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National Geographic Solutions
Some solutions that National Geographic suggest we do to have clear oceans in the future is
-Major clean up
-Remove the use of disposable and single-use plastic
-Allow society to get use to other alternatives too plastic
-Begin to use biodegradable plastic
-Prevention of these chemicals being allowed in our oceans
-Gather old fish nets that can cause harm to wandering fish
-Reusable water bottles
-Anti-straw campaigns
#itsnottoolate
Gentle giant or plastic?
This is another piece done by the artist chosen by the National Geographic team. Here is also the same concept of a mammal being caught up in plastic. This art was done by Bom Cherdsak from Thailand. He wanted to express the major problem within his country being one of the world's top marine plastic polluters. Just like the other art, this artist wanted to make the viewer feel the anger for animals for how poorly they are bring treated. The whale in this photo is unhappy which is exactly how you should be feeling about this situation.
Red Sea
A lot of aspects come into play when we look at Egypt's marine ecosystem problem. The major growth in human population in the coastal zone and the rise in economic growth which is taking a considerable amount of pressure on the environment. The pollution from this vast amount of people and tourist takes a toll on the ocean. Egypt continues to let oil, chemicals and waste be poured into their ocean and let it effect the environment. Ocean acidification that takes place and seawater warming is also having a huge effect on the reefs in the region. #safethereefs
Due to all this a lot of areas in the Red Sea are no longer inhabitable. The quality of the reefs have plummeted as there is no longer a vital ecosystem around them. Marine life like dolphins have migrated to escape these dangerous waters.
National Geographic "Planet or Plastic?"
This video contains the multimodal art I chose, along with the many other works that other activists created. All artists are from different areas and highlighting their problems that is having a major effect on their country.
Activist Artist
Ahmed Karam is a young artist that was challenged by National Geography to create peace of art work that is inspired by pollution around the world. They asked that that artist focus on a problem within their own country so that the world can see their suffering from their prospective. The viewer can tell that the activist has a huge problem with what is occurring in the image and by creating a heart breaking art its able to tell this story.
Living in Egypt he decided to draw and focus on the issue of the Red Sea. Their ecosystems in the ocean is under a huge threat from pollution. There are reefs facing threats of mass extinctions, countless species being affected, oil spills and more. However Edyptians are refusing to acknowledge the problems are make any steps towards bettering the health of the ocean.
“Man’s best friend or plastic?
This art peace is called “man’s best friend or plastic?” by Ahmed Karam.
National Geographic are the ones to take sponsorship of this art for their “Planet or plastic?“ initiative.
As we take a look at this multi model art a lot of aspects can be picked up on.
The dolphin in the plastic bag shows his seclusion it has in its new world. The artist wanted us to see this mammal as trapped in this plastic that is literally taking over its life. It is unable to escape it but even if its was possible its ocean is would still be filled with plastic that is not only effecting it but the other species around the dolphin.
By reading the words "The Red Sea is drowning in plastic and so is the marine life" the author clearly wants us to realize how critical this problem is. It is occurring as we speak and as a Society we are allowing it to happen. It makes the viewer want to make a change from these bold upsetting words. The artist also did an amazing job showing what real objects pollute our ocean an effects our marine life like plastic bottles, bags, tires and more. He was also able to include the dead fish around it depicting another real life occurrence.
Why We Need to Stop Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans FOR GOOD!
The Facts
Over the years our pollution problem has gotten significantly worse. In our ocean it holds
-12 million tons of plastic each year
-toxins like nitrogen and phosphorus
-5.25 trillion pieces of garbage
-8 million tons of plastic bottles
-4 million micro fibers
-1 garbage truck full of trash every minute
-60 million gallons of oil
-269,000 tons floating on the ocean surface
finds its self on our oceans. This is usually done by our poor decisions when dealing with trash.
This pollutions comes from
-littering
-poor waste management
-land fills
-not using recycling
-85% of trash is not recycled.
-extreme natural events( ex. storm or tsunamis)