On January 6, Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report aired an interview with Captain Charles Moore, a pioneer of the study of plastic pollution in the ocean, the founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, a TED speaker, an EPA Environmental Hero Award winner, and the world’s most recognized activist against plastic pollution. Captain Charles Moore is an advisor to the Plastic Pollution...

KissMyCountry.com recently published an article and interview with plastic-free living super hero and star blogger Beth Terry, who is an invaluable advisor to the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Beth has been living as plastic-free as possible since 2007, when she saw photos of albatross chicks full of plastic. Beth has been writing about her experiences on her popular and entertaining blog FakePlasticFish,...

Author and scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson, founder of Shifting Baselines, just released a video interview with PPC advisor Captain Charles Moore. Don’t miss the last part of the video where the estrogen-disrupting effects of plastic transform Charles Moore into a voluptuous Charlotte Moore.

Machiko Yasuda interviewed Plastic Pollution Coalition cofounder Dianna Cohen and published a great article on the Take Part Blog entitled “From waste to art: using and refusing plastic” Below we have highlighted a few quotes from the article and embeded a slideshow of Machiko’s Flickr photos. You can read the full article here. “Recyling plastic is a bandaid,” she says. While...

Jackson Nash, from the blog SuperForest interviewed artist and Plastic Pollution Coalition cofounder Dianna Cohen backstage in Madison Square Garden. This is ths description of the blog SuperForest taken from its website “SuperForest is a collaborative positivity blog. We, the members of Team SuperForest, pledge to explore the world (both physical and electronic,) in order to bring you the...

PPC member and advisory board member Beth Terry, author of the popular blog about plastic-free living FakePlasticFish, just published an excellent article on Dianna Cohen, cofounder and executive board member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Trained at UCLA, Dianna Cohen has been making art with plastic bags for over 20 years. Along this personal and artistic journey, Dianna’s own relation...

PPC member and advisor Beth Terry, author of the excellent blog about plastic-free living FakePlasticFish, interviewed Jackson Browne during Is Plastic Washed Up? our recent film event in Los Angeles. Jackson Browne, a supporter of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, says loud and clear what he thinks of bottled water, and suggests a form of protest to be carried out at hotels: to hang around the necks...