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Bedankt door Erik Van Loon
(Stichting Aquarius)

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Welcome

It sounds strange, but on our blue planet, whose surface is covered with over seventy percent water, a drinking water shortage prevails. That's because only 2.5 percent of that water is fresh and most of them are also made ​​of ice. Altogether, only 0.3 percent available for drinking water, and that little bit of water gets dirty quickly now. There is only one thing to sit on to save mankind from a catastrophe that the oil shortage can do fade: tapping the other 97.5 percent water, either: the desalination of seawater.

But unfortunately the Pacific Ocean drives a massive amount of plastic waste. Better known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Captain Charles Moore discovered this when he was run by a gyre. This is a place where different currents in the ocean in a giant circular motion come together. The North Pacific Gyre is about 34 million square kilometers, and is the largest waste pit of the world. Just the floating plastic covers an area twice the United States. It has a weight of 44 million pounds.

Death animals
Large pieces of plastic are becoming smaller and thus more difficult to clean. Many animals die from eating the plastic. Fish, birds and other (sea)-animals such as turtles, seals and lobsters can not distinguish between food and debris, and eat so many of these pieces of plastic. They die of malnutrition because the plastic in the stomach hunger disappear, or they suffocate it.

Because nobody feels responsible there is no action to put an end to it. This is costly and time, if at all possible. It is important to at least ensure that nothing is added. But governments, industry and consumers blame each other.

Stichting Aquarius
So we come into action. So we organize a number of clean water events to raise awareness for clean water. We make each year on 22 March (World Water Day), a river clean, we parade on 21 June (Midsummer) each year as mermaids to raise awareness for clean (sea) water and swimming and rowing us around various islands in the Netherlands. 

Support us
We are constantly looking for volunteers, sponsors and friends of Aquarian Foundation. Please contact us if you want more information or donateer online (this can be anonymous).

Aquarius is a 501 non profit Charity Foundation. Your donations are therefore tax deductible. Which - depending on the income - a benefit to about 50% of the amount donated.

Aquarius
Erik Van Loon

Stichting Aquarius

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NL 3022 GG, Rotterdam
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