what is REALLY happening "under the sea"? I fear it is not better down where it is wetter but let's find out...
As Disney's The Little Mermaid 2023 hits cinemas, let's talk about what the real fish behind Halle Bailey's depiction of Ariel be experiencing, and what we can do about it.
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This Is Vegan Propaganda: (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) by Ed Winters
Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones
Beach film info:
https://time.com/5297042/leo-dicaprio-beach-closure/
https://www.timeout.com/news/hollywood-is-finally-fixing-that-ruined-thai-beach-from-the-beach-091522
https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/asia-middle-east/beach-film-leonardo-dicaprio-location-12030282
Plastics:
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/key-facts-about-plastic-pollution/#:~:text=The%20equivalent%20of%20a%20truckload,the%20Earth%20over%20400%20times. https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GP-7-11-Oceans-Final.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/supermarkets-treading-water-ocean-plastic-packaging
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/fashion-clothing/plastic-pollution-clothing
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/fashion-clothing/plastic-clothes
Screen New Deal:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/screen-new-deal-sustainability-report
https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/a-screen-new-deal-a-route-map-to-sustainable-film-production
Wish cycling: https://www.unschools.co/journal-blog/2021/8/30/the-traps-of-wishcycling?fbclid=IwAR25S-SXwNoqB6mGndyVIEiDFqdG0vPMryP2joVWWBvK6u9Sc0YgBtNlEFY
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