Award-winning film shows the world’s oceans overwhelmed by plastic. French documentary 『The Mermaids´ Tears: Oceans of Plastic』 takes the viewer into the 『plastic soup』 that our global seas have become. In particular, the film focuses on the pollution that is affecting countless marine animals.
In the Netherlands, for example, scientists who were looking into the decline of the nation’s fulmar bird discovered plastic in ９５％ of the deceased birds’ stomachs, while in California, USA, dolphins and whales have been found to have died in extreme agony, with their digestive tracts completely blocked by plastic debris.
The phrase 『mermaid tears』 refers to the small pellets of plastic resembling fish eggs or even smaller that have been spilled in the transport of raw plastic materials, or have been broken down as granules of waste over the years.
With every square kilometer of ocean now containing an average of ７４,０００ pieces of plastic, these so-called mermaid’s tears are nearly impossible to clean up.
Directed by Sandrine Fevdel of France, the film’s thoughtful look at the destructive effects of plastic pollution has earned it numerous awards, including Best Environmental Film at the Prague Festival and the Greek Public Television Broadcasting Award at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival ２０１０.
Our heartfelt thanks, Ms. Feydel for this documentary, which makes clear the plight of marine animals in the face of human contamination of the oceans. May we all move rapidly to reverse these harmful effects and restore the health of our planet and oceans.
Ever-concerned for the balance of life on Earth, Supreme Master Ching Hai has often spoken of ways that humanity can show more care for the beings that depend on our actions for their survival, as during a May ２００８ videoconference in South Korea.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: In many places there are already bans on the use of plastic bags. So I think that’s a very good start, and maybe we should impose a little stricter ban on these harmful substances.
Maybe we can use a carton instead, something more disposable, something more eco-friendly. And then we have to change.
The root of the problem is the cause of global warming, and that root is our unkindness to our co-inhabitants.
So, in order to solve the problem that we are facing right now, we have to reverse our actions. We have to be kind to our co-inhabitants. Instead of killing them, massacring them, sacrificing them, we have to take care of them.
Just become vegetarian, refuse all the animal products, then nobody will raise animals anymore, nobody will kill them anymore. Then we stop the physical harmful effect of animal stock raising.
http://www.viadeCOuvertes.fr/pages/fr/reference.php?id=86 http://www.javafilms.fr/spip.php?article268 http://www.indiewire.com/article/eyes_takes_thessaloniki_doc_fests_top_prize/# Extra NewsDespite recent rains, India’s Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal states have declared drought conditions across several districts, with the government preparing to provide assistance to farmers due to the extent of crop losses.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Entire-Bihar-is-drought-hit-Nitish-Kumar/articleshow/6314720.cms#ixzz0wflVwuH9http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Entire-Bihar-is-drought-hit-Nitish-Kumar/articleshow/6314720.cms Australia’s Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones commends participation in the 『１ Million Women』 campaign, which seeks to address global warming through women’s pledges to reduce a collective million metric tons of co２, and has received the commitment of over ２６,０００ women thus far.
www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/queenslanders-join-1-million-women-to-fight-climate-change,18285 Scientists from Malaysia and Germany discover a pea-sized species of frog living in and near pitcher plants on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, making it the tiniest amphibian of its kind across the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe.
http://www.physorg.com/news201975562.htmlhttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02571p052f.pdf Rice production is forecast to fall by ２２％ this year in Cambodia due to record low water levels caused by drought as well as delay of the rainy season, which has also impacted fish populations by destroying the spawning grounds of many species.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/08/26/Low-water-a-concern-for-Cambodia/UPI-93951282819039/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90291
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