Update on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A woman named Mary Crowley is making an effort to clean up the garbage that has accumulated in the Pacific Ocean by starting a non profit, Project Kaisei. See CNN article here.

P.S. Still have no heat in my building and now no hot water either. On the bright side, my roommate met our next door neighbor who's lived in the building for 7 years. She said this is the first time something like this has happened which gives me hope that it won't happen again, but also makes me wonder if I brought the bad luck to the building. She, like me and my roommate, is also going through the great "what career do I ultimately want?" internal debate. Amazing how that kind of stuff comes up in conversation upon an introductory meeting. I guess it's forefront on everyone's mind.