Video Of The Week - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Meera Dolasia on February 14, 2010

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a 500-mile long area of toxic plastic waste that extends from California to the Sea of Japan - All created thanks to our careless disposal of plastic, which not only takes a lot of energy to manufacture, but also, hundreds of years to disintegrate.

On this Valentine's day, when we appreciate everyone around us, let us take a moment to appreciate our planet and vow to do everything we can to help out - As you will learn from Kijani, the Green Gorilla, it is quite easy. If we alter just a few of our bad habits, we can make all make a difference!

source: sustainlanemedia

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  • swirlylollypops
    1/13/2012
    noooooooooo! baby turtle!!!! spit that blue plastic bag out of your mouth!!!
    • Zeabra12/9/2011
      Poor animals that live at the 500-mile long toxic plasic strech that starts at Californa to the sea of Japan.
      • person8/13/2011
        :-(, that poor baby turtle ate some plastic :-(
        • mini8/13/2011
          I think that litter is yuk
          • kaitlyn5/16/2011
            its eating window gaaaaarbage
            • cr3/28/2011
              Im with ya justin
              • cr3/28/2011
                I hate when people litter
                • Hilary Duff2/23/2011
                  Everyone needs to get together and get there green bags so we can stop hufflebot and then we will make turtles everywhere happy
                  • <3 luv ya11/10/2010
                    awwwwwwwww
                    • CAITLIN11/10/2010
                      I wood not like that to happen to my cat

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