A Picture is Worth - Albatross Carcass

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This image shows the corpse of an albatross that has had his gut filled with different plastic objects. Many birds and animals often mistake plastics with food and then, as you might imagine, starve to death.

I’ve seen this picture being published on a numerous of websites. But I don’t actually know who should be credited for it. It seems it comes from Algalita - the marine research foundation.

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[mountainhiker]

This image shows the corpse of an albatross that has had his gut filled with different plastic objects. Many birds and animals often mistake plastics with food and then, as you might imagine, starve to death.

I’ve seen this picture being published on a numerous of websites. But I don’t actually know who should be credited for it. It seems it comes from Algalita - the marine research foundation.

Always thought it looke a little too staged!

[Steve_Barker]

Last year we went to Gigha, a small island off the west coast of Kintyre, Scotland, for our holidays.

http://www.gigha.org.uk/index.php

If you want somewhere thats as near to paradise as you can get, Gigha is the place. However, even on a small island which feels remote from the world plastics rear there ugly presence. Near the top of the island aretwo beaches which are on either side of a piece of land connecting an “almost” island, see Twin Beaches pic below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigha

The southern beach is on an ocean current and is continually deluged with plastic, bottles, pill blister packs, carrier bags, etc - the northern beach (and the rest of the island) is sheltered from the the current and has the most wonderful beach/s.

[Steve_Barker]

Last year we went to Gigha, a small island off the west coast of Kintyre, Scotland, for our holidays.

Gigha is community owned, and runs its own wind turbines, the profits from which are returned to the community:

http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/sitecontent/...ease.aspx?id=94 :crazyhappy: :crazyhappy: :crazyhappy:

[mountainhiker]

Gigha is community owned, and runs its own wind turbines, the profits from which are returned to the community:

http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/sitecontent/...ease.aspx?id=94 :crazyhappy: :crazyhappy: :crazyhappy:

Truly amazing what can be accomplished when people put their minds and efforts to resolving issues. Of course they most likely did not have people complaining about unsightly turbines.... like they do in other places...

[Steve_Barker]

Truly amazing what can be accomplished when people put their minds and efforts to resolving issues. Of course they most likely did not have people complaining about unsightly turbines.... like they do in other places...

Gigha has a population of 110, and everyone could see themselves benifiting from the turbines. Hence, a 100% show of hands in the village hall (the place you go on Wednesday afternoons for home made cake).

Last year people from the island of Tiree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiree

visited Gigha to look at the possibility of installing community owned turbines on their island - Tiree is not a community owned island, but there is a Hebridean joke - How do you tell a man from Tiree? He walks at 45 degrees to compensate for the wind.

[mountainhiker]

visited Gigha to look at the possibility of installing community owned turbines on their island - Tiree is not a community owned island, but there is a Hebridean joke - How do you tell a man from Tiree? He walks at 45 degrees to compensate for the wind.

Now if they have wind like that, how can you not be building turbines their? :thoughtful:

[JSR Solution]

Hi,

This is worst of our. Who is responsible for this thing no one besides us. We have to understand our responsibility we can't blame to others for this things. I have seen a lot of this type of pop art at different places but what's the benefit of this type of exhibitions we have to talk with ourself regarding this things.

Thanks

JSR Solution