Mar 24, 2010: Plastiki

[rditlkustoleit]

I don't begrudge Olev and his friends their toys, interests or lifestyle. Just call it what it is and don't try and attach some higher intent or purpose to it.

We don't need to be more "aware" or "informed", we are in excess of both. I'd be much more impressed if they were cleaning up some of the plastic along the way.

A great deal of our "awareness", including the Pacific trash, is not brought to our attention by grand gestures, campaigning or the like. It's typically your "average" person just doing their job or actively working to create change that starts the chain of awareness.

From my perspective, giving credit to those who spend a lot of time and money to build a boat under the guise of "bringing awareness" is getting caught up in the "thick of thin things".

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If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?!

[monster]

Originally Posted by rditlkustoleit

I don't begrudge Olev and his friends their toys, interests or lifestyle. Just call it what it is and don't try and attach some higher intent or purpose to it.

We don't need to be more "aware" or "informed", we are in excess of both. I'd be much more impressed if they were cleaning up some of the plastic along the way.

A great deal of our "awareness", including the Pacific trash, is not brought to our attention by grand gestures, campaigning or the like. It's typically your "average" person just doing their job or actively working to create change that starts the chain of awareness.

From my perspective, giving credit to those who spend a lot of time and money to build a boat under the guise of "bringing awareness" is getting caught up in the "thick of thin things".

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If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?!

Hmmm. How interested would we all be about someone who set out in a regular boat and brought back a few trashbags of junk from the pacific? Would it even make image of the day? Or Digg, or reddit or whatever?

The serious money for serious clean up projects does not come from individuals but from companies. Companies who want recognition. They're going to put their money through the projects that are getting publicity. THEN it can be used to actually do the clean-up work. That's what is meant by awareness.

What have you personally done for this cause? Anything? No, thought not.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by monster

What have you personally done for this cause? Anything? No, thought not.

No, being landlocked in Kentucky, cleaning up the ocean has not been high on my list of shit to do today. I do however help clean up the woods, forests, state parks, lake shores, farm ponds, parks, river banks, and the town square. So, there.