Shailene Woodley (Actor, Activist) has partnered with Greenpeace
As an environmentalist / ONTDer, I was very surprised to check my email this morning and see that I got an email from Shailene Woodley!
Clearly running off the success of Big Little Lies, the email subject was "Big Little ocean". Apparently, Shailene is a Greenpeace Ambassador!
She is advocating for UN motion to create a "Global Ocean Treaty" and create a massive network of Ocean Sanctuaries.
Screencaps:
Text for those who want to read it: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Hi [redacted],
I’m writing to you, right now, from the deck of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza.
Our oceans are in a heap of trouble. Climate change. Deep sea mining. Overfishing. Plastic pollution. It’s as if all the world’s problems were just dumped into the great big blue.
So we are sailing out to sea for the chance of a lifetime: to protect more of this planet than we ever have before.
Will you join me and take action to protect our oceans? Sign the petition to tell your elected leaders to support a bold Global Ocean Treaty and create a massive network of Ocean Sanctuaries.
I need your help to have a huge impact while I’m onboard. We need as many signatures as possible by August 19 when the United Nations will next discuss the treaty. This is real. Delegates could put us on a path to turn 30% of the oceans into sanctuaries for marine life.
I didn’t hesitate when Greenpeace invited me to sail with them. Please don’t hesitate either, sign Greenpeace’s petition now.
I’m at sea to help research microplastic pollution in what could become the treaty’s first protected ocean sanctuary - the Sargasso Sea. This is the part of the Atlantic to the South East of North America. I’m told it’s roughly the international waters that make up the Bermuda Triangle. How neat is that?
It gets even cooler. I’m learning so much from the scientists onboard! Here, ocean currents bring together truly massive matts of floating seaweed. It’s like a floating grassland. A mind blowing number of baby sea turtles and other creatures use it for food and protection. It’s like the Atlantic Ocean’s nursery.
Those same currents also bring in plastics from all over the world. Turtles, seabirds, and fish all ingest this plastic. Some don’t survive. And that is just one threat to this unique and globally vital ecosystem. The Sargasso Sea needs to be made a sanctuary so life all over the Atlantic can thrive. Will you help me make it happen? Add your name to show your representatives at the UN that the whole world is watching!
Thanks for all that you do and for joining me in this important adventure,
Shailene Woodley
Actor, Activist, Greenpeace Oceans Ambassador
She also posted about her involvement on her Instagram:
https://instagram.com/p/B0i8D1Tlg1v
Source: My Inbox + 1 2
Clearly running off the success of Big Little Lies, the email subject was "Big Little ocean". Apparently, Shailene is a Greenpeace Ambassador!
She is advocating for UN motion to create a "Global Ocean Treaty" and create a massive network of Ocean Sanctuaries.
Screencaps:
Text for those who want to read it: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Hi [redacted],
I’m writing to you, right now, from the deck of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza.
Our oceans are in a heap of trouble. Climate change. Deep sea mining. Overfishing. Plastic pollution. It’s as if all the world’s problems were just dumped into the great big blue.
So we are sailing out to sea for the chance of a lifetime: to protect more of this planet than we ever have before.
Will you join me and take action to protect our oceans? Sign the petition to tell your elected leaders to support a bold Global Ocean Treaty and create a massive network of Ocean Sanctuaries.
I need your help to have a huge impact while I’m onboard. We need as many signatures as possible by August 19 when the United Nations will next discuss the treaty. This is real. Delegates could put us on a path to turn 30% of the oceans into sanctuaries for marine life.
I didn’t hesitate when Greenpeace invited me to sail with them. Please don’t hesitate either, sign Greenpeace’s petition now.
I’m at sea to help research microplastic pollution in what could become the treaty’s first protected ocean sanctuary - the Sargasso Sea. This is the part of the Atlantic to the South East of North America. I’m told it’s roughly the international waters that make up the Bermuda Triangle. How neat is that?
It gets even cooler. I’m learning so much from the scientists onboard! Here, ocean currents bring together truly massive matts of floating seaweed. It’s like a floating grassland. A mind blowing number of baby sea turtles and other creatures use it for food and protection. It’s like the Atlantic Ocean’s nursery.
Those same currents also bring in plastics from all over the world. Turtles, seabirds, and fish all ingest this plastic. Some don’t survive. And that is just one threat to this unique and globally vital ecosystem. The Sargasso Sea needs to be made a sanctuary so life all over the Atlantic can thrive. Will you help me make it happen? Add your name to show your representatives at the UN that the whole world is watching!
Thanks for all that you do and for joining me in this important adventure,
Shailene Woodley
Actor, Activist, Greenpeace Oceans Ambassador
She also posted about her involvement on her Instagram:
https://instagram.com/p/B0i8D1Tlg1v
Source: My Inbox + 1 2