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Plastic Ocean Project

@ThePlasticOcean

Education through Research/Outreach through Art/Solutions through Collaboration #plasticoceanproject.inc #skipthestraw #planetorplastic #plasticpollution

 Wilmington, NC
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Joined May 2009
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I just submitted "356" to Black Owl Festival via FilmFreeway.com! -
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Amazing news! 356 was just selected by Snow Leopard Film Festival (WLIFF) via FilmFreeway.com!
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SCOOP: the Māori King and other Indigenous leaders will gather tomorrow to sign a treaty recognizing whales as legal persons. the movement is rooted in the Māori worldview, which sees whales as ancestors, one Māori conservationist writes for @AtmosMag: atmos.earth/a-descendants-ca…
A Descendant’s Call for Whale Legal Personhood | Atmos

A Descendant’s Call for Whale Legal Personhood | Atmos

A Māori conservationist takes us inside the fight to recognize whales as legal persons and ocean ambassadors to the United Nations.

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Amazing news! 356 was just selected by Art Giraffe International Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
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Plastic Ocean Project retweeted
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U of T Trash Team 🦝@UofTTrashTeam3 Nov 2023
Congrats @ChelseaRochman!! Throwing all our #raccoon hands in the air for you!! 🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝
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@NSERC_CRSNG1 Nov 2023
🏆 Chelsea Rochman @UofT wins an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in recognition of her pioneering contributions to the study of plastic pollution in aquatic habitats. ▶️ tinyurl.com/2u8yfvdb
IMAGE: Portrait of Chelsea Rochman (University of Toronto) standing outside a building, with a logo in white for NSERC PRIZES 2023, on the left. @ChelseaRochman @UofTTrashTeam

ALT IMAGE: Portrait of Chelsea Rochman (University of Toronto) standing outside a building, with a logo in white for NSERC PRIZES 2023, on the left. @ChelseaRochman @UofTTrashTeam

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Less than 1500 to hit 10,000. Whales need us. No money required just your name! Support Legal Personhood and Designate Whales as Ocean Ambassador to the United Nations - Sign the Petition! chng.it/7CTXzRGmzt via @Change

Sign the Petition

Support Legal Personhood and Designate Whales as Ocean Ambassadors to the United Nations

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We are proud to have a mention in this wonderful children's book that empowers children. You can find it on Amazon!
Blair N Williamson, Children's Author (@theislandwriter) profile pictureBlair N Williamson, Children's Author
@theislandwriter27 Nov 2022
AHHH my first 200 books are here!!! This makes Island Girls even more real! @BlakeKimzey @RosiePOV @JackieKruzie @DallasWriters @SHolovchenko @ThePlasticOcean So excited! 🎁🎄🤩🎉 A serious dream come true!!! #amwriting #islandgirls #writingcommunity #12x12pb #kidlit #author
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Image from Blair N Williamson, Children's Author (@theislandwriter)
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What if there were ways to save the North Atlantic right whale AND US lobster fishing from extinction? Find out WHY change is urgent in @MklJMoore book “We are All Whalers” and HOW lobster fishing and whales can coexist. @RC9910
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Image from Plastic Ocean Project (@ThePlasticOcean)
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Blue New Deal Coalition@BlueNewDealCo8 Dec 2022
Interviewed @MklJMoore for our documentary “If the Ocean Could Talk” because his book parallels with much of our story. I highly recommend reading his book, We Are All Whalers, and visiting our webpage plasticoceanproject.org/docu… for more information.
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I just told the Biden administration that the biomass energy industry is bad for the climate, bad for forests, and bad for Southern communities. Join me and @selc_org today and sign the petition. selc.link/2WG7gbM
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Happy World Ocean Day! If you love the North Atlantic, you will enjoy our film. But we need your help. For every dollar you donate today, it will be matched. We're just a little over $5000 off from match of $20k (including checks that have been sent in.) charity.gofundme.com/o/en/ca…?
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Happy World Ocean Day and welcome the Blue New Deal Coalition!!! bluenewdeal.net
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We are teaming up with NCWF to remove trash and plant trees. Join our Trees4Trash Campaign. 25lbs of trash = 1 planted tree!
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Why we must move away from single use plastic. How painful for animals who cannot digest it.
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EU zu Lëtzebuerg
@UE_Luxembourg30 Dec 2019
L’océan produit la plus grande partie de l'oxygène que nous respirons, contrôle notre climat et abrite la majorité des espèces vivantes de notre planète. Nous devons le protéger et l’Union européenne montre la voie. 🌊🇪🇺 #PlasticsStrategy #EUGreenDeal 📸 © @ThePlasticOcean
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An Epic Ocean Plastics Field Trip for Corporate Executives @outsidemagazine outsideonline.com/2400590/oc… POP foulnder gets a mention! Epic field trip is no joke!
An Epic Ocean Plastics Field Trip for Corporate Executives

An Epic Ocean Plastics Field Trip for Corporate Executives

Recycling is broken. The oceans are trashed. As the plastics crisis spirals out of control, an unlikely collection of executives and environmentalists set sail for the North Atlantic Gyre in a...

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Plastic Ocean Project retweeted
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EU Environment
@EU_ENV30 Jan 2019
🆕 Important step: The 🇪🇺 is the 1st to address ALL microplastics intentionally added in products, & not just microbeads used in cosmetics. The @EU_Commission welcomes @EU_ECHA ’s opinion on restricting them. 👉🏼 ec.europa.eu/info/news/europ… #PlasticsStrategy #SDGs ©@ThePlasticOcean
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Mark your calendar for Saturday at 10am for a cool place to do a cleanup. signupgenius.com/go/70a094ea…
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"Home" - James Drakes and CT3, Plastic Ocean Project video youtu.be/SSUqq0eTB2E via @YouTube
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Dr. Sam Athey@sustainablesam_8 Oct 2018
Join me November 5th to November 10th for an @iamscicomm takeover! I’ll be highlighting the use of #SciComm in the #PlasticPollution field - check out the schedule below & tune in for a great week! RT to help spread the word🙌🏻 #IAmSciComm #SETACMicroplastics #WomeninSTEM – at Toronto, Ontario
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