DailyGood

For the last 27 years, DailyGood newsletters have offered a daily email that inspires you to respond to life with creativity and kindness. To join a community of 151,975 subscribers, subscribe here.

Jun 20, 2008

"Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we're challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves." --Rachel Carson

The Plastic Planet

An estimated one percent of thrown-away plastic bags never make it to the landfill. Instead, too many of them become street litter which first gets washed into the city's storm drains and then, when a heavy rain comes and the system overflows, gets dumped through one of the harbor estuaries. From there they head straight to the ocean where they could become accidental food for the 7 species of sea turtle, 300 species of fish, 350 species of bird, 10 species of whales and several species of seals and porpoises who live there. This video tells us the story of how a plastic bag carries itself across the world.