Small plastic pellets called “mermaids’ tears“, which are the result of industrial waste and have spread across the entire planet’s Oceans.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
— From The Second Coming

Referenced by Helen Caldicott  founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility,

at Poetry Foundation.

More sad yet amazingly revealing photos of the effects of our throw away society

seen here by Chris Jordan.

A film about pteropods, zooplankton seen on the right of the screen.  Known also as”butterflies of the sea”, they are de-calcifying due to oceanic aacidification due to carbon absorption.

From the Kootenays to the Sunshine Coast, over 800 of British Columbia’s water bodies have been staked by corporations like G.E. Check it out here and download pdf on BC Rivers at Risk.

The firmness of the past is an illusion, a kaleidoscope, a pattern of images that shift with each disturbance.

Ocean Preservation Society showcases The Cove.

Victory news on August 25th.

Information here.

Listen to CBC’s WaterShed.