Are bioplastic bags the answer to the fact that we’re drowning in single-use plastic bags or are they just another part of the problem? Well they start with ‘bio’ – so they must be good for the planet right?
Confused by what’s happening to the NSW Marine Park? Re-zoning of sanctuaries and amnesties on not being able to fish? Me too. Not surprisingly though – there does seem to be a concerted effort to bamboozle the public on this one
A clean up by the Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew at Curl Curl Lagoon. Plus 8 ways to reduce plastic pollution in the first place.
For everyone who’s asked us questions about Seabin – about the production, power, marine life and plastic pollution, here are some answers from the innovators themselves.
Plastic pollution is a huge threat to our oceans. So it’s great to see new initiatives like Seabin, a floating rubbish bin invented by a couple of Aussies.
Vast underwater forests have gone missing from the Sydney coastline. Operation Crayweed aims to reforest 70km of Sydney coastline – and you can help.
Over fishing is a global issue, and it’s all too easy to put it in the ‘too hard’ basket, turn a blind eye, and hope by some miracle we don’t actually run out of fish. Sustainable seafood: how better seafood labelling, informed decisions and personal action can make a difference.
Biodiversity#13: Octopus. A cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda, literally meaning ‘eight-foot’. Their bodies have no internal or external hard parts and they have been known to squeeze through very small apertures – mainly in order to escape!
Plastic pollution in our oceans is a man-made catastrophe that feels too big for us to solve. One new Australian project, The Seabin, aims to do that & more.
Diveplanit blogger Harriet Spark writes about plastic pollution and exactly why single use plastic straws suck.
