Kathleen: Break the stranglehold on our oceans.

Kathleen- Join today and help save marine wildlife from this disgusting, dangerous threat! DONATE TODAY I am writing to urge you to make your first gift to Greenpeace and become a 2018 member today. Our land and water are under assault like never before, and we especially need your support this year. We've set ourselves a goal of 2,018 new supporters for this member drive, and with your help, we can definitely achieve it. These funds are desperately needed to fight polluters and to hold the line against even more backsliding from the progress made under Obama. For the better part of a month, I joined the crew aboard the Greenpeace historic ship Arctic Sunrise, traveling the eastern seaboard to protect our coast, communities, and climate. Part of our work along the Atlantic coast was to trawl for plastic debris in the ocean — to see how much we would find, and subsequently connect it back to the corporations who are producing it. The results were depressing at best. From New York to Miami and beyond, we recovered loads of plastic and polystyrene — straws, soft film, microplastics … you name it, we found it clogging up our net. The single-use plastic we use every day is having a profound effect on our oceans and marine life, choking our wildlife and routinely being ingested by fish, birds and marine mammals. That's why Greenpeace has started the Plastic-Free Future campaign. I believe that 2018 will be the year that things begin to change. Success is in sight, Kathleen, but we need your support to attain it — will you become a member of Greenpeace today? Your donation will help us meet our goal and make you one of our proud and passionate 2,018 new members; showing the world that you believe that a green and peaceful future is not only possible, but achievable! Our Plastics-Free Future campaign will trigger the beginning of the end of single-use plastics by growing an international movement of people demanding that corporations take responsibility for the problem they've created by moving away from throwaway plastic. Your support will help us raise the funding we need to power the advocacy, activism, and media pressure that can and will create the change that must take place. It started at the end of last year, when we got more than 585,000 signatures on our petition to James Quincey, the president and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, demanding he end his company's reliance on single-use packaging. From there it's only been building — advocacy, activism, and media pressure can and will create the change we need. Together we can protect our coasts, communities, and climate. I need you to step up to the plate and contribute to the battle to save our oceans. For the oceans, Kate Melges Plastics Campaigner, Greenpeace USA P.S. It's possible you're thinking that recycling alone can solve the problem — after all, that's what the plastic polluters keep telling us. But it's not true. After decades of recycling programs and incentives, a truckload of plastic — much of it recyclable — is still being dumped into our oceans every single minute. That's why we have to do something else, and that's why you need to help us meet our 2,018 membership drive goal by becoming a new member of Greenpeace right now. Greenpeace never takes a dime from corporations or governments. Everything we do is thanks to the generous support of people like you! DONATE NOW   facebook twitter website instagram   Greenpeace 702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001 | 1-800-722-6995   Greenpeace Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(4) organization. As a result of our effective work for new environmental policies, contributions are not tax-deductible.   If you wish to no longer receive our emails, you may unsubscribe. We value your privacy. If you have any questions about how we use your information please read our privacy policy.