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Everyday garbage -- not tsunami debris -- is what we should fear. The Great Pacific Garbage Reality. latimes.com/news/opinion/c… 9 minutes ago via web
@oceansresearch Q is, can aquacult provide affordable, sustainable seafood to growing pop given costs of farms doing what nature did free? about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to oceansresearch
@MayaPlass That's clever! Can't wait to see it. about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MayaPlass
DominickSolazzo Thank's Rachel Carson you changed it all. You showed how 1 person can change the world. 50 yrs later #silentspring we r so much better off about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by FlotsamDiaries and 1 other
@MayaPlass Psst. I think you went full-on aphasiac halfway through there. about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MayaPlass
@RustproofBottom Weird that they call those "the little things." They sound kinda perfect. about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to RustproofBottom
@collegeatlantic Up my alley. Is there a link for where to hear presentation or see her studies? about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to collegeatlantic
@oceansresearch Makes me think of factory farmed cattle vs free range. Factory farmed produces so many more issues than we realized. about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to oceansresearch
@oceansresearch Possible to do that without cost of water/nutrient circulation, oxygenation, filtration becoming prohibitive? about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to oceansresearch
@RustproofBottom "Breathe the free air again." about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to RustproofBottom
@oceansresearch Scary. Especially if intensive aquaculture is only viable alternative to overfishing wild stocks. about 6 hours ago via web in reply to oceansresearch
@Shalyn67 @bangordailynews I think it all comes back to that we're most attracted to those people we think we deserve. about 7 hours ago via web in reply to Shalyn67
@burnsy06 Like! But yes, stress level x50. about 9 hours ago via web in reply to burnsy06
@Shalyn67 Good to see serious eyes focus & ask right Qs. Yes NOAA should do more. But w budget slashed & ties to corp interests, can't. :( about 9 hours ago via web in reply to Shalyn67
@holly_latham Another example of "green" "recycling" about 9 hours ago via web in reply to holly_latham
Watch as another nation with ZERO regulation "recycles" -- this time Bangladesh and its ship-breakers. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… about 9 hours ago via web
Life, light, & beauty inside underwater caves off Bahamas. Wow! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2… (hattip @jlojackaboo) about 9 hours ago via web
@burnsy06 So true. Caught many foot-stompings in some of my posts before hitting "Publish." Sadly have missed a few! about 9 hours ago via web in reply to burnsy06
@oceansresearch I hope he -- all of them actually -- find somewhere to continue research & retain influence. It will be increasingly hard. about 9 hours ago via web in reply to oceansresearch
@LauraJMoss Curse you Beryl! about 11 hours ago via web in reply to LauraJMoss

Name The Flotsam Diaries
Location Saco, Maine, USA
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Bio See. Learn. Change. Fighting marine plastic pollution & seeing what happens when we look down at the sand around our feet, and really open our eyes.