Tag: Plastiki
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Kenya's Plastiki? Boat Made From Plastic Bottles & Old Flip Flops
It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.
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David de Rothschild Prepares for a New Adventure in the Amazon (Interview)
David de Rothschild sailed across the Pacific in a boat made of plastic to raise awareness of ocean pollution. His next adventure takes him to the Amazon.
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Method Prototype Detergent Bottle Made of One-Quarter Ocean Gyre Recovered Plastic
What a great idea! From the Method company press release: "Method's bottle is 100 percent post-consumer polyethylene, 25 percent of which is plastic collected from the Gyre. Partnering with
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The Harrowing Ocean Crossing of a Boat Made of Trash, as Chronicled in Plastiki (Slideshow)
Constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic water bottles, Plastiki proved it was more than a philosophical exercise when it completed an 8,000-mile journey across the Pacific.
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The Harrowing Ocean Crossing of a Boat Made of Trash, as Chronicled in Plastiki
Constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic water bottles, Plastiki proved it was more than a philosophical exercise when it completed an 8,000-mile journey across the Pacific. Now, a new book, Plastiki: Across the Pacific on Plastic: An Adventure to Save
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A Not To Be Missed Plastic Ocean Themed Green Drinks NYC Holiday Party This Tuesday
Planning your holiday party schedule in New York City can be calendar jujitsu, what with work parties, friends parties, family parties, but there are also a few green themed parties that the sustainably minded New Yorker
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David de Rothschild on Crossing the Pacific in the Plastiki (Podcast)
To shed light on the plight of our plastic-laden oceans, David de Rothschild built a sailboat from 12,000 soda bottles and took it clear across the Pacific. With TreeHugger-founder Graham Hill as a crew member, the Plastiki charted a death-defying
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Plastiki Completes 8,000 Nautical Mile Journey Protesting Plastic Pollution
After traveling 130 days and 8,000 miles, the Plastiki sailed in to Sydney earlier today, ending the trek to bring attention to the problem of plastics in our ocean. Headed up by David de Rothschild, the project's purpose was to
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Pledge to Plug Plastic Pollution with the Plastiki
Image via My Plastiki The Plastiki is nearing the end of it's voyage from San Francisco, California to Sydney, Australia after several months on the water. It's been an incredible trip, and Graham Hill was even able to tag along for a good chunk of the
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Posters Help Send Plastiki Ship's Message On World's Trash Gyres (Slideshow)
"Ever since the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries," David de Rothschild wrote in TreeHugger, "it seems the barometers of success and modernity within society have
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Posters Help Send Plastiki Ship's Message On World's Trash Gyres
"Ever since the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries," David de Rothschild wrote in TreeHugger, "it seems the barometers of success and modernity within society have been measured by our interaction, or rather lack of interacti
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Avoid "Generation Zero" - Build an Ocean Recovery Alliance
The state of our ocean today is a perfect example of tragedy of the commons. We all use and take from the sea, but the majority of it is not "owned" or governed
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What We Don't Know About the Ocean Can Kill Us
'The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely,
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Today Is A Starting Point - Thoughts on World Oceans Day
It's very exciting to have a world ocean day, and when you think about our planet being covered in 72% of water, one would think that rather than calling it Planet Earth we would call it Planet Ocean. Today, the 8th of June is a
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Save the Oceans, Save Ourselves! Sylvia Earle's Top 3 Actions to Take on World Oceans Day
Since I began exploring the ocean as a marine scientist fifty years ago, more has been learned about the ocean than during all preceding
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On Celebrating Everyday Heros to Save Our Oceans
I was at the grocery store the other day, minding my own business, when I noticed the woman in front of me pull out a large cloth reusable sack at the checkout aisle. "Progress!" I thought to myself
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Three Steps to Cure Our Ailing Ocean
Twenty years ago when I had the opportunity to dive to 18,000 feet in the Japanese research
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What's Really Wrong with Our Oceans? Money, Politics, Greed, Money...
The epic voyage of Plastiki is bringing into sharp focus the inordinate environmental and economic impact humanity is
