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David de Rothschild and Jo Royle explain a few details about the unique elements that go into preparing for their trip across the pacific on a boat made from plastic bottles.
In this short segment Jo discusses what it takes to navigate the unique design of the boat, and how their plans to grow their food on board.
If you want to check out a few things that were referenced in the interview: check out Novella Carpenter's blog on urban gardening: Ghost Town Farm.
To learn more about vertical gardens, check out this article on DIY vertical gardens made out of shoe organizer, or you can check out this video of vertical garden we stumbled across at Bioneers last year.
And to hear David from Inka Bioshpheric Systems describe their vertical garden system check out this video:
Meanwhile, to see more interviews with David and Jo about their adventures with Plastiki, check this out:
Meet the Plastic Pirates of Plastiki: David de Rothschild and Jo Royle
David de Rothschild and Jo Royle take on the perils of plastic
DIY: How to make a boat from reused bottles sail to Australia
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David de Rothschild and Jo Royle dropped by Current HQ's to chat about their daring plans to sail from San Francisco to Sydney in a vessel made from plastic bottles as part of their mission to educate the world of the perils of plastic.
In this 3 minute excerpt of the interview, David and Jo describe their mission, and play stat attack on plastics. You can watch more excerpts of the interview and the interview in it's entirety at current.com/plastiki.
In June 2006, the expedition leader, David de Rothschild read the devastating UNEP report, ‘Action Urged to Avoid Deep Trouble in the Deep Seas’ which detailed the devastation caused by waste in our oceans. This report fueled the idea of what would eventually become Plasiki – an expedition which will visit areas affected by global warming and rising oceans capturing the worlds imagination and effecting change.
But if plastiki is ringing a bell in your eco-geek memory, it might be because you are thinking about one we of the sources of inspiration for the project, Thor Heyerdahl’s legendary 1947 expedition, The Kon-Tiki, where he made a raft that floated/sailed from Peru to Polynesia to replicate pre-Columbian South American sailors…
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What Lies Beneath~ Diving into the belly of the planet
David and Jo talk about the Perils of Plastics
Are whales trying to communicate with us?
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Current Green caught up with David de Rothschild and Jo Royle to figure out why on earth they would try to build a boat made from reused plastic bottles. In this short video segment, David talks about one fo the driving forces behind what inspired the initiative: to raise awareness about the dangers of plastics (we'll be posting 7 segments over the course of the next week, so stay tuned).
In June 2006, the expedition leader, David de Rothschild read the devastating UNEP report, 'Action Urged to Avoid Deep Trouble in the Deep Seas' which detailed the devastation caused by waste in our oceans. This report fueled the idea of what would eventually become Plasiki - an expedition which will visit areas affected by global warming and rising oceans capturing the worlds imagination and effecting change.
But if plastiki is ringing a bell in your eco-geek memory, it might be because you are thinking about one we of the sources of inspiration for the project, Thor Heyerdahl's legendary 1947 expedition, The Kon-Tiki, where he made a raft that floated/sailed from Peru to Polynesia to replicate pre-Columbian South American sailors...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="613" caption="We visited plastiki last Novemeber while it was still in the process of being built. "][/caption]
From the plastiki website:
90 percent of ocean debris is plastic - so its fitting that the expedition focuses on it and the plastic bottle epitomises the absurdity of our throwaway society. Some 2.7 million tons of plastic are used to bottle water each year; in the US alone nearly $11 billion is spent on over 8 billion gallons of bottled water.
In bottle production alone, more than 70 million bottles of water consumed each day in the U.S. and 1.5 million barrels of oil is used over the course of one year, resulting in about 22 billion empty plastic bottles being trashed. It's something that, when you dig a little deeper into it, you realize that the facts just don't add up, for example, it takes between three to five liters of water to make a one liter bottle of water and, then you need to include the energy needed for transportation, just to produce something that ultimately ends up in the ground. When you think that plastic bottles are 100 percent recyclable and yet only 20 percent are actually recycled, there is a lot of work to be done on that area.
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Cairo to capetown…with no money. The Accidental Green (or rather anti-green) tourist
Green bloggers unite! Green blogs and bloggers flying under the radar
The fresh face of the modern day farmerCurrent Green caught up with David de Rothschild and Jo Royle to figure out why on... more
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David de Rothschild and Jo Royle explain a few details about the unique elements that go into preparing for their trip across the Pacific on a boat made from plastic bottles. In this short segment Jo discusses what it takes to navigate the unique design of their boat, and their plans to grow food on board.
To get links to Novella Carpenter’s blog, vertical gardens, and to hear David from Inka Bioshpheric Systems describe their vertical garden system check out the links in the blog.David de Rothschild and Jo Royle explain a few details about the unique elements that... more
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David de Rothschild and Jo Royle dropped by Current HQ's to chat about their daring plans to sail from San Francisco to Sydney in a vessel made from plastic bottles as part of their mission to educate the world of the perils of plastic. In this 3 minute excerpt of the interview, David and Jo talk about how they are going to survive their trip and by charting the stars, foraging for food, and growing vertical gardens on their boat.
You can watch more excerpts of the interview and the interview in it's entirety at current.com/plastiki.
David de Rothschild authored The Global Warming Survival Handbook, hosts the Sundance Channel's "Eco-Trip: The Real Cost of Living", where he investigates the life-cycle and ecological impact of everyday consumer products from field to shelf. He was also honored by National Geographic as an 'Emerging Explorer', The World Economic Forum named him a 'Young Global Leader', and in 2008 Clean Up The World made David an 'International Ambassador'. Jo Royle is internationally recognized as one of Europe's leading female ocean yachts skippers. Jo's passion for ocean adventure has launched her into a professional sailing career, her accolades include being one of the few sailors to have circumnavigated South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. She competed in the prestigious two‐handed trans‐ocean race, the Transat Jacques Vabre, skippering the only all female team in the 40‐foot class. She is currently completing an MSc in Environmental Science and Society at the University of Central London.David de Rothschild and Jo Royle dropped by Current HQ's to chat about their... more
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David de Rothschild and Jo Royle dropped by Current HQ's to chat about their daring plans to sail from San Francisco to Sydney in a vessel made from plastic bottles as part of their mission to educate the world of the perils of plastic. In this short excerpt of the interview, David and Jo describe the state of the ocean and questions if fish eating plastic makes us sick. You can watch more excerpts of the interview and the interview in it's entirety at current.com/plastiki
David de Rothschild authored The Global Warming Survival Handbook, hosts the Sundance Channel's "Eco-Trip: The Real Cost of Living", where he investigates the life-cycle and ecological impact of everyday consumer products from field to shelf. He was also honored by National Geographic as an 'Emerging Explorer', The World Economic Forum named him a 'Young Global Leader', and in 2008 Clean Up The World made David an 'International Ambassador'. Jo Royle is internationally recognized as one of Europe's leading female ocean yachts skippers.
Jo's passion for ocean adventure has launched her into a professional sailing career, her accolades include being one of the few sailors to have circumnavigated South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. She competed in the prestigious two‐handed trans‐ocean race, the Transat Jacques Vabre, skippering the only all female team in the 40‐foot class. She is currently completing an MSc in Environmental Science and Society at the University of Central London.
To see more interviews with David and Jo go to www.current.com/plastikiDavid de Rothschild and Jo Royle dropped by Current HQ's to chat about their... more
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