Received this wonderful image a few days ago from Stiv Wilson, editor of WEND magazine. This made my month - to know that someone not only read, but was inspired to action by an article I wrote about our 2008 expedition to the “plastic soup” in the North Pacific Gyre.

On a beach in Mexico, Paul Corn read about plastic fouling our seas, and began noticing plastic trash littering the shore. So he and his kids spent their last vacation day picking up plastic garbage, spelled out “TULUM” in the sand, and snapped a photo, which they turned into a postcard.

Paul has a call to action for all of us. If he can do this on his vacation, we can all try this during beach cleanups, morning beach strolls, post surf sessions:

“if everyone took 30 minutes at their favourite beach to pick up the plastic turn it into a postcard (attached) and send it to local tourism officials, local government reps, hotels and others maybe we could motivate others to get out and practice greater stewardship of our oceans and adjoining beaches.”