DIY tracking of washed up beach/sea plastic

[Nathan McCorkle]

This paragraph pushed me to post this... seems like this guy's got the
DIYbio spirit!
"
[Marc] Ward has worked with no funding to clean beaches and sample
them, leaning on his custom stone and tile work for money. He tinkers
with new net combinations -- he's trying to design one that will work
with a team of horses. If you ask him for information, you'll get a
half-dozen emails in reply.
"

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/seaside_activist_tracks_waves.html

His site:
http://www.seaturtlesforever.com/

--
-Nathan

[Dakota Hamill]

This was a good documentary on sea plastic and the ocean garbage patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D41rO7mL6zM

Some people don't like Vice, some do.  I thought it was good.  A big problem people seem to be realizing is that the plastic is so small now, microns, that nets still leave a large percentage of the plastic behind, and the pieces are so small that they are being ingested and bio-accumulating plasticizers and whatever else is in ocean organisms.   Yay depressing documentaries about how terrible humans are.