VORTEX UNIVERSE BLOGS

Our blogs serve as an insightful and educational window into the deeper layers of the comics’ environmental message. They delve into real-world challenges that parallel our themes, emphasizing the necessity of sustainable living, waste reduction, and the need for collective action. 

Our goal is to empower readers with knowledge and practical tips for making a positive impact on the environment, and encourage readers to not only be entertained by Vortex Man’s heroics, but also to become real-life eco-champions in their own communities. By creating a dynamic bridge between fiction and reality, we reinforce the notion that the fight against “Waste” is a challenge we can all be part of.

March 20th, 2024

How to Save the Environment: Start with Your Own Backyard.

In the face of escalating climate change impacts—from floods to heatwaves and fires—the call to action for environmental conservation has never been more urgent. While global solutions are crucial, the power to make a positive impact starts right in your own neighborhood. Here are some actionable steps you can take today to protect nature and wildlife, ensuring a sustainable future for all.

March 8th, 2024

How Air Pollution Can Amplify the Effects of Climate Change

The impacts of air pollution on human health, economies, and agriculture differ drastically depending on where on the planet the pollutants are emitted, a study shows. A group of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California-San Diego are the first to simulate how aerosol pollution affects both climate and air quality for locations around the globe.

February 21th, 2024

How Does Air Pollution lead to Disease?

From smog hanging over cities to smoke inside the home, air pollution poses a major threat to health and climate across the globe. We will take a deep dive into how air pollution impacts your organs, what diseases are associated with air pollution, the leading pollutants linked to these diseases, and some high-risk factors such as exposure.

February 8th, 2024

1 Million Lost Lobster Traps Are at the Bottom of Long Island Sound. Now what?

In a world that thrives on progress and consumption, often without considering the impacts, management of waste has become a critical concern. Improper waste disposal practices and rampant dumping have severe potential consequences on our environment. From soil and air pollution to the contamination of oceans and groundwater, the effects of waste dumping are far-reaching and demand our immediate attention.

January 18th, 2024

Waste Dumping: The Ripple Effect and Environmental Consequences

In a world that thrives on progress and consumption, often without considering the impacts, management of waste has become a critical concern. Improper waste disposal practices and rampant dumping have severe potential consequences on our environment. From soil and air pollution to the contamination of oceans and groundwater, the effects of waste dumping are far-reaching and demand our immediate attention.

January 4th, 2024

The 8 Forms of Waste: Impact on Land-Based Dumpsites and Our Oceans

The planet is facing an unprecedented waste crisis, with land-based dumpsites and oceans bearing the brunt of our poor collective consumption and disposal habits. The diverse forms of waste we generate have far-reaching consequences on the environment, ecosystems, and human health. There are eight primary types, each with potentially catastrophic implications for our planet.

December 13, 2023

Eliminating Ocean Plastic: How One Non-Profit is Changing the World

The Ocean Project’s goal is to reduce floating ocean plastic. Their innovative ocean cleaning system is already removing plastic from the Pacific Ocean. Through that system, combined with their Interceptor river solutions deployed around the world, the Ocean Project aims to reduce floating ocean plastic by 90% by 2040.

December 12, 2023

10 Ways YOU Can Help Protect Our Oceans Like Vortex Man

Whether at home, around town, or on the water, there are steps you can take to help protect our oceans. We will show you how simple lifestyle changes, like conserving water, reducing waste, shopping wisely, and more, can help create a more sustainable tomorrow — and future — for mankind.

December 11, 2023

The Hard Truth About Waste

Every year we dump a massive 2.12 billion tons of waste on the planet. If all this waste was put on trucks, they could go around the world 24 times. Learn how this is impacting our Planet, and what can we do to stop it.

Headshot of Issac Shweky

“I wondered how we could train society to change these terrible habits and realized we had to start with the kids—our next generation of consumers and recyclers.”

Isaac Shweky, Founder/President