The oceans of our beautiful blue planet had been constantly under siege from one thing and another for many decades. Luckily one can’t say “hundreds of years” as that is not the case. A lot of damage has been done in a comparatively very short time.
When you look at the effect of just one vessel as in the picture below, oil from which is changing the surface look of our beautiful bay here where whales come to mate and give birth and our children play, it is not surprising that on a world scale considerable damage has been done to our waterworld.
BUT TAKE HEART!!!!
Rather than be despondent and give up we can all do something to make things right again. Great ideas and plans are being brought into being all over the world. We can all contribute in some way too.
There are amazing and effective organizations getting to grips with making real change and cleaning out oceans. Eco friendly craft are being developed and already exist.
One of the biggest and most significant developments you might say is the latest solar powered CARGO SHIP being developed that will integrate a rigid sail system that stores solar energy.
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/07/27/crazy-new-cargo-ship-gets-ready-solar-wind-energy-storage-closeup/
I love the many solar powered boats now in existence like the sun21 catamaran that sailed across the Atlantic all the way back in 2009. With 48 solar panels on its roof that stored power overnight it was able to sail continually 24 hours a day. A vessel of its kind (46 foot long) would normally use around 72 liters of diesel EVERY 24 HOURS!!! That is not only dirty but very costly!
The largest solar powered boat in the world is the Tûranor Planet Solar. In 2012 it became the first solar powered vessel to circumnavigate the globe!!! An extraordinarily cool creation that stores a whacking 8.5 tons of lithium-ion batteries in its twin hulls!!!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tûranor_PlanetSolar
In Hamburg on the river Alster you can find the biggest passenger carrying solar powered ship in the world, carrying 100 passengers.
http://www.alstertouristik.de/wissenswertes/flotte.html
In Australia, in Sydney Harbour an electric solar powered ferry carries 100 passengers at a time. Hong Kong has four such ferries in existence that each carry 186 passengers.
Right now on alibaba.com you can go buy a variety of solar powered cruisers that carry from 4 to 24 people that are being used all over India already for various businesses.
Electric jet skis are also much more available now (thank goodness)
SeaZen.fr in The Côte D’Azur France offer solar boat rentals and boat trips.
The cleaning of the oceans too is now being undertaken by BIG organizations who are really making a difference. Not only do they clean the plastic and other rubbish from the oceans but they recycle it too! If you are not aware of the amazing work underway then check out these links and BE INSPIRED
THE BLU
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/wevr-blu/9n5r5m2xzqkl?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab
https://www.theoceancleanup.com/
https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/
Amazing huge new machinery has been developed just for cleaning our oceans!!!
And organizations are teaching fishermen new ways to take better care of fish stocks and fishing waters for future generations.
http://www.oceanwatch.org.au/seafood/our-programs/
This is just an incomplete list of some of the most positive pointers to the fact that
THE WORLD DOES CARE. THE WORLD DOES LOVE AND IS COMMITTED TO A BETTER AND BRIGHTER FUTURE.
Don’t be bogged down in negativity, embrace the positivity and share good news! Resteem this post. And if you are going to the beach this weekend take a few bags to fill with rubbish you may notice along the way and get rid of it! Because every little helps and everyone can do SOMETHING to help.
Namaste
Our lives become beautiful not because we are perfect but because we put our heart into what we do.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
