Are You Eating Plastic for Dinner? These videos made me feel sick.



Published on Oct 23, 2014
This novel 3-D animation dives into how our consumption of plastics has affected marine species deaths and increased human health risks, and it explores possible long-term solutions. Motion graphic artist Andreas Tanner uses his compelling infographics to educate viewers on all aspects of plastic production, consumption, and breakdown. “Due to particular currents in the Pacific Ocean, a new continent has been born: a mass of plastic waste the size of Europe.” Tanner also offers ideas for alternative and sustainable buying habits to reduce our reliance on plastic.

See more from the filmmaker.
http://andix.ch/

Learn more about the film.
http://itsaplasticworld.com/

The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic’s editors. We look for pieces that emphasize National Geographic's mission of inspiring people to care about the planet. The filmmakers themselves created the content presented here. The opinions expressed are those of the filmmakers, and not those of the National Geographic Society.

To submit films for consideration, please email SFS at ngs dot org.







Charles Moore - the Great Pacific plastic trash island







Ocean debris turning Hawaiian beach 'into plastic'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8639769.stm?ls

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Further links:

 http://itsaplasticworld.com/further-infos/

Recommended websites
http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2014/01/28/jech-2013-202593.short?g=w_jech_ahead_tab
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/great-pacific-garbage-patch1.htm
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/?ar_a=1
http://www.plasticgarbageproject.org/en/plastic-garbage/problems/
http://www.prosieben.ch/tv/galileo/videos/566-100-sekunden-plastik-im-meer-clip
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=39640
http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/wissen_und_technik/Fische_essen_Plastik,_Menschen_essen_Fisch.html?cid=36767434
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=40975
http://www.20min.ch/wissen/news/story/28769768
http://www.bund.net/themen_und_projekte/meeresschutz/muellkampagne/mikroplastik/
http://www.nationalgeographic.de/thema/planet-meer/was-unsere-meere-bedroht
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWCsGHNR6tI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKOt_0dsRJY
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/gefahr-fuer-die-gesundheit-plastik-ist-eine-bedrohung-1.15065
http://www.nabu.de/themen/meere/plastik/projekt/
http://www.umweltnetz-schweiz.ch/neuigkeiten/aktuelles/668-das-meer-als-endlager-unseres-plastikzeitalters-meeresverschmutzung-durch-abfall-teil-1.html
http://www.focus.de/wissen/natur/tiere-und-pflanzen/tid-30373/forschung-und-technik-medizin-wenn-plastik-toetet_aid_946382.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKOt_0dsRJY
http://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/w-wie-wissen/videos/bioplastik-alles-abbaubar-100.html
https://www.econitor.de/magazin/lifestyle/bio-kunststoff-loesung-oder-neues-problem_8411.html
http://uni.de/redaktion/biokunststoffe

Recommended books:
Plastik Planet, Gerhard Pretting & Werner Boote, Orange Press, 2010
Plastik – Ein Material verändert die Gesellschaft, Miriam Marie Hirschauer, 2010

 

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