t everybody know about this? Why don’t we know about the fact that our oceans are basically filling up with trash?” By turning the symbol of waste into an adventure, Rothschild hopes to inspire young people to develop smart solutions to environmental problems. Plastiki, built from 13,000 recycled softdrink bottles, is intended to showcase how innovative technology can be used to turn waste into a resource. The technology needed to complete the voyage is coming, appropriately, from Silicon Valley’s firstborn, HP*. The tech bellweather will equip the Plastiki crew with the material to capture and share data gathered on the voyage. HP materials include notebooks with magnesium-alloy casing and battery-efficient designs, HP smartphones, and media drives from which pictures and videos of the expedition will be uploaded to the Plastiki website. HP is also helping to build Plastiki Mission Control, an interactive activity and educational center located at Pier 45 in San Francisco, CA. The center will feature 10 interactive, energy-efficient HP TouchSmart IQ816 PCs to display blueprints and sketches, expedition equipment, maps, and films explaining the technology behind the Plastiki Expedition. Satjiv Chahil, senior vice president of global marketing at HP, told ...

Author: alwaysonvideos
Tags: David Rothschild Plastiki pollution green environment
Posted: 07 July 2009
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Author: govaporize
Tags: garbage environment pacific ocean france plastic
Posted: 02 May 2009
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Follow four kids and a visionary green gorilla as they face a demented plot by Dr. Morlon Huffelbot to create an island nation of plastic bags in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Author: greengorilla
Tags: Green Gorilla Greenhouse Kids Plastic Bags Recycling Garbage Patch
Posted: 22 April 2008
Rating: 5.0
Votes: 2

The Gyre or Pacific Garbage Patch is a swirling vortex of trash and we have some expert in to talk about it. We also cover some green video games. Algalita Marine Research Foundation http://algalita.org/ Power Up http://www.powerupthegame.org/ IBM http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/ Food Force http://www.food-force.com CO2FX http://www.globalwarminginteractive.com Adventure Ecology http://www.game.adventureecology.com Steer Madness http://www.veggiegames.com Glupod http://www.glupod.com Fatworld http://www.fatworld.org/ Eco Games Suggested by Viewer: Joshua Lefkowitz show tags gyre, vortex, pacific garbage patch, plastic, nike, rubber duck, algalita.org, plastic soup, marine life, marine debris, video games, gamer, power up, ibm, solar, wind, water, food force, co2fx, adventure ecology, steer madness, glupod, sims, fatworld most popular tags zaproot viropop green series environment video podcast webisode eco pop culture next new networks free autobloggreen videos new stories cool cars online tv news clips earth day web auto interior design ideas going green sustainability ideas earth grist report water pollution channel solar wind alternative treehugger power geothermal energy oil fossil fuels local health greenpeace plants bike bicycle ocean weird greenhouse effect ecogeek global warming climate change worldchanging urban products fair trade coffee inhabitat water cycle shortage twisted humor cfl wacky an inconvenient truth conscious reuse environmental activism organic freecycle

Author: viropop
Tags: green gyre pacific garbage patch plastic nike rubber duck algalita.org food force co2fx adventure ecology steer madness glupod sims fatworld
Posted: 19 March 2008
Rating: 5.0
Votes: 1

Lien original de la video : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3892310789953943147

A Canadian filmaker travels to the north Pacific Ocean to discover a world of unknown plastic pollution.

Plus d'infos : http://www.notre-planete.info/actualites/actu_1471_continent_dechets_atlantique_nord.php

Author: Tintino
Tags: Great Pacific Garbage Patch ocean poubelle pollution
Posted: 12 February 2008
Rating: 5.0
Votes: 1