More information on Plastics and our Oceans

Interested in garbage, recycling and our oceans ? I am lying here on the coach recovering from ear surgery after surfing in cold Canadian waters for too long and have had time to search/surf the internet and have come across some incredible interesting...

Garbage, Garbage everywhere…

Frequent readers of our wandering – both geographically and mentally – blogs may be beginning to wonder if we are really doing any sort of studies on the plastic refuse concentrating on our beaches globally. Stories of interesting people, obscure...

Brazil, Soccer and Garbage

The ball goes long, 5 sets of barefooted feet approach it’s landing point from different directions, the quickest one is tackled and the ball bounces free, it is picked up and send back into the opponents half by the next arrival. The game has been going on for hours,...

Video on the Great Pacific Gyre

Charles Moore is founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. He captains the foundation’s research vessel, the Alguita, documenting the great expanses of plastic waste that now litter our oceans. He is the leading authority on the Great Pacific Gyre....