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Reclaiming the Oceans Garbage project! Should we create a goal so more people can particpate?

leahl
Hey folks!
The video says it all, so I won't repeat. But if you want more info in case you missed it, here's a link that talks about the project:
http://current.com/items/91855608_i-took-the-1-green-thing-challenge-ill-be-remo...

So the big question is: If people from around the world want to get involved...should we create a goal? Should we record or not record? Or should I just keep it super simple and just focus on getting my won garbage out?
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  • biggreenhead
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      biggreenhead  

    • Hi Leah,
      Here is a suggestion for inquiring minds. Garbage, anywhere on our planet, makes its way to our lakes and oceans...right? How about making a unified, global goal:
      whether your picking trash from the ocean, soccer field, or parking lot...
      *pick it up
      *weigh it (maybe collect a bag full first)
      *go to the website (insert fun web name here)
      *register and keep report the weight of the garbage you collect.

      The website then keeps an ongoing "collective" tally of everyone's efforts all over the world!

      incentivise with weekly/monthly giveaways to individuals, schools, organizations, companies who participate...why not get everyone on board.

      Big Green Head would love to be a part of such a wonderful effort.
      Good Luck

    • 1 year ago
  • TheGP2Project
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      TheGP2Project  
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    • We will partner with YOU!!! Will you partner with US!!!???

      We are creating global expeditions cleaning up "The Great Pacific Garbage Patches" and ALL Ocean Gyres through collaboration on a global scale this summer 2010.

      Our values are integrity, teamwork, ACTION global partnerships, and passion.

      Our Vision is Healthy & vibrant Planet and Oceans now.

      On behalf of our Oceans, The GP2 Project is about expanding our reach around the World to clean plastic, waste and chemicals from our Oceans and give our future a healthy and vibrant Planet and Oceans.

      Our mission includes having the resources and collaborations to launch multiple clean-up missions of plastics, industrial chemicals in seawater, and even oil spills such as the disaster in the gulf. Your donation, your ideas, your partnerships with The GP2 Project will go to the expansion of these efforts.

      We will partner with any person and/or organization that has an idea or shared vision and values. We partner with any green technology company that will convert plastics into alternative fuel and energy to power ships, villages and third world-countries.

      We create a paradigm shift in people's and organizations relationships to our Planet and Ocean. Take Action Now.

      Thank you.
      The GP2 Project Staff and Team
      www.thegp2project.stayclassy.org
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    • 2 years ago
  • CarlosIsDown
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    • Living smack darn in the middle of the country (there be no oceans here) we realize everything goes downstream, so we clean up our rivers (Ozark Mt. Paddlers) and our lakes (Tale Rock Lake, Army Corps of Engineers) we usually get a small mountain of trash 3 - 4 times a year.

    • 2 years ago
  • ras_menelik
  • 1Eco_Media
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      1Eco_Media  

    • Why not both. That way you learn what others can do on the local level as well as how everyone might come together on a bigger scale type project or effort.

    • 2 years ago
  • phukoph
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      phukoph  

    • Yeah, I like this. I've heard about the huge garbage patch in the Pacific before, but why isn't anyone cleaning it up? I would definitely volunteer my time! I would start something myself, if I had the resources.

    • 2 years ago
  • asherp
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      asherp  

    • Something I'd like to see, though I don't know how to do the coding myself, would be a simple web-based calculator so that people can enter their age, hit a button and then find out how much plastic they are responsible for (which they can then use as a goal of removing).

      Recording the results I think would be key to making this a sustainable project, not in the sense of environmental sustainability, but in the sense of keeping people focused on obtaining a specific numeric goal, and keeping them interested. If concrete goals are not made, the project is just way too huge.

    • 2 years ago
  • leahl
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      leahl  
    • asherp:

      Hey asherp!
      YES! Great point! Derk actually came up with the calculation, and as it stands, American's are responsible for putting 15 pounds of garbage into the oceans each year.

    • 2 years ago
  • asherp
  • goldenone
  • leahl
  • CalgarC
  • leahl
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  • artemis6
  • GristTV
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      GristTV  

    • Leah! This is a great thing you're doing. Yes, let's have a goal.
      I've been obsessed with the great garbage patch, of late.

      Here's the latest Umbra video - an homage, of sorts, to the trash in the ocean.
      A description:
      It's convenient eating out. But here's the inconvenient truth: one to-go pad thai container - one night's dinner - and the packaging lasts forever! Disposable to-go containers have got to go! Ask Umbra shows you 6 tips to reduce your carbon forkprint. Watch this!

      http://current.com/items/92205684_good-to-go-6-tips-to-green-take-out-food.htm

    • 2 years ago
  • leahl
  • mbk220
  • nocturnus9
  • leahl
  • mbk220
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      mbk220  

    • I would be interested in hearing everyones ideas that you mentioned. Also one main goal is a good idea and may motivate people.

    • 2 years ago
  • derk
  • lookatmypix
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      lookatmypix  

    • “Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”
      Karen Ravn

      Go for it!

    • 2 years ago
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