You have got to check out this website and read about the amazing San Francisco-based project called Plastiki. I discovered Plastiki on ecofabulous.com and was so inspired I had to spread the word to my fellow (though very few!) readers. There are so many wonderfully innovative people out there that are making a positive impact on environmental awareness, and this guy is definitely one of them.
The brains behind Plastiki, David de Rothschild, is building a catamaran out of about 12,000 reclaimed plastic soda bottles (one of the ocean’s biggest pollutant), which will eventually be sailed across the Pacific. They will be using energy bikes to produce electricity for the ship, as well as solar panels to help power the ship and its communications system. They’ll also have a little fruit and veggie garden and a solar/pump powered water purifier on board, no big deal. Their mission is “to beat waste by inspiring sustainable solutions and to highlight the ecological damage being done to the world’s oceans.” That’s my kind of mission. One of the coolest parts about this project is that their 100 day journey from SF to Sydney, Australia will be filmed; I will absolutely be watching this adventure, and so should you. Or at least take a look at the website, it has fun graphics.
Read more about Mr. de Rothschild here, he’s ridiculously accomplished:
very cool, thanks for sharing! i wonder if they'll hit up the pacific garbage patch on the way for repairs!?
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