Hi fellow Steemians! Hope you've all been having an awesome day?

As I was lying down getting my youngest to sleep tonight, I was searching through petitions to sign. I stumbled accross this one which I felt was extremely important:

They have nearly hit their target so I figured I'd throw this out here in the Steemit community to help them reach their goal.

Why I Feel This Is So Important

• More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped in our oceans each year.
• There is an area twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California that the currents pull all the plastic to.
• Plastic absorbs and contains harmful toxins, poisoning sea life that swallows it.
• Plastic is dericed from oil, which also causes severe destruction to ocean life.
• As many as one hundred thousand sea mammals are killed by pollution each year.
  These are just a handful of facts. I could ramble on... but I think you get the point!

Here is the link to the petition let me know in the comments if you signed it?

I am fortunate enough to have clear blue seas surrounding me and a pod of dolphins that frollic around between the islands nearby. However I have lived in places where the sea has been so polluted you can't even swim. The oceans are slowly being killed and we are the largest contributors to this mass extinction. I would like my children to be able to know the wonders of sea life and the beauty through their own eyes. Not in some book that we have written in remorse, whilst we stood around and allowed it to happen.

View from the East Coast where I live

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I'm grateful for any support from the steemit community. Feel free to upvote, comment and you can follow me also @holisticmom

Sources:

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-ocean-pollution-facts.php
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/end_plastic_pollution_loc/?slideshow