The Nature Conservancy is promoting reusable bags as an easy way to help our oceans and celebrate Earth Day. They have a few cool articles I want to share.
First, they have their action page where they ask people to switch to reuable bags as a great way to protect our oceans. Thousands of marine animals die each year from ingesting plastic bags, and reusable bags help keep plastic from inadvertently ending up in our waterways.
Then they have a clear explanation by Conservancy Caribbean program director Phil Kramer about why plastics are so damaging to the ocean. Also, you will find a first hand account by Cara Byington who had a crisis in the checkout line after seeing the skeleton of a whale that died from eating plastic bags. We’re going to send her one of our new ultimate portable bags so that she will never have that problem again!
The Nature Conservancy is asking people to join in the conversation and send stories to them about their experiences with reusable bags. It’s a great campaign and a lot of fun to see other people understanding the problem and seeing that the solution is so easy! I hope you will check it out and share your stories with them or with us in our comment section. We always love stories from our readers!