Skeleton Fish

One of the things that concerns me is that if were you to gather together all the plastic in the Pacific, you would have a great Plastic Island the size of France. All this stuff is plastic discarded by the consumer societies of the West.

This is a huge area and could almost be called a country in itself. To have as much plastic in the sea, an accumulative area as large as an island, and growing exponentially every day, is obscene. Thus there are those of us who want to have this great virtual country registered as a state by the United Nations, as it is critical that the UN is made aware of phenomena happening amongst us. 

If you feel the same you could write a letter to the UN. I am here now at the UN in Geneva, partaking in the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, and I would most like to see some progress made on this extremely important case.

It saddens me, that this phenomena is having a disastrous impact on fish in the sea. It saddens me further that my children's children, and their grandchildren, may not be able to witness the beauty in our seas that we have today.

One thing is for sure, this “virtual country” shows what a disposable society the West is, and how we have do not have the moral high-ground to tell others how to live in other parts of the world. 

For the sake of the planet, I would like to have a question or two asked about this virtual Plastic Island.