For information on the Pacific Gyre, log onto www.greatgarbagepatch.org or just google “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”

Actually, it is a garbage “dump” the size of Texas located in a swirling convergence of currents in the Pacific Ocean.

Check it out and then consider:

• Not buying anything plastic, unless it can be recycled;

• Discontinuing the use of plastic bags to carry groceries, consumer items, etc.

Probably the most heartbreaking part of this “patch” is the sea life it is killing. We need to protect our planet.

Anna Ravenwoode lives in Kelseyville.