Plastic Beach

Posted on Dez 13 2009 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
(Originally posted on MidwayJourney) In the Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king who was cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity. A beach cleanup on Midway Atoll made us feel just like Sisyphus. There are millions of tons of plastics present in our oceans, and these are constantly fragmenting into smaller and smaller pieces which...

Children say it loud and clear: “we should buy less plastic”

Posted on Nov 06 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
Canadian videographer Jan Vozenilek was a member of  Midway Journey, an expedition to Midway Atoll in September 2009 to document the effects of plastic pollution on baby albatrosses.   Midway Journey was led by photographer Chris Jordan and supported by the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Earlier this week, Jan Vozenilek visited an elementary school in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, where...

Photographer Chris Jordan releases shocking video slide show

Posted on Okt 31 2009 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
Photographer and social activist Chris Jordan has just released a video slide show with of some of his Midway photographs with the music of Christen Lien. This video was premiered on October 24 at a private event in Malibu, California convened by the Plastic Pollution Coalition and hosted by our friends from  The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.  Composer and viola player Christen Lien played ‘15...

Manuel Maqueda interviewed on Green960 Radio

Posted on Okt 26 2009 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
Manuel Maqueda, cofounder of the Plastic Pollution Coalition was interviewed on October 21st on Live From the Left Coast, a radio show hosted by Angie Coiro on weeknights at 6pm on Green960 AM,  San Francisco. In this interview, Angie Coiro asks Manuel about his recent trip to Midway Atoll with Chris Jordan, which leads to a discussion about plastic pollution in the ocean.   During the talk, Manuel...