Comments on: Pacific Plastic Trash Island

By: Suffocated By Plastic « J500 Media and the Environment

Suffocated By Plastic « J500 Media and the Environment — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:53:15 +0000

[...] to sweatshirt to sunglasses, plastics are closer to me than I would prefer. Just as the Great Garbage Patches wreak havoc far in the Pacific Ocean I feel that plastics are trashing my food and [...]

By: Worlds Largest Solar Powered Yacht | The Chic Ecologist

Worlds Largest Solar Powered Yacht | The Chic Ecologist — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:33:03 +0000

[...] Darwin (Australia), Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Marseille. Maybe they could stop by the Pacific trash gyre on the way [...]

By: Chris Jordan - Message from Midway | The Chic Ecologist

Chris Jordan - Message from Midway | The Chic Ecologist — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:17:34 +0000

[...] His latest photographic adventure, Midway – Message from the Gyre, is one of my favorites. Traveling to Midway Atoll, one of the remotest islands on earth, he set to show us how far reaching our impacts can be. Located in the North Pacific, halfway between the U.S. and Asia, he tells a story- a story of plastic. Home to over 1.5 million birds including colonies of Albatross, Frigate birds, Boobies, and Terns; it is also near the apex of the Pacific Garbage Patch. [...]

By: Design Within Reach Eco Design Water Filter | The Chic Ecologist

Design Within Reach Eco Design Water Filter | The Chic Ecologist — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:16:49 +0000

[...] (DWR). I do own a Pur water filter pitcher, but I have never liked all that plastic (and large disposable plastic water filters). DWR fills this need beautifully with a water pitcher that is fit for your table [...]

By: Say no to plastic or yes to recycling it. « Adventures Under the Umbrella

Say no to plastic or yes to recycling it. « Adventures Under the Umbrella — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:14:19 +0000

[...] http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/06/pacific-plastic-trash-island/ [...]

By: Reusable Shopping Bag Choices | The Chic Ecologist

Reusable Shopping Bag Choices | The Chic Ecologist — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:02:42 +0000

[...] disposable plastic bags in grocery stores, and rightly so in my opinion (just see my post on the Pacific plastic trash island to see why), and with pocket size replacements that can go anywhere, there really are no more [...]

By: Safest Reusable Water Bottle Choice BPA Free | The Chic Ecologist

Safest Reusable Water Bottle Choice BPA Free | The Chic Ecologist — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:54:36 +0000

[...] it comes to water bottles, the choices seem endless. By now you probably know all the problems with disposable plastic water bottles, even the so called green bottled water have on the environment, but what about [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:38:01 +0000

Thanks for the article Jean-Paul. I recently started researching this after reading an article linked from ‘no impact mans’ website. It is purely amazing to me how much waste is dumped into our oceans everyday and more amazing how its all finding its way back to us. We must protect our ecosystem so that our future generations will be able to enjoy life in a better state of being. Thanks again.

By: Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:35:42 +0000

More great information coming in. A great New York Times article with more pictures and info thanks to Lindsey Hoshaw (check out her blog of the adventure).

By: Where do your bits of plastic go?

Where do your bits of plastic go? — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:30:07 +0000

[...] http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/06/pacific-plastic-trash-island/ [...]

By: My favorite Recycled things #2 « Gorgeous and Green

My favorite Recycled things #2 « Gorgeous and Green — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:27 +0000

[...] amount of plastic water bottles and other plastic waste floating around the oceans as we speak: thechicecologist.com Yikes! Giant plastic islands floating around the oceans the size of texas! If you read the full [...]