(English) White Pine Academy Students Publish Plastic Pollution Book
Posted on feb 27 2012 by Ben Bezark
Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en English.
Posts Tagged ‘garbage patch’
(English) Beyond the absurdity of a “Texas-sized Garbage Patch” Lies a Larger Menace of Plastic Pollution in the World’s Oceans
Posted on ene 07 2011 by Amy Westervelt
Shifting baselines -and genders- in the Age of Plastics
Posted on ene 04 2010 by Manuel Maqueda
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.
Cleaning up the language around ocean pollution
Posted on nov 04 2009 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
eu·phe·mism \ˈyü-fə-ˌmi-zəm\ noun: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
Language matters. In fact, it’s a matter of life and death sometimes.
Captain Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation recounts the meeting when acceptance of the “marine debris” euphemism took hold among agencies...
Photographer Chris Jordan releases shocking video slide show
Posted on oct 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 oct 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...
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