Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Photo Credit: Marine Debris NOAA
Today is Earth Day 2018. The theme this year is End Plastic Pollution in response to the exponential growth of plastic waste that now poses a threat to human survival owing to its un-biodegradable nature. When exposed to water, sun, or other elements, our plastic waste breaks down into tiny particles invisible to the naked eye. These particles – called microplastics – now contaminate our drinking water, seafood, or even the salt we add to our meals.
Earth Day Network (EDN) sums up the scope of this threat with the following 10 facts of plastic in our oceans.
Plastic waste floating in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Honduras
Photo Credit: U.K. Daily Mail
Fact #1 – About 8 million metric tons of plastic enter our oceans every year.
Fact #2 – Five massive patches of plastics are growing…
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Denmark Gets First Public Statue of a Black Woman, a ‘Rebel Queen’
Denmark Gets First Public Statue of a Black Woman, a ‘Rebel Queen’
The statue of Mary Thomas called “I Am Queen Mary” is the first public monument to a black woman in Denmark, according to the artists. CreditNick Furbo
By Martin Selsoe Sorensen – New York Times – March 31, 2018
COPENHAGEN — The statue of the woman is nearly 23 feet tall. Her head is wrapped and she stares straight ahead while sitting barefoot, but regally, in a wide-backed chair, clutching a torch in one hand and a tool used to cut sugar cane in the other.
In Denmark, where most of the public statues represent white men, two artists on Saturday unveiled the striking statue that portrays a 19th-century rebel queen who led a fiery revolt against Danish colonial rule in the Caribbean. It’s being billed as Denmark’s first public monument to a black woman. Continue reading →
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