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Artist Chris Jordan brings a deep energy to a huge environmental problem – the accumulation of plastic debris in the world’s oceans. He’s documenting its effect on the Laysan Albatrosses of Midway Island. Adult birds mistake pieces of plastic for squid and fish, feeding them to their chicks – unwittingly, killing them. But Chris has faith in a culture’s ability to correct its course. “We act, when we feel something deeply…”