At the end of the tunnel by Daniel Wolters
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The role plastic products play in the daily lives of people all over the world is interminable. We could throw statistics at you all day long (e.g. Upwards of 300 MILLION tons of plastic are consumed each year), but the impact of these numbers border on inconceivable.
For those living on the coasts, a mere walk on the beach can give anyone insight into how staggering our addiction to plastic has become as bottles, cans, bags, lids and straws (just to name a few) are ever-present. In other areas that insight is more poignant as the remains of animal carcasses can frequently be observed; the plastic debris that many of them ingested or became entangled in still visible long after their death. Sadly, an overwhelming amount of plastic pollution isn’t even visible to the human eye, with much of the pollution occurring out at sea or on a microscopic level.
The short-lived use of millions of tons of plastic is, quite simply, unsustainable and dangerous. We have only begun to see the far-reaching consequences of plastic pollution and how it affects all living things. According to a study from Plymouth University, plastic pollution affects at least 700 marine species, while some estimates suggest that at least 100 million marine mammals are killed each year from plastic pollution. Here are some of the marine species most deeply impacted by plastic pollution.
Sea Turtles
Seals and Sea Lions
Seabirds
Fish
Whales and Dolphins
More than ever, the fate of the ocean is in our hands. To be good stewards and leave a thriving ocean for future generations, we need to make changes big and small wherever we are. Every purchase supports Ocean Conservation. We give 15% of our profits to Organizations that bravely fight for Marine Conservation.
This awesome wristwatch is a one-of-a-kind creation inspired by the Kennin-ji Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, one of Japan’s most historic landmarks dating back to 1202. In 2002, to celebrate its 800th anniversary, artist Koizumi Junsaku painted a pair of powerful dragons were painted inside the temple’s Dharma Hall. Those beautiful dragons inspired a collector to commission a multi-national Swiss-based team of four master craftsmen to create the Kennin-ji Master’s Project, one of the most ornate and exquisite watches ever made.
Every surface of the watch is covered in magnificent engraving of the temple dragons, making it both a priceless work of art as well as a functional timepiece.
Here’s how Peter Speake-Marin, English watchmaker and manager of this project, describes their awesome creation:
“This is the most extraordinary engraving project I’ve ever been involved with due to the complexity of the subject (two dragons instead of one), the incredible detail of the engravings and the fact that it isn’t just one component that’s engraved, but the designs cover practically the whole watch.”
Visit Faith is Torment and RocketNew24 to learn more about all of the painstaking work that went into this dazzling project.
[via Faith is Torment and RocketNew24]
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