Healthy oceans are the life support system for our planet, providing 97 percent of the Earth’s livable habitat and a home to more than 700,000 species. The oceans are vital to human health as well, providing jobs, enjoyment and food to billions of people. Half of the oxygen we breathe is generated by our oceans.Right now it is estimated that up to 12 million metric tons of plastic-everything from plastic bottles and bags to microbeads – ends up in our oceans each year. That’s a truckload of trash every minute.
One of the ways to protect our oceans is stop producing plastic packaging that is designed to be used once then thrown away.
We see a world that is safe and healthy with vibrant oceans.That’s why we are campaigning to end the flow of plastic into our oceans. Recycling alone is simply never going to solve this problem — we need to prevent it at its source. Corporations have created a global crisis that must be met with a fundamental shift in how the industry brings its products to people.That’s why we should call on big corporations to act now and reduce their plastic footprint – they are at the heart of this mess and can no longer get a free pass. They must stop producing excessive plastic packaging that is designed to be used once then thrown away.The way we treat the rest of our ocean—under protection or not—is just as important. Today, overfishing is the status quo, bycatch kills about 63 billion pounds of marine animals every year, and human activity is disrupting the balance of an ecosystems across the globe. The impacts on humans are equally severe. Overfishing compromises food security and the livelihoods of fishing communities. Human trafficking and forced labor remain huge problems on many fishing fleets.We want a better future for our oceans and the people that depend on them.
On Thursday we went to Ocean Park. This park proves, that we are wasting our oceans. This park helps animals to live. Because of trash in oceans most of animals are dying. This park care them, feed them, help them. This is a good example of how should we care about animals that live in the oceans. So let’s take care about our oceans!!!