Cleaning up Sea Otter Cove
“Hey Will, there’s a Japanese skiff washed ashore near Cape Palmerston!”
That was what my friend Mike called to tell me last March. “I know.” I said, “I spotted it in January of 2013. It’s pretty beat up.” “...
Shoreline Trash Becomes Art on the North Coast
How a small idea turned into a large scale totem pole to raise awareness about ocean pollution.
Sometimes with a little nourishing, a small idea can grow into something much larger – in this case a nine foo...
Moving a Mountain Of Tsunami Debris, One Plastic Bottle at a Time
As our boat approached George Fraser Island, just three kilometres south of Ucluelet on Vancouver Island, the rocky shoreline actually looked pretty clean. We could see one or two fishing floats, but not much e...
Getting Butts Off Our Beaches with TerraCycle
TerraCycle and Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited, began working together in 2012, and with the help of over 58,000 volunteers annually, have recycled over 460,000 cigarette...
Is Our Face Wash Harming Ocean Creatures?
We have to admit that we love our plastics – they have made our life a lot more convenient and our homes and offices show it. Beverage and food containers, parts of furnishings, car parts, toys, and … toothpast...