04-28-2008, 11:01 AM
Damon, the contents of "Shed Bird"'s stomach is in a display at Mokupapapa Ocean Dicovery Center on Kamehameha in downtown Hilo. I have a DVD copy of the albatross chick necropsy at Kure Atoll, if anyone wants to borrow it.
Almost all of the plastic in the bird are shoreline recreational plastic debris from everyday activities...
Oh, and this is open to everyone! Neighborhood, street and beach clean ups are some of the ways each of us can reduce the litter wasting our earth. If you haven't ever volunteered for a clean up, I can always coordinate one.... or you can volunteer to help at any of the ones that the Sierra Club, 'Keep Hawaii Beautiful', parks & rec dept, and many others offer.... this isn't a "just in Hawaii" thing, everyone can help where they are, right now!
Proper recycling of all plastics are critical in reducing the global problems of plastics - a miracle product that has turned into a huge debris problem only because of humans lack of attention to proper recycling. This is our generations' legacy to the earth. We are truly the 'Plastic Generation', and the earth is sending us a message on the care we have taken with this material.
Almost all of the plastic in the bird are shoreline recreational plastic debris from everyday activities...
Oh, and this is open to everyone! Neighborhood, street and beach clean ups are some of the ways each of us can reduce the litter wasting our earth. If you haven't ever volunteered for a clean up, I can always coordinate one.... or you can volunteer to help at any of the ones that the Sierra Club, 'Keep Hawaii Beautiful', parks & rec dept, and many others offer.... this isn't a "just in Hawaii" thing, everyone can help where they are, right now!
Proper recycling of all plastics are critical in reducing the global problems of plastics - a miracle product that has turned into a huge debris problem only because of humans lack of attention to proper recycling. This is our generations' legacy to the earth. We are truly the 'Plastic Generation', and the earth is sending us a message on the care we have taken with this material.