TED Talks: Charles Moore: Seas of plastic
Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales, and other marine mammals, and more than 1 million seabirds die each year from ocean pollution and ingestion or entanglement in marine debris. Marine debris is manmade waste that is directly or indirectly disposed of in oceans, rivers, and other waterways.
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Animals save the planet
A humorous collection of videos from Animal Planet
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Supermarket Bags: "We can all bring our own bags when we go shopping."
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Romancing The Bag: "Do give a thought to where our rubbish goes."
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Energy Efficient Penguin: "Energy saving bulbs use one fifth of the energy of ordinary bulbs."
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Meerkat Traffic: "I think we can all agree, cycling produces no emissions and it's good for you."
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Elephant Shower: "Perhaps it might be nicer to think of others before you use up all the water."
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Polar Bears Overheating:"Is your heating turned up too high?"
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Lions Recycle: "If animals can recycle, so can we."
Ocean garbage is killing whales, dolphins
Ocean garbage is killing whales, dolphins
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10 Interesting Littering Facts
Melting Glaciers, Sprawling Cities: the Google Project
10 Interesting Littering Facts
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American Rivers: Millions of tons of trash end up in our nation’s rivers and streams every year from litter on the ground and illegal dump sites. Trash is more than just an eyesore; it can contaminate your drinking water and threaten the lives of all who depend on it. American Rivers hosts the National River Cleanup® year round to help tens of thousands of volunteers across the country remove this trash and cleanup their local waterways.
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CleanupUK supports the growing number of individuals and community groups tackling litter problems across the UK.
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Limpiemos Nuestro Mexico: Clean Up Our Mexico is the national campaign of Grupo Salinas' Fundacion Azteca , which together with GRUPO BIMBO and LIGA MX ; invite society to participate in the movement of the country's largest cleaning.
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Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) was set up in 1996 as an alliance of companies who believe that litter has a significant impact on our economic well-being. The main sources of our prosperity – tourism, Foreign Direct Investment and food industries - all depend on an image of Ireland as a clean and green island.​
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Keep America Beautiful is the largest community improvement organization in the United States, with approximately 589 affiliate organizations (similar to local chapters) and more than 1,000 community organizations that participate in their programs.
'Litter-Less' 25 countries
10 Cleanest Cities In The World
'Litter-Less' 25 countries
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Keep Australia Beautiful is a not-for-profit Australian environmental conservation organisation. The Keep Australia Beautiful Council is the federation of independent organisations formed in each of the Australian states and territories - the first of which, Keep Australia Beautiful (Victoria) was formed in Melbourne in 1969 by Dame Phyllis Frost.
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Keep Scotland Beautiful is the independent charity which is committed to making Scotland clean and green, today and tomorrow.
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Pitch-In Canada (PIC), founded in the late-1960s by some hippies in British Columbia, has since evolved into a professionally run national organization with a tough anti-litter agenda. Last year 3.5 million Canadians volunteered in PIC’s annual nationwide Cleanup Week.
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​National Wildlife Federation is a voice for wildlife, dedicated to protecting wildlife and habitat and inspiring the future generation of conservationists. Learn more about ways you can help wildlife and create and restore habitat.
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