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… threats facing the seas and communities that live near them. Roughly 11 million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year . UNESCO estimates 30-35% of critical marine habitats, like … on the conservation of marine biological areas beyond national jurisdiction and addressing plastic pollution in the oceans. Improving the health of oceans is one piece of a wider global …

… from floods of filth and garbage, our planet drowned in greenhouse gas emissions and toxic plastics. My worries swim in news reports of natural disasters and human-caused catastrophes. The …

… the nearby Mbagathi River. "We want to make sure that our parks do not have any waste such as plastics and anything else that should not be there," Papa Prince, program manager for the … which we are called to protect. There are several issues which we need to tackle, but I think plastic waste is the most troubling. For me, it is the biggest crisis in the world today," …

… we preach," including through divestment from fossil fuels and reducing their own pollution, plastic waste and carbon footprints. Stockholm+50 marks the 50th anniversary of the first world … target, according to the International Energy Agency — and to reduce pollution, especially plastic waste, in public events, to amplify voices of Indigenous, elderly, women and youth, and …

… the loggerhead sea turtle, around since the time of the dinosaurs, who said, "I often mistake plastics floating in the ocean and plumes of oil from oil spills for my food. When I eat them, I …

… to protect her community, culture and faith by standing up to major companies, like Formosa Plastics and Wanhua Chemicals. She encouraged them to "never doubt that you are called, too." "As …

… donations included blankets and sleeping bags, boxes of bandages and pallets wrapped in black plastic and labeled "hygiene." Next to a hill of new, plastic-wrapped beds that could fill a shelter for the displaced, there were four opened boxes of …

… on my front porch during my daughters' nap time. I open and deposit its contents of colorful plastic bricks on our kitchen table, knowing how excited my 3-year-old will be when she wakes up. … it just so. And when Easter arrives, we catch a glimpse of how those seemingly random little plastic bricks are transformed into something spectacular. Something essential. Something … outstretched hand. "You have to follow the instructions." I jam my clumsy finger into the tiny plastic box, unsuccessful in extracting the offending piece. I sigh, audibly, and mutter …

… in São Paulo when their daughter Maya was small. Bond placed candies or cookies in reusable plastic eggs, then hid them around a local city park. Kids decorated cloth bags, then fanned out … that were impacted by the production of this piece of litter," Davis said. As you pick up a plastic cup, for example, you might pray for the ecosystem from which oil was extracted to make …

… NCR Editorial Staff … Against a backdrop constructed of plastic bottles and life vests pulled from the Mediterranean Sea where thousands of migrants have …