Having the opportunity of living on the coast line, I look up and down the shores only to see garbage that is
washed up out of the oceans. The problem that I see is only the tip of the iceberg. The iceberg is found deep in
the middle of the oceans in areas called Gyres, yet, the source of that Sargasso Sea of garbage is humanity
itself.
We as a civilization have been notoriously negligent and caring for the very lifeblood of our planet...
The Oceans of the world.
We have decimated the oceans by dumping billions of tons of raw sewage into the ocean, as well as modern garbage.
We are now seeing the results of this accumulation of oceanic abuse by way of hundreds of square kilometers of ocean
that can no longer support aquatic life. These areas are found off the shores of many countries that depend on fishing
and the food supplied by the oceans previously.
Many people have determined that it is impossible to clean this up because it is such a large problem.
This project was started approximately 3 years ago on strictly volunteer basis, and for those who have been
diligent and stuck to it, we have made progress over time. The first goal of this project is to design a research
platform that is environmentally friendly whereas we can take engineers out with us to design ways to remove the
garbage and stop the flow of contaminating sewage into the oceans.
A secondary mission for this vessel is to provide humanitarian support to countries along the coastline around the
world. We have been working on obtaining time dated equipment from hospitals (robes, gurneys, daily use supplies,
medical hardware, and such) that can be transported to small villages that desperately need this type of equipment
in order to help the villagers in times of crisis. Inclusive within the humanitarian mission would be the ability to
transport food, medical supplies, and emergency personnel to disaster areas created by tsunamis or other natural
disasters.