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Amazing Facts About Oceans On World Oceans Day

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World Oceans Day And Mind-Blowing Facts About The Blue Planet BY  SHANE CROUCHER ON 6/8/18 AT 11:03 AM It’s World Oceans Day on Friday June 8, an event coordinated by The Ocean Project, and its goal is to get the world talking about the perilous state of oceans. Around 2,000 organizations are involved with The Ocean Project, including aquariums, zoos and museums. Their focus for World Oceans Day 2018? “Preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean,” according to the official website. Plastic pollution is a huge problem in our oceans. Waste plastic created by humans finds its way into the water, contaminating and killing the wealth of life within it. Ocean campaigners are pushing for governments to take responsibility for the state of our waters before the current crisis gets any worse. To mark World Oceans Day 2018, here are some mind-blowing and alarming facts about the ocean that should both inspire and worry you. Plastic bottles and...

Corona, PHD And World Oceans Day Awareness Program

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Corona & PHD Tackle Ocean Pollution By   B&T MAGAZINE In the lead up to World Oceans Day on Friday 8 June, Corona will take to the world stage in a continued effort to raise awareness around the eight million metric tons of marine plastic pollution that’s dumped into our oceans each year. In partnership with 100 islands protected ambassador Chris Hemsworth, Corona is hijacking iconic symbols of paradise, including their OOH billboards in Melbourne, London, Santiago, Bogota, Santo Domingo and Lima. At Federation Square, Melbourne, Corona’s ‘From Where You’d Rather Be’ OOH billboard featuring Chris Hemsworth surfing a beautiful ocean wave, will be juxtaposed by a 1,580kg ‘wave of waste’, to alert Aussies of the amount of plastic going into Australia’s ocean every hour. Over the course of Ocean’s Week, the brand will take plastic waste collected from in and around Melbourne and build them on top of the billboard, essentially polluting their own advertising with pl...

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