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...Lampoon could not respond to the onslaught. Despite inspired and witty trash talk, such as, "Hey Wirzbicki! More like, Loserbicki!" the pranksters' bats remained flaccid...
Through the intimate bond between parent and offspring flows the continuity of life itself. That our human trash stream crosses even this sacred bond is evidence of a world wounded and out of round, its relationships disfigured. The albatross's message: consumer culture permeates every watery point on the compass. From sun-bleached coral reefs to icy polar waters, no place, no creature, remains apart...
Though the oceans' woes can seem overwhelming, solutions are emerging and attitudes are changing. Most people have shed the fantasy that the sea can inexhaustibly provide food, dilute endless pollution and accept unlimited trash. In 1996 the U.S. passed the Sustainable Fisheries Act, which mandates rules against overfishing--a recognition that protecting sea life is good business. Some fish, such as striped bass and redfish, are recovering because of catch limits. Alaskan, Falkland, Australian and New Zealand longline boats are taking care not to kill albatrosses. Turtles are being saved by trapdoors in shrimp nets...
...good place to start would be to give albatrosses a future with more food and less plastic trash to swallow. A U.N. marine-pollution treaty makes dumping plastics illegal, but policing at sea is impractical. Nonetheless, ships could be required to carry up-to-date equipment for handling garbage and storing liquid waste that might otherwise be dumped into the water. Routine discharges put more oil into the sea than major spills...
...Public underage drunkenness forced a few Brown security guards to prevent alcohol from being consumed on the main green. But even when the uniformed patrol confiscated alcohol bottles and discarded them in area trash cans, Brown students were not discouraged - a small crowd of thirsty revelers fished their spirits out of the garbage and pushed the party forward...