Podcasts about algalita

Do you know where plastic garbage actually goes? It not only fills our landfills, but so much ends up in our oceans. Dr. Marcus Eriksen is on the show today to discuss the film, “Our Synthetic Seas,” which covers the total issue about plastic and the garbage found in our seas and especially the problem of disappearing sea life as fish are now eating plastic, waste, debris, and more dangerous materials.  This will severely impact both the fish and ultimately us. Marcus Eriksen is currently the Executive Director of the 5 Gyres Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Science Education from University of Southern California in 2003, months before embarking on a 2000-mile, 5-month journey down the Mississippi River on a homemade raft of plastic bottles. His experience on the river led to a career studying the ecological impacts of plastic marine pollution, which has included 8 expeditions sailing 25,000 miles through all 5 subtropical gyres to discover new garbage patches of plastic pollution in the Southern Hemisphere and beyond. With an affinity for rafting, his most recent adventure sent him and a colleague across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii on a homemade raft floating on 15,000 plastic bottles and a Cessna airplane fuselage as a cabin. The journey, 2,600 miles in 88 days, brought tremendous attention to the plastic pollution issue.  Info: algalita.org and marcuseriksen.com  

Captain Charles Moore is an oceanographer and captain of the research vessel Algalita. He is known for articles that recently brought attention to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – an area of the Pacific Ocean strewn with floating plastic debris caught in a gyre. Charles is the founder of Algalita Marine Research Institute where he … Continue reading "Plastic Ocean: The Sea Captain Who Discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with Captain Charles Moore" The post Plastic Ocean: The Sea Captain Who Discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with Captain Charles Moore first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

This is PART FOUR of a special seven-part series, called, “The Plastic Plague: Connecting the Dots between Extraction, Inequity, and Pollution.” Plastic Plague Series: PART 4 (of 7) THROWAWAY SOCIETY – we investigate the economics & inequity of plastic consumption once thrown away. Does plastic truly get recycled and what is the burden of other countries? More than 300 million tons of new plastic is produced annually and less than 10% is recycled. 40% of the plastic produced is for packaging. China was the recycling destination for over 40% of the USA’s waste commodities. When they shuttered their doors to recycling imports, new opportunities popped up in other countries, but with it came the same issues of contamination, excess waste, and a dumping ground for the consequences of a “throwaway society.” Our guests include Shibu Nair, India Coordinator for GAIA - Asia Pacific and Michael Doshi, Director of Partnerships for Algalita Marine Research & Education. Shibu K. Nair is an environmental activist from South India with 20 years of experience in environmental education, conservation, movements, policy and advocacy campaigns. He is a former Saathi Fellow of Association of India’s Development and Bay area chapter and Zero Waste Fellow of GAIA and Ecology Centre in Berkeley, CA. http://www.no-burn.org Michael Doshi is Algalita's Director of Partnerships, spearheading strategic partnership collaborations, engaging like-minded organizations working on innovative solutions to participate in educating youth through Algalita’s leadership programs. Doshi travels the world conducting waste investigations to experience where our plastic ends up in the environment and how it impacts humans. https://algalita.org/ Hosted by Jessica Aldridge from SoCal 350 and Adventures in Waste Engineer: Blake Lampkin Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Producer: Georgia Tunioli Show Created by Mark and JP Morris Music: Javier Kadry Episode 61 Photo Credit: Shibu Nair

Did you know plastic accumulation builds up in your body and causes serious ailments and illnesses? Have you ever heard from a health expert about the ways to eliminate your contact with plastic and heal your body? Did you know plastic pollution doesn’t start and end with proper recycling and reuse? Have you ever spoken with an expert who has seen the lifecycle of plastic firsthand, from the beginning stages, to visiting the end of the line countries plastic accumulates in? Listen this special episode featuring Michael Doshi of Algalita, and Joseph Spada, LPN, adult family home owner and professor, to learn about all of the above and WAY MORE! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/healthy-radio/support

Anika Ballent - Education Director at Algalita shares her research and experience with marine plastics and what we can do to get involved.  Music by Liam Kilby Cover art by Dave Cardona http://5toolmedia.com 

“We must work towards a world where plastic pollution is unthinkable” — Capt. Charles Moore When you scan your home, you’d probably find a lot of plastic packaging everywhere. We try to reduce our plastic consumption but it’s quite hard when business entities are using it on the products that we’re consuming daily. For real change to happen, we need laws that’ll require producers and manufacturers to create “sustainable packaging” instead of producing linear/single-use goods.  And so, a bill was proposed in California that calls for the reduction of single-use plastics and total phaseout by 2030. Ultimately, this will help consumers to live a life free of plastics. In this episode, you’re going to meet Doshi, the Gnarly Beach Cleaner who is positively spreading awareness about ocean plastic pollution! He is an Education Coordinator from Algalita, an organization that has been at the forefront of the “Great Plastic Awakening”, inspiring the youth to believe that a better future is possible when we all work hand in hand. Today we will focus on the Californian Circular Economy and Plastic Reduction act that targets plastic reduction. Doshi will also share the side effects of single-use products and how he is passionately educating the public, especially the youth, about plastic pollution issues, and how we can all contribute and create solutions.  In this Episode, We Discuss: What’s going on behind the plastic industry curtain The great plastic awakening How the Algalita Foundation was created Trash Island: The great pacific garbage patch Creating a new system that’ll allow us to live in a more sustainable world Looking at nature and it’s steady-state economy Proposing the Senate Bill (SB-54) and Assembly Bill (AB 1080) to reduce single-plastic use Algalita’s mission and purpose How to get more involved in activities and work that benefits our planet The difference between Algalita’s Academic Program and Leadership Program Get to know Michael Doshi: Doshi is the Gnarly Beach Cleaner who’s on a mission to spread awareness about ocean plastic pollution in a positive and jolly way!  He is currently an Education Coordinator and Youth Programs Manager at Algalita Marine Research and Education.   Connect with Michael Doshi: LinkedIn Instagram Resources mentioned: Algalita SB 54 & Ab 1080: California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act 01: The Dark & Dirty Real Story of Plastics with Stiv Wilson 03: Indonesian Scientist turned Radical Diaper Activist with Prigi Arisandi Youth Innovation Forum Surf Rider Foundation Algalita Marine Research and Education   --- Did you enjoy today’s episode? Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified immediately when a new episode comes out! If you enjoyed the Mercast, please click here to leave a review and share this episode with a friend! I hope you spend some time in nature today! I'll catch you next time.   Subscribe to The Mercast ++ Apple Podcasts ++ Spotify ++ Castbox

Why is there a big patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean? Four-year-old Leon has heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and he wants to know what the deal is. So we speak with someone who's actually been there! Teen Vogue News and Politics Editor Alli Maloney visited the garbage patch last year for a series called Plastic Planet. But in this episode we'll also explore how young people are becoming activists, trying to reduce the amount of plastic waste produced, waste that sometimes goes into the ocean. Anika Ballent, with the non-profit Algalita, shares what kids can and have been doing.

With previous generations failing to foresee the prevailing plastic pollution crisis, a new generation has come together to demand we address this issue head-on. Utilizing advocacy platforms built by leading plastic pollution organizations, youth are connecting across the globe to amplify their voices and efforts.

In 1997, Captain Charles Moore first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and authored the book, The Plastic Ocean.  Tune in as #NAUI Dive Team Report Host Greg Martin and Katie Allen, Executive Director of Algalita, founded by Captain Moore in 1994, discuss the presence and impact of plastic pollution throughout the ocean. In order to mitigate plastic pollution in the ocean, we must make the connection between what’s happening on land and what’s happening out in the five main ocean gyres. “What is the tipping point? How much plastic can we keep putting out there until we start to see maybe ecosystem collapse in some areas? What does the average person do to help this issue?  “It’s really as simple as rethinking single use plastic in your own life.” For more information, visit www.algalita.org/ and www.nauigreendiver.org/ to find out what NAUI’s Green Diver Initiative is doing to address ocean pollution issues.

Evolve! Nurturing the New in Consciousness, the Arts, and Culture with your host Robin White Turtle Lysne, M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D. Evolve! will bring your people and ideas on the cutting edge of change opening the shells of the past to move our culture into the now. We are all in great need of sustainable ideas for change. The arts and evolving consciousness are how we are bringing that change to the culture at large. This show will bring you the wise, the foolish and the heart-based to help us meet the challenges of the times we are in. The interview this month is with Captain Charles Moore who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is two times the size of Texas, more than two decades ago. This repeat broadcaste cooresponds with an exhibit called Plastic Paralysis that is taking place in Santa Clara at Studio Bongiorno this month. (Details below.)  He developed Algalita Research Foundation, in Long Beach, California. On his way from Hawaii across the Pacific to California he made a trip that changed his life and discovered plastics swirling with sea life in the ocean. He developed Algalita research foundation to address the problems of plastics polution. We will discuss some of the issues of the Gyre and what his foundation is doing to help the problem. He will be speaking Monday June 22, 2015, at 7 p.m. at Studio Bongiorno, 500 Lincoln Street, Santa Clara, CA. The public is welcome to attend. 

A look at the ocean and the environmental impact of our addiction to plastic. Includes interviews with Captain Charles Moore (Founder of Algalita, Marine Research and Education) and Lisa Kaas Boyle (environmental attorney and Founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition).   Find us on: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com      All the information from this episode:   Movies Films to further educate yourself on the plastic pollution problem: Creating Art from Plastics in the Ocean (National Geographic) Plastic Paradise (Angela Sun) Trashed (Jeremy Irons) Helpful Articles “22 Facts About Plastic Pollution (And 10 Things We Can Do About It)”From EcoWatch “The Link Between Plastic Use and Climate Change: Nitty-gritty”From Stanford Magazine   Plastic Facts from the EPA  “Phytoplankton on Decline in Southern Ocean” From The New York Times “Mediterranean Sea ‘accumulating zone of plastic debris'” From BBC “Surprise Finding Heightens Concern Over Tiny Bits Of Plastic Polluting Our Oceans” From Huffington Post “Exposure to harmful phthalates from processed foods and soft drinks” From Phys.org “Ocean Acidification: A Global Case of Osteoporosis” From Discover Magazine “Got Science? Nine Surprising Signs Momentum Is Building for Climate Action”From Huffington Post   Helpful Sites “How much fossil fuel has been used in your lifetime?” See how much fuel we are burning and how much CO2 is going into the atmosphere per second. Right now. Bottled Water Fact Sheet  A guide to recycling plastics My Plastic Free Life Environmental Organizations Mentioned in this Podcast Plastic Pollution Coalition  Algalita  5 Gyres  NRDC  Sierra Club  GreenPeace  Oceana  Ocean Conservancy  Surfrider  TreePeople  Products Mentioned Sustainable NYC Kishu Charcoal Life Factory water bottles Kleen Kanteen water bottles

Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation tell us about the perils of plastic on land and in the sea. Marcus and Anna also talk about some of their many adventures; JUNKride; a 2,000 mile bike ride from Vancouver, B.C. to Tijuana, Mexico, the voyage of the JUNKraft; a boat made of plastic bottles, and their trip to the North Pacific Gyre, where they investigated plastic in the ocean.