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Care about plastic in the ocean? You can help continue our work.
Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2019 Our 2019 started by kicking off our Trees4Trash campaign. For every 25 lbs of trash we remove, we plant 1 tree. To date, we have removed 4 tons of debris. We opened a new brick and mortar space close to the UNCW campus providing access to students and community members to conduct research.Through out the year we have conducted research on sea salt, surface sampling in North Carolina's watersheds, dissecting Red Drum fish looking for plastics ingested and create art out of marine debris. . We helped connect with businesses striving to reduce their use of plastic through the Ocean Friendly Establishment campaign reaching 133 locations. Can we count on your help to continue this work either through volunteering your time, donating, or both? |
EducationThis year, we expanded our education through research with Isaac Bear Early College students conducting surface sampling and dissecting local fish donated by fishermen. Undergraduates are working up samples from Charles Moore's research in the North Pacific gyre.
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OutreachThis year, new student chapter, more cleanups, and our new space provides an art room to accommodate outreach through art with people of all ages. Art also includes the production of our featured documentary film,
"If the ocean could talk." Outreach includes collecting trash from our streams and rivers to Fishing4Plastic near the Gulf Stream. |
CollaborationThis year, we are working with Coyle, LLC, a portable solar company that also purifies water. We are raising money to get these units to the Bahamas in order to reduce the over use of water bottles due to Hurricane Dorian destroying their fresh water aquifer.
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