The Hidden Crisis: Christmas Island 2022

Our team of eight Sea Shepherd Australia Marine Debris volunteers returned to Christmas Island this year and were confronted by a hidden crisis.
Christmas Island is a special place where the famous yearly migration of red crabs takes place - the biggest migration in the animal kingdom. It is also home to endemic species found nowhere else on earth.
Unfortunately, like so many remote places, the density of marine plastic pollution washing up on the small coves of island is escalating every year.
However, our crew never dreamt that they would be shovelling plastic to deal with the accumulation of plastic polluting Greta Beach.
Find out how our crew removed over 2.9 tonnes of trash from just one small 80m beach in our latest video!
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Sea Shepherd is an international, non-profit marine conservation organization that engages in direct action campaigns to defend wildlife, and conserve and protect the world’s oceans from illegal exploitation and environmental destruction.
Learn more about us: www.seashepherd.org.au/

[@leannkennedy6568]

I would be a full time marine debris collector if there were such a position.

[@Xavier-uknonada]

Here here

[@erinsherar9230]

Why not Contact Them and find out If They have one for you.

[@leannkennedy6568]

@@erinsherar9230 because I have an older dog. Until he passes, I won't travel.

[@lidia6052]

You lovely people 💙🙏🏻💙

[@onelogue]

Thank you for your help!

[@drymoper2234]

We camped at Greater beach and Dolly beach 30 years ago as school kids and there wasnt any plastic or rubbish on these beaches...sad to see 🙈 great job

[@leannkennedy6568]

I'm so thankful that places like this are preserved, but alas.. I am saddened as well. The polution will never stop until those plastic islands are delt with. 😪

[@CovrageTheSodomizer]

And the plastic humans.

[@erinsherar9230]

Someone who has been working on resolving This may have Come up with a bacteria That's harmless To everything and everyone else except plastic, It's been made To Eat plastic.

[@creationsozone]

Thank you friends!!

[@larsbert9558]

Heartbreaking to see! 😭😭 But much Love for what you guys are doing!!! ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@jkbear29]

Glad to see people like ocean cleanup out there trying to fix the plastic problem we all need to step it up

[@scooterscout]

So Sad, Thankyou for trying 🕊

[@EarthCreature.]

You are the heroes of our world. No thank you is adequate enough. Nonetheless, thank you.

[@LeosAnimalPlanet]

💯

[@TimeTheory2099]

Thanks Sea Shepherds 👍 I wish I could start donating again, but the last time I've been able to have expendable money was before 2007.

[@janoshvilagos224]

Discovered you guys this summer and I have become instantly a donor on a monthly base. You do such a amazing an important Job. Glad to support Sea Shepherd Germany. Greetings from Berlin ✌️

[@LeosAnimalPlanet]

💙

[@peteracke2209]

Last time I was at Christmas Island, there were massive bed sized pieces of thong material that thongs had been stamped out of....these must have been thrown into the sea from the factory...and all the usual plastic bottles and mess from the fishing industry...good job on the clean up guys

[@KatsCats2619]

So sad 😭thanks Sea Shepherd 🌊

[@alenaschuler65]

Allerdings bekommt das Thema auch Aufmerksamkeit durch 7 in the Wild 2022 auf KZbin

[@jamespisano1164]

Thanks for this amazing and honorable work!!! Sea Shepherd is for REAL!!!

[@LeosAnimalPlanet]

100

[@halfmoonflyfishing]

Recently watched a fly fishing film about Christmas Island and came across this. It is incredibly frustrating as a 26yo to know this problem will only get worse in the coming years. Thank you for your efforts to clean up the beaches

[@gregwostrel8124]

Sea Shepherd - you are incredible! Thank you. Everyone, do whatever you can to stop using plastic. Small changes by a significant number of people change the demand. Refuse to buy products in single-use plastic, whenever possible

[@GarretKrampe]

Have you considered designing a tracked rake on a cat hull with an onboard consolidator turning it into "foats" joined by string and then towed into a collection point ?

[@itz0rn829]

The second sadest thing is that this amazing video has only this few views.

[@suparki123]

The solution is simple, tax plastic to the point that alternatives like glass, paper and metal become cheaper than plastic. Unfortunately, the oil industry does not like this idea, so they keep lobbying against it and tell people to "recycle" instead.

[@loisshaver]

Thank you for all you do! Stay safe! ❤

[@AstiJay]

There are few true warrior organizations, and of them all the Sea Shepherd is high above shining their guiding light. It’s very refreshing to hear the responsibility for this placed where it belongs - at the feet of the manufacturers who manically produce and promote this grotesque excess, all in the name of profit. I’m more than tired of the blame being placed on every day people for everything. Individually, we can change habits and not be a part of it. But we can’t stop it. Not enough individuals will make the changes to make a significant difference. He’s right, it has to stop at the source.

[@L4zzA]

Thank you guys for all you!

[@sharonmorris1299]

Great work guys

[@pishpishololo]

Great work! thatk you guys!

[@systeminoperative8790]

I love the important work & msg's you do world wide but, should you not be using hessian bags ( material sacking ) that are a natural fibre and biodegradable unlike the bags you use on the beach . I know strong bags are needed & they were used again but it needs to start with someone doesn't it?

[@walterbyrd8380]

We cannot just blame the plastic makers. Somebody is illegally dumping all this stuff in the ocean.

[@walterbyrd8380]

I should have added: we also have to blame ourselves. The plastic makers are producing what the people demand.

[@WallyTony]

Cocnut crabs are insane. I had no idea this island was so cool.

[@cmonster6]

Plastic is the best and worst material ever invented

[@joshuaknight3005]

Weird how I would get fined for littering , but these company's of that rubbish don't pay a cent for polluting entire beaches!!!

[@CovrageTheSodomizer]

Neither of you should litter.

[@k.vn.k]

I would love to go there and clean the island myself. Can’t stand the rubbish ruining the island.

[@sawlageagadir9391]

Tankyou tous je veux travailler avec vous

[@Xavier-uknonada]

Great effin job! Yes!

[@TwilightMysts]

One of my dreams is to build a ship that could be contracted out to help with projects like this.

[@michaelhodgson9401]

And despite all this the local supermarkets and take away restaurants are importing tonnes more single use plastic crap that gets buried or littered on the island. They need bulk food stores and sustainable packaging asap ! Cocos keiling islands has the same problems also .

[@dankrall6328]

I would love to volunteer with you guys for a few months or a summer

[@davewarrender2056]

I feel helpless , I'm disabled , on benefits, I've always wanted to help conserve the earth , I feel guilty that there's nothing I can do

[@Twoplywatson]

Think globally, act locally. reduce yours and those around yours consumption and improve the ideals and behaviors of those around you.

[@davewarrender2056]

@@Twoplywatson I've been trying for years. I live in area with high drug and alcohol use, the area is also used for fly tipping and crooks like dump their stolen motors here.

[@BB-doc-fan]

Unfortunately it’s battling a symptom in stead of the root cause, (like CO2 ‘The problem of consumerism’ : kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmHGnKmlZ79oeLc ). Most likely the majority of the plastic soup sources from poor countries/regions where people more or less have to live on/with the garbage. They would have loved to be able to shop once a week their needs in proper shopping walls, being able to drop their plastic waste after usage in dedicated bins.. in fact it’s not the plastic industry, imagine we would have to replace all plastic packaging with eg bamboo/paper, we would have no trees nor bamboo left. Plastic is recyclable, as long as we make sure we facilitate the collection after use properly.

[@rod_at_adelaide5766]

We do need to stop single use plastics and there has been a dramatic reduction in Australia and you guy's are doing a great job as do the locals who have clean up days. The problem is Asia as many poor countries don't have world class rubbish collections so people can't properly dispose of their rubbish so it ends up in the streets then the rivers and finally in the Ocean. What is needed is Western rich countries to spend money at the source by providing education and to establish proper rubbish collection in those areas, it won't be cheap but would make a huge difference. Maybe spending a few billion dollars instead of putting people on Mars? The ropes and nets are a different problem because of fishing, but we do have to feed people.

[@pangestufly3059]

I am so sorry those are rubish from javaneese island and sorround archipelago along java to east timor mainly east java those are brand "kacang garuda,mineral water glass plastic ades or something brand,rope fishing,lighter

[@vivialydya6760]

Bungkus mie sedaap rasa ayam bawang dan teh rio dah nyampek pulau chrismast gays 🤣

[@abalabal8732]

Typical Indon with their misspelt typing😌

[@tungguljajarginawe8953]

😂😂😂😂

[@waveriders6970]

✊✊✊

[@Olenkka]

#GoVegan

[@Twoplywatson]

#Stopoverprossesedfoods . Vegan products produce waste as well.

[@MmmmmmmmTaters]

They really need to start turning the plastic back into petroleum

[@levicowan9564]

60th!

[@frankz5864]

Is it true Sea Shepherd are no longer doing direct action operations? Also that Sea shepherd removed Paul Watson because of his objection to this? Wow! That’s pretty disgraceful and very disappointing.

[@Sea.Shepherd]

Not sure where you have that from :) We are, always have and always be direct action! If you are wondering about any change to our way of doing things, you can check directly with the source instead of relying on rumors - seashepherdglobal.org

[@frankz5864]

@@Sea.Shepherd Yeah I just checked out the link…..What the Sea shepherd’s new interpretation of direct action is, according to their own website is following illegal whalers and fishing vessels around and photographing their activities to livestream and give to media outlets. What you call rumours seem to be the absolute truth and it also seems Sea Shepherd have basically become a new branch of Greenpeace….Paul must be gutted to see what the organisation has been changed into.

[@XavierXIV-SITVM]

Dear All, In my opinion you must identify who/what are the biggest producers of plastic waste, for example... 1) Soda Bottle brands 2) Plastic Cups 3) Toothbrushes 4) Soap/Fetergent Bags 5) Food Containers 6) Fishing Nets 7) Sports Shoes / Tennis When you show to the people around the world *WHO IS BEHIND* of this kind of disaster... *THINGS WILL CHANGE!* BELIEVE ME!!! ✡Xãvier Qvartadecima Sitvm🔯 Ps: I'm an ordinary guy in the Antipodes of Christmas Island.

[@Mr_Ghee]

Why dont we just use life-term prisoners to cleanup the beaches etc , at least they could leave a good mark behind.

[@leannkennedy6568]

Howdy

[@Phoenix-jl9nb]

🙄 ρгό𝔪σŞｍ

[@tomgorden3762]

Christmas island of Australia will not fly

[@ramblingrob4693]

Made me cry seeing the trash, but not being funny just go for walk along the Thames same shit

[@danielsotelo2915]

Si porfa

[@danielsotelo2915]

Traduzca en español

[@Tetsuonpl83]

Please contact the Germany Last Generation to Support you and work with you instat to glue her on the streets to stop cars what makes the co2 worst. Thanks for your Service 🫡