Life below water

The need to increase awareness for marine plastic pollution is something that is deeply felt by graphic designer, Christian Waters.

I’m a professional illustrator with a strong fondness for political, social and human issues, with more than 10 years experience collaborating with several publications and companies across four continents. For a long time, I wanted to do a selection of my best works to show some of the problems afflicting the world nowadays.

So Clear Water and Sea Turtles in Tortuga Island - Love This

Baby Sea Turtle

Starbucks and others moved to ban plastic straws, but much more needs to be done to slow the tide of plastic fouling oceans and corrupting the food chain.

French duo Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche, or Murmure, highlight the nefarious nature of a commonplace object in their latest project that explores the human impact on the environment. The monochromatic pieces illustrate the ubiquity of the black trash bag as it composes a whale, masks the heads of an embracing couple, and floats inContinue reading "Black Trash Bags Take Control of Animal and Human Life in ‘Garb-age’ by Murmure"

Why Harvest Rainwater? Water is life. Whether you're an experienced homesteader or a beginner, this is a fact you already know. But what if there comes a day when your usual water sources are not readily available? This is a frightening scenario to ponder, but it's better to be afraid and prepared than caught off

Yes, also on tiny islands we have problems with trash and people littering. I have a feeling that the tourists that come here are more concerned with the nature than the locals themselves. I see more than often that local people leave their trash on the beach, where waves will take it upon the sea and usually either a bird or turtle will eat the garbage and suffocate. It saddens me all the time, that the native people are insensitive to their island environment, the prime selling point for…

While cleaning up this mess in the ocean is important and, in fact plastic and micro-plastics have now been discovered in every ocean in the world, including in the Arctic ice, the truth is that we must become part of the solution by putting energy toward source reduction.

This image has been making the rounds recently on Facebook and now has seen more than 50,000 shares and counting. It is an art piece by Indonesian digital artist Ferdi Rizkiyanto who has created se…