Sea Shepherd's Vortex project and Raw for the Oceans.

In 2014 Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has launched a new project, called Vortex, in collaboration with Pharrell Williams and its eco-material company Bionic Yarn and with the Dutch denim brand G-Star Raw. 
This project consists of cleaning the Oceans of plastic debris and transform it into fashion. 

The great difference between this project and the ones carried out by other eco-friendly companies is that it will close the loop of waste by recycling the products at the end of their life cycle and manufacture new ones from them. 

In August the first material result of this project came out: "Raw for the Oceans". It is a G-Star Raw collection of garments made with Bionic Yarn and curated by Pharrell Williams. 

"I love the ocean. It's always been an inspiration to me. How it works, its depth, what it emotes, its relations to the moon, its cycles and the inhabitants of the ocean. You can never know enough. There is so much down there and in there; it's a huge inspiration to me."

-Pharrell Williams 

"Plastic is choking our Oceans and precious marine wildlife at an unprecedented rate. Straws, single-use bags, six-pack rings, drink lids and more are ensnaring marine animals or blocking their digestive systems, killing these magnificent creatures. It's time humanity takes responsibility for our actions and cleans up the mess we've made. We hope this is the first of many meaningful collaborations to come."

-Captain Paul Watson 

Happy life, happy human beings, happy oceans. 

JELLYFISH: a worrying invasion.

For some years now the jellyfish are causing serious damage to fishing and to industrial activities. This is happening not only in the Mediterranean Sea, but also in the Irish Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean, because of the global warming. 

In 2013 they have killed 20.000 salmons in the plants of Marine Havest, off the coast of the Irish island of Clare. Other similar episodes have occurred along the coasts of Tunisia, Spain, Normandy, Catalonia, Norway and Chile. 

This problem is not so known at the moment, but it can't be underestimated. Jellyfish cause trouble to the fish farms, but also in the open seas, where they can choke the boat motors and pile up in the nets, reducing the fish and making it hard to select it. 

Whose is the blame for all of this? 

Of course global warming is playing a fundamental role: in the Mediterranean Sea there are species that once couldn't be found there, like puffers and barracudas and the man exploiting too much the marine ecosystems reduces the competition for food, so jellyfish thrive more than the fish species. 

Furthermore, they resist well to the effects of pollution and to the acidification of the oceans. 

They threaten to wipe out marine biodiversity.