National Marine Week, celebrated during the second week of October, aims to highlight the important role that the world’s oceans play in sustaining human life.
Highlighting the plight of issues that threaten our costal systems, National Marine Week also sheds light on the solutions to certain problems.
The week also encourages sustainable use of marine resources. It explores the conservation methods that can be implemented in everyday life to preserve the oceans.
According to Plastic Oceans, every year a whopping 300 million tons of plastic are produced, 50% of which is single-use plastic. Our oceans are plagued with plastics and micro-plastics that harm and kill marine life, who mistake the debris as food.
From reducing, to reusing, to recycling, there are many ways to change how you rely on plastic.
Many organisations are taking to social media to raise awareness on plight of our oceans,
If the future of the oceans is important to you, head down to you local beach and conduct a thorough clean up. With the waste collected, convert it into a eco-brick that can be used to build schools in townships. Find out more, here.
There’s an online petition that is calling to prevent off-shore oil and gas drilling in KwaZulu-Natal.
Take the opportunity of National Marine Week to learn about the best way for you to help the oceans and how you can keep contributing to preserving this vital source of life.
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