Added: Nov 18, 2008

From: patagoniavideo

Duration: 6:58

As part of our Oceans as Wilderness campaign, we present one of four video shorts from "Research Clips" a DVD by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. "Synthetic Sea" investigates the effects of plastic pollution in our oceans. Please visit www.algalita.org for more information or to order the full DVD. Visit www.patagonia.com to learn more about Oceans as Wilderness

Channel: News

Tags: algalita  foundation  marine  patagonia  research  video  パタゴニア 


Rating: 4.62 (93 ratings)    Views: 74023' favoriteCount='169    Comments: 25

Wheelman286 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - yeah... that's true. i know friends who throw stuff out incorrectly sometimes and if i'm honest... i have thrown things made of paper like napkins and sucker sticks out the window in the past. but those end up dissolving or in the storm drains and eventually the treatment plant down the street. because my city gets water from runoff because we have been in a drought in the summer for something like the past 4 years

bartolemeo Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Who's a good source for sturdy canvas shopping bags?

srkalis1 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - plastic is in just about everything so get used to that fact. its cheap to make and use, so its not going anywhere. whoever says they wont use plastic, youll find 500 other companies that will. this problem will never go away. youll have to accept shorter and warmer winters every year till one day there will be no such thing as snow. welcome to the new world kids. have fun out there!!!!!

ronchiii Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Humans SUCK. Maybe there will be a plague that will ease the human burden on the Earth. Either that, or people are going to start having to care and ACT NOW. We'll see...

NoelLozano Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Wow someone has done a great job of covering this "Eight continent" because I barely heard of it today! I found it in Google Earth.

vesputs Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Where u can find it in google earth?

ranger0987654321 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - and browns.

RMMrMike Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I barely see snow here in Georgia as it is. The first time I saw snow was in my child hood, and even then it was minimal, not even enough to make a snow angel, but I loved it to death.It hasn't snowed that I can remember since.I'd hate to sound selfish but why has everyone taken this from me?

jiggyboy69 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i hope we all die and our terrible legacy is lost forever

Museric Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - hope im not doubling up here..anyway...if you havent already, read "the world without us" good section on the gyre...

stephyadele Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - this is the problem with SO MANY PEOPLE! SOOOOO NEGATIVE, "well it's the way it is nothing we can do"... selfish, selfish! This planet has done nothing but give us life and what do we do??? Suffocate it in plastic trash! We can fix things if we try our f'n hardest, but people are so lazy, "plastic shopping bag is there and easy... so why try? Take a cloth bag with me... that hard..." and if we don't we don't deserve this wonderful planet that used to be paradise. Till people f@$ed it up!

stephyadele Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Some one should dump toxic waste down your throat and see how you like it!

oe2kb Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - You wanna lead by example, jiggyboy69? No -- I thought not(!)Any SENSIBLE answers considered.

windham666 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - the plastic is destructable but not degradable; it will be there, fragmenting, FOREVER. And the currents bring it back to us. I must conclude the lord god granted souls to the plastics, and is sending eternal plastic messiahs onto our shores to tell us how stupid we are...

rachelpaglia Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - this is absolutely heartbreaking. i feel awful for contributing to this problem with my water bottles and shopping bags. i definitely going to be more mindful in the future and spread the word about this critical problem.

charityjunebug Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - One of the best things you can ALL do is stop buying BOTTLED WATER! That contributes SO much to the problem it's not even funny. Only 20% of water bottles are recycled. The USA's water system is highly regulated. It's NOT unsafe to drink. I don't like the taste of my tap water but it's safe and won't hurt me. It has trace minerals and that's where the taste comes from. Drink tap! Think of all the money you will save, too! People complain about gas prices but buy bottled water.

hegemony888 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - You are totally right!! Think of all the fuel expended shipping bottled water across continents. Water is a very limited resource!

tinimoon Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - SUPPORT ALGALITAAs a volunteer, I thank you for sharing the video of horrific problems from plastic pollution in our oceans. However, ALGALITA is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION that relies on public funding to continue researching and reporting. By ripping off this video you may have deterred funding. This has been viewed over 40K times. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SUPPORT Algalita, please donate 10 US Dollars or more to ALGALITA. Thanks.

tinimoon Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - SUPPORT ALGALITAAs a volunteer, I thank you for sharing the video of horrific problems from plastic pollution in our oceans. However, ALGALITA is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION that relies on public funding to continue researching and reporting. By ripping off this video you may have deterred funding. This has been viewed over 40K times. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SUPPORT Algalita, PLEASE donate 10 US Dollars or more to ALGALITA and place "Youtube" in box that reads "How did you hear...". Thanks!

MTB710 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I hate mankind.

SkyWithBlue Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I don't buy bottled water ... unless I have to. I use a re-usable bottle. It's something everyone can do. I also use the totes in the grocery store. I never see anyone else using them it's sad

campusmang Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - chill

campusmang Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - chill out

adriandeone Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - why do you keep telling people to chill? they're just posting their opinions =\

adriandeone Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - anyways. I really love learning about this situation. made me really think about earth and the life that's on it.personally, I would love to help out and everything, but I don't know where to start. me and my family don't buy bottled water (thank god)but we do throw away a lot of plastic bags =( we don't know what to do with them. and I would love to pass this video around, but people don't give a shit about things like this. society is pathetic...