The State of Our Oceans: An Emergency Call to Action

I'm coming at you today with an emergency video because our oceans and our waterways are in big trouble. It's estimated that there's already 200 million tons of plastic circulating in our marine environment, with an additional 11 million tons more being added every year. This is a health crisis for our entire planet, not only for the animals but for us humans and the water we drink and the seafood that we eat.

Rivers: The Unseen Threat to Our Oceans

You see rivers contribute about 20% of the pollution that makes its way to the ocean. They're like an artery, taking pollution from one place inland and moving it out to the ocean. But thanks to real conservation efforts, my hometown river has made a comeback. It's cleaner than it's been in decades, and fish populations are back on the rise. The river is now cutting off pollution from making its way into the Atlantic Ocean. As these environments improve, they have programs in place to monitor these environments.

Monitoring and Cleanup Efforts

Coincidentally, after filming this video, I saw that in action right outside my apartment in the Hudson River. These organizations are really great and effective at figuring out solutions. They just need one thing: money. And if money is what they need, money is what they're gonna get.

A Glimpse into Successful Conservation Efforts

Last week, two of YouTube's largest and most reputable creators, MrBeast and Mark Robert, reached out to creators across the platform asking for our help. To understand how serious these guys are, let's go back to Team Trees, where they were on a mission to plant 20 million trees. They were able to do it in no time, and it's so effective that even today, 2600 trees are planted every day. This proves how impactful videos like ours can be in making real change that lasts.

Making a Difference Through YouTube

Most of the videos you see on YouTube will be related to this cause alone. If you want to learn more about how this thing is going down and how trash is going to get removed, I'll leave a link down to Mark Robert's video. We'll be working with some of the most trusted non-profit cleanup organizations in the entire planet to ensure that every one dollar we donate results in one pound of trash being removed from beaches rivers and oceans all across the world.

A Call to Action: Let's Make a Difference

Such an ambitious goal of 30 million pounds of trash is going to require a lot of help. I'm going to start off by donating $1,000 to Team Seas to clean up 1,000 pounds of trash, which is about the equivalent of a small dumpster being removed from the ocean. Imagine this video gets 100,000 views and half the people who watch it give one dollar - that's 50,000 pounds of stupid trash that we're removing from our beautiful waterways and oceans.

Making a Difference in Ourselves

Everyone watching this hit the like button. By doing so, you're helping to clean up the ocean. Share this video around if you can donate just one dollar and get one pound of trash out of the ocean. If not, share it around anyway, because together we can make a difference. Let's spend more money on cleaning up our oceans and making them beautiful again.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: eni'm coming at you today with an emergency video because our oceans and our waterways are in big trouble it's estimated that there's already 200 million tons of plastic circulating in our marine environment with an estimated 11 million tons more being added every year it's a health crisis for our entire planet not only for the animals but for us humans and the water we drink and the seafood that we eat and together with your help we're going to remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean by the end of this year there are great organizations dedicated solely to solving this problem a good example of that is where i live like many i find peace by the water and i live on the hudson river in new york a river that four years was the butt of new yorkers jokes for how polluted it was you see rivers contribute about 20 of the pollution that make its way to the ocean they're like an artery they take pollution from one place inland and move it out to the ocean but thanks to real conservation efforts this river has made a comeback it's cleaner than it's been in decades and fish populations are back on the rise and they're cutting pollution off from making its way into the atlantic ocean and as these environments improve they have programs in place to monitor these environments and coincidentally after filming this video i saw that in action right outside my apartment in the hudson river they are really great and effective organizations that will figure this out they just need one thing and that's money they need our money and if money is what they need money is what they're gonna get you see last week two of youtube's largest and most reputable creators mr beast and mark robert reached out to creators all across the platform asking for our help if you want to know how serious these guys are let's go back with team trees where they were on a mission to plant 20 million trees and they were able to do it in no time and it's so effective that even to this day 2600 trees are planted every day proving how impactful these videos that we make that stay online forever can be in making real change that lasts today most of the videos you see on youtube are going to be related to this cause alone if you wanna learn the specifics of how this thing is gonna go down and how trash is gonna get removed i'll leave a link down to mark robert's video he'll explain all the specifics on how trash is gonna get removed from all of these places but we'll be working with some of the most trusted non-profit cleanup organizations in the entire planet to ensure that every one dollar we donate results in one pound of trash being removed from beaches rivers and oceans all across the world and that's where we come in such an ambitious goal of 30 million pounds of trash is going to require a lot of help so i'm going to start off donating 1 000 to team seas to clean up 1 000 pounds of trash which is about the equivalent of a small dumpster being removed from the ocean imagine this video gets 100 000 views and half the people who watch it give one dollar that's 50 000 pounds of stupid trash that we're removing from our beautiful waterways and oceans and once this video hits 100 000 views every 100 thousand views after that i'll donate another one thousand dollars up to ten thousand dollars because i'm not on that mark robert mr beast level quite yet hey it's we're the best i could do for now but collectively we can do a lot more so everyone who's watching this hit the like button leave a comment just by watching this video you're helping to clean up the ocean so share it around and if you can donate just one dollar and get one pound of trash out of the ocean that goes a long way otherwise share this video around make me spend more money and let's get this trash out of the oceani'm coming at you today with an emergency video because our oceans and our waterways are in big trouble it's estimated that there's already 200 million tons of plastic circulating in our marine environment with an estimated 11 million tons more being added every year it's a health crisis for our entire planet not only for the animals but for us humans and the water we drink and the seafood that we eat and together with your help we're going to remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean by the end of this year there are great organizations dedicated solely to solving this problem a good example of that is where i live like many i find peace by the water and i live on the hudson river in new york a river that four years was the butt of new yorkers jokes for how polluted it was you see rivers contribute about 20 of the pollution that make its way to the ocean they're like an artery they take pollution from one place inland and move it out to the ocean but thanks to real conservation efforts this river has made a comeback it's cleaner than it's been in decades and fish populations are back on the rise and they're cutting pollution off from making its way into the atlantic ocean and as these environments improve they have programs in place to monitor these environments and coincidentally after filming this video i saw that in action right outside my apartment in the hudson river they are really great and effective organizations that will figure this out they just need one thing and that's money they need our money and if money is what they need money is what they're gonna get you see last week two of youtube's largest and most reputable creators mr beast and mark robert reached out to creators all across the platform asking for our help if you want to know how serious these guys are let's go back with team trees where they were on a mission to plant 20 million trees and they were able to do it in no time and it's so effective that even to this day 2600 trees are planted every day proving how impactful these videos that we make that stay online forever can be in making real change that lasts today most of the videos you see on youtube are going to be related to this cause alone if you wanna learn the specifics of how this thing is gonna go down and how trash is gonna get removed i'll leave a link down to mark robert's video he'll explain all the specifics on how trash is gonna get removed from all of these places but we'll be working with some of the most trusted non-profit cleanup organizations in the entire planet to ensure that every one dollar we donate results in one pound of trash being removed from beaches rivers and oceans all across the world and that's where we come in such an ambitious goal of 30 million pounds of trash is going to require a lot of help so i'm going to start off donating 1 000 to team seas to clean up 1 000 pounds of trash which is about the equivalent of a small dumpster being removed from the ocean imagine this video gets 100 000 views and half the people who watch it give one dollar that's 50 000 pounds of stupid trash that we're removing from our beautiful waterways and oceans and once this video hits 100 000 views every 100 thousand views after that i'll donate another one thousand dollars up to ten thousand dollars because i'm not on that mark robert mr beast level quite yet hey it's we're the best i could do for now but collectively we can do a lot more so everyone who's watching this hit the like button leave a comment just by watching this video you're helping to clean up the ocean so share it around and if you can donate just one dollar and get one pound of trash out of the ocean that goes a long way otherwise share this video around make me spend more money and let's get this trash out of the ocean\n"