Podcasts about captain charles moore

Captain Charles Moore discovered the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' in 1997 and he has spent much of his life revealing how pervasive plastic is in our oceans. 

In 1997, Captain Charles Moore discovered the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” the largest accumulation of plastic waste in the ocean. Since then, scientists have documented how plastic has permanently damaged marine ecosystems and even altered evolution. But marine biologist Danni Washington says it's not all “doom and gloom" — scientists are already putting innovative solutions in motion to protect our oceans.

(For show notes and a full transcript, see https://tonyloyd.com/deirdre-horan). Dri produces durable, fashionable, and environmentally sustainable umbrellas from ocean-bound plastic. As a fifteen year-old, Deirdre Horan left her comfortable home in Acton, Massachusetts to join a youth group traveling to Gulfport, Mississippi. This was two years after Hurricane Katrina, and the community continued to struggle. “What really struck me was the level of devastation that was still there two years later,” Deirdre explains. “It takes much longer than the initial relief to pick lives back up. People will always need assistance if they've been impacted. I saw at a young age that something can always be done for somebody.” Deirdre continued to travel back to Gulfport year after year. But she also thought of how she could make a greater impact. A shift in plans In 2017, Deirdre watched a documentary, Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic. In the film, Captain Charles Moore made a comment that stuck with her.  “He said something like, ‘The oceans to a degree help clean itself out. We need to address the amount that's flowing in,'” Dierdre explains. “I went down a black hole, researching recycling. I learned that plastic bottles could be upcycled into polyester. “One day I was walking to work and my umbrella flipped inside out. I was wet, discouraged, and angry. I threw the umbrella in the trash can. I checked the tag. It was made with polyester yarn. The wheels started turning. I realized that I didn't know who made any umbrella, let alone an eco-friendly umbrella.” That's when the idea came for an umbrella made from ocean-bound plastic. “I ran around telling everybody I knew about this idea. And then, I realized that I had to buckle down and do some research. One of the biggest hurdles was finding someone who could make it ethically. “I vetted multiple companies before I made my decision.” The problem The world produces 380 million tons of plastic every year. Much of that is for single-use. But what about recycling? Much of the plastic that is gathered for recycling is sent to countries with weak environmental laws and poor waste management systems. According to Deirdre Horan of Dri, over 17 billion pounds of plastic flows into the ocean every year. That's more than one garbage truck per minute. In many of these low-income countries, waste pickers will pick up ocean-bound plastic and bring it to recycling centers. That plastic is pelletized and can be spun into yarn and polyester. The solution Dri umbrellas are created from upcycled ocean-bound plastic. The handles are made from fast-growing bamboo, and the shafts are stainless steel, which is recyclable. Learn More About Deirdre Horan and Dri Dri: https://dri.earth Dri on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dri_umbrellas Dri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DriUmbrellas Vice Documentary, Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic: https://youtu.be/D41rO7mL6zM IFundWomen: https://ifundwomen.com First Founders: https://firstfounders.org

In this episode, we get into the details of the global crisis of plastic pollution. I talk about the first mentions of the Great Pacific Garbage by Captain Charles Moore, and what it looked like to him as someone familiar with traveling on the ocean. I get into the numbers of how much plastic is being produced and where it is ending up - the numbers are going to surprise you!I talk about what happens to plastic in sunlight - yes, it breaks down, but into smaller bits of plastic. So, these microplastics are now ubiquitous in the environment. They are in animals, in water, in the air, and even in our bodies now! What will this mean for human health? I talk about the top ways to avoid consuming microplastics.Well, what about some hope? Yes, The New Plastics Economy initiative brings together stakeholders and innovators from all sectors to find a common vision for plastics, one where we reduce the plastics in use, where we innovate to recycle, reuse or compost the plastics that we do need, and where we circulate the plastics that we do use to keep them in the economy and out of the environment.Finally, I sort out the plastics terminology that can be confusing including. eco-plastics, biodegradable plastics, bio-plastics, and compostable plastics. Be careful! Some of these sound great but are far from it!Head over to the full show notes here.https://www.kristinahunterflourishing.com/blog/the-plastic-problem

Kate Nelson is a passionate and outspoken advocate of educating people to the ills and insidious nature of plastics in our environment and our bodies. Charlie and Kate touch on her journey into the world of activism and the many ways that plastics impact our lives. Her book 'I Quit Plastics' is a wonderful guide to navigating a world where plastics are everywhere but avoidable if one changes one's perspective and behaviours around plastic.  Episode Takeaways :  Currently living on 5 ac in an 1890s house | Climate awakening 2 years ago in an agricultural context | Grew up in Minnesota with much involvement in the lakes and water as a canoe camp leader | Environmental focus at college on philosophy and ethics | She volunteered for Jean - Michael Cousteau’s NFP and met oceanographer Dr. Andrea O’ Neill of USGS | Learning of the ingestion of micro plastics by marine life was shocking to Kate and set her on a path of advocacy | Initially very outspoken and was urgent to change the world! | Aggression and forcing people doesn't work | Contributed to the 'Save the Mermaids' campaign banning plastic shopping bags in California and helped influence government policy in California | Was the marketing director Tiki activewear in LA whom recycle plastic into activewear | Recycling is a many headed beast with greenwashing prevalent | Plastic is insidious and can be found everywhere, as ingredients in many products and as the packaging of many products | Plastic flakes and degrades into micro plastics, and it leaches into food and liquids it is packaged in | Plastic is also released with use - into the air, onto your food. It’s in clothing, in tyres...  | The average person eats a credit card worth of plastic a week | Plastic is very functional product hence why it’s everywhere | Plastic bonds are loose so the chemicals it is made up of are released into the environment | Temperature and age of plastics will determine how quickly it breaks down | Off gassing is the airborne release of a chemical, a chemical in vapor form which happens with new plastic | Plastic is attracted to fat - lipophilic, which can accelerate how quickly it leaches | Some plastics are estrogenic, the pseudo-estrogens in plastic tell our bodies we’re pregnant and this growth response is linked to obesity and autism | Other medical and epigenetic impacts are cancer and heart disease, man boobs, and genital changes | The recycling industry didn’t develop at the same rate as the Plastics industry which has created the huge plastics in the environment problem | The disposable nature of current plastics is reflective of our ever increasing need for external gratification… and products are poorly made | Kate’s mentors include -Dr. Andrea O'Neill, Captain Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Sea Bin CEO Pete Ceglinski, Senator Pete Whish-Wilson, Maria Westerbos founder of Plastic Soup Foundation and Helena Norberg-Hodge founder and director of Local Futures | Plastic ash is 30x more toxic than actual plastic | Kate hosts many retreats for plastic free supporters. Episode Links:  www.iquitplastics.com - Kate’s website Mercast podcast - Kate’s podcast  I Quit Plastics - Kate Nelson’s book https://www.boomerangalliance.org.au/ https://algalita.org/ https://plasticfreebyron.com/ Ocean Futures Foundation - Jean - Michael Costeau’s NFP Dr. Andrea O’ Neill - Oceanographer w/ USGS The Plastic Soup Foundation - The Plastic Soup Foundation studies plastics and its impact on the environment founded by Maria Westerbos Estrogeneration - book by Anthony Jay Captain Charles Moore - Oceanographer and boat captain  Pete Ceglinski - Sea Bin CEO   Senator Pete Whish-Wilson - the 'surfing senator' Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder and director of Local Futures and director of 2011 doco.  'The Economics of Happiness'

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.

On this episode of Building Local Power, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR's Waste to Wealth initiative, and Captain Charles Moore, author of Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans. Their conversation focuses on Moore's latest article, Mine Landfills Now!, which describes his vision for turning landfills into “resource recovery parks.” They also discuss: The benefits communities can gain from recognizing all waste is, according to Moore, “a resource waiting for recovery.” How Moore's scientific and political background informed his reaction to discovering the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the late 90s. Why a global grassroots political movement is needed to address climate change and plastic pollution and save the oceans. Moore's upcoming projects, including determining a methodology for measuring plastic in drinking water.   “The goal is to use technology to liberate mankind. It has that potential. There's no question that liberating technology is already in place and has helped millions of people. The question is ‘What about the billions that haven't been helped by it?' We can't ever lose sight of that.”   Contact Captain Charles Moore: captain-charles-moore.org cmoore@algalita.org Algalita Marine Research and Education   Related Resources Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans. Mine Landfills Now! Save the Albatross Coalition Urban Ore St. Vincent de Paul of Eugene, Oregon Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman Transcript Jess Del Fiacco: Hello, and welcome to Building Local Power, a podcast dedicated to thought-provoking conversations about how we can challenge corporate monopolies and expand the power of people to shape their own future. I'm Jess Del Fiacco, the host of Building Local Power and communications manager here at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. For 45 years, ILSR has worked to build thriving, equitable communities where power, wealth, and accountability remain in local hands. Jess Del Fiacco: Today I'm here with Neil Seldman, who's the director of ILSR's Waste to Wealth initiative, as well as Captain Charles Moore, who's the author of Plastic Ocean and a long-time zero-waste advocate. So welcome to the show, guys. Neil Seldman: Thank you. Charles Moore: Thank you. Jess Del Fiacco: Yeah. Neil, if you want to get us started? Neil Seldman: Yes. I will, and it's a pleasure to have Charles here. Known Charles for many years, and we both coordinate the Save the Albatross Coalition, which is a grassroots organization, and I'll just let people know that Charles has been a pioneer researcher. He's continuing his research through several research organizations, which we'll hear about, and he is an international leader, but he's also a national leader involved in all aspects of retaining plastic, protecting the oceans, and helping the country as well as the world get to zero waste. Neil Seldman: Having said that, I'd like to ask Charles to start us off by just indicating what led you to inquire about the garbage patches that you discovered now some 25 years ago. Charles Moore: Well, it was an accidental kind of discovery, although I hesitate to call it a discovery, because it was just a feeling of unease about seeing so much anthropogenic debris as far from human civilization as you can get. This Eastern North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is huge. It's probably the largest climatic feature on the planet, and I crossed it in 1997 during the largest El Niño on record, and it was very calm, and that allowed whatever trash was there to float to the surface, and I couldn't come on deck without seeing some form of human-made debris pass by the vessel, and that happened for a whole week. So as a self-described marine mammal, growing up here on the ocean in Long Beach, California,

Host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Neil Seldman and Captain Charles Moore, author of Plastic Ocean, to discuss Moore's his vision for turning landfills into "resource recovery parks."… Read More

Lover and friend of the ocean from an early age Raquelle set her heart on pursuing the conservation of the oceans and in particular protecting them from the plague of plastic pollution. From reading scientific papers late into the night and dreaming of working at sea she now has over 18,000 nautical miles of blue water sailing aboard the Oceanographic Research Vessel Alguita. On board she is First Mate and vessel coordinator second in charge to Captain Charles Moore, the discoverer of “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, back on shore at home, she has recently established a South Pacific Chapter of Algalita Marine Research & Education, Algalita South Pacific and works as the Program Director. With a background in environmental education and voyages into both the North and South Pacific Gyres, seeing the perils of plastic pollution first hand she combines these skills and experiences to deliver educational programs that are striving to shift the norm. Channels Website: https://algalita.org/south-pacific/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/algalitasouthpacific/Instagram: @algalitasouthpacific

Imagine you’re on a cruise ship enjoying the beautiful view of the majestic blue ocean until you see floating garbage of plastics and waste. Sucks right? Not only did it ruin your experience but also the ocean and the aquatic life in it. Sadly, there’s actually a huge plastic garbage out there in the ocean floating called the Great Pacific Patch. And this is continuously damaging ocean life since its discovery. Join me in this episode as we sail across the sea with Captain Charles Moore, as we talk about how he discovered the great pacific garbage patch and what is being done about it. He is the founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundations. He captains the foundation’s research vessel, the Alguita, documenting the great expanse of the plastic waste that currently litters our beautiful sea.   In this Episode, We Discuss: How Captain Moorer discovered the Great Pacific Patch Oxidation and the different kinds of degradation Why nature is not the key to human freedom The importance of cooperation   Connect with Captain Charles  Captain Charles Moore   Know more about the #fightforthebight campaign After several years of independent campaign work in Adelaide and with the communities surrounding the Great Australian Bight, a collection of local groups and environmental advocacy organisations came together to create the Great Australian Bight Alliance in January 2016.  The founding members of the Alliance included: Mirning Traditional Owners, Clean Bight Alliance Australia (West Coast SA), Oil Free Seas - Australia, Sea Shepherd Australia, Sea Shepherd Adelaide Chapter, Surfrider Foundation Australia, and The Wilderness Society South Australia. Since then, the Alliance has continued to grow.  Our vision for the Great Australian Bight is for a protected marine environment, where marine life is safe and healthy. Our unspoiled waters must be valued and celebrated. We cannot accept the risk of a catastrophic oil spill in our waters and along our coastline. Oil spills are irreversible. Together, we can save the Bight from these risks. You can learn more about their cause and how to become an ambassador here! ---   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

Marcus Eriksen, Co-founder & Research Director of 5 Gyres Institute (5gyres.org) leads an informative discussion on the ever-growing plastic trash problem that is having a detrimental impact on our seas, sea life, and planetary health. Eriksen's experience in the area of marine research is vast, as he has led multiple expeditions around the globe to specifically research plastic marine pollution. As a pioneer in this field of study, Eriksen's work, and subsequent discovery of plastic microbeads in the Great Lakes was so startlingly significant that it lead to the passage of the Microbead-free Waters Act of 2015. As a noted author on the subject and experienced researcher with a PhD in science education, Eriksen, and his wife Anna Cummins, launched the 5 Gyres Institute after completing an exhaustive 88-day trek from California to Hawaii on a raft built from 15,000 plastic bottles. The institute takes its name from the root word ‘gyre' that is defined as a large-scale system of surface currents in the ocean that are driven by the wind. The research director discusses his expeditions, the voyage with Captain Charles Moore (the oceanographer who discovered the sea trash accumulation zone), and the eureka moment when he realized that there were thousands of sea miles free for study. Eriksen's realization that the Arctic, the Antarctic, the Bay of Bengal, the Mediterranean Sea, and the equatorial waters were barely travelled and wide open for scientific research, spawned an idea. The idea was to embark upon major scientific expeditions to collect data and publish their findings on the sea plastic trash problem. After six years of study, their results were staggering. They concluded that there were an estimated 5.25 trillion bits of plastics floating in the oceans from a quarter of a million tons of trash.  The 5 Gyres co-founder details how cups, plastic bags, polystyrene, bottles and more are degraded into smaller bits by ocean currents, fish nibbling, and the sun's rays, and how these microsized bits are causing real damage to wildlife. Eriksen states that the ideal solution, other than simply not allowing any plastics to make it into the ocean altogether, would be to harness the trash plastics near coastlines, before they get out to sea. Eriksen gives an eye-opening introduction to the strategies needed to tackle this global problem successfully. Ultimately, he states, the real solution is to tighten up community and municipality recycling programs from city centers all the way down to the individual homeowner. Getting a handle on the recycling of plastics at the source, and ending the production of single-use plastics would help to prevent the sea plastic trash problem before it happens. Unfortunately, recycling programs currently aren't meeting the challenge. In regard to sea life health, toxins such as DDT, PCB, flame-retardants, etc. are being ingested. Thus sea life is ingesting chemical toxins from the volume of microplastics that exist within our oceans and the long-term effects to aquatic life, as well as human life, could be deleterious, but more study is needed. Eriksen's team believes that the current implementation of recycling plans and programs only scratches the surface of the greater need. Eriksen affirms that truly successful recycling strategy would suggest that every manufacturer of a plastic or disposable item have an ‘end of use' plan for their items. Ideas might include ‘buy back' plans such that manufacturers take back their product, and provide coupons for their receipt, that would then provide discounts for secondary purchases, and so forth. He'll discuss society's need to adopt stricter recycling strategies that put an end to carry out containers and usher in the concept of a ‘bring your own' carry out container way of life. Additionally, the science educator discusses other concepts that walk us away from our disposable culture habits, such as ‘heirloom culture,' which is the concept of buying things that might be more expensive but are built to last for years, perhaps decades.  To make a dent in the plastic and disposable trash problem, we must consider intelligent packaging, reduction of single-use, ending unnecessary plastic use, and rethink recycling and non-compostable waste strategies, etc.

In the summer of 1997 Captain Charles Moore was on his way home from a yacht race when he came upon a huge patch of floating rubbish in the Pacific Ocean. In 2013 he spoke to Lucy Burns about the discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and how it opened up a new chapter in research into ocean waste.Photo: Fishing nets and assorted garbage collected from the North Pacific Gyre (Credit: Environmental Images/Univers/REX/Shutterstock)

In the summer of 1997 Captain Charles Moore was on his way home from a yacht race when he came upon a huge patch of floating rubbish in the Pacific Ocean. In 2013 he spoke to Lucy Burns about the discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and how it opened up a new chapter in research into ocean waste. Photo: Fishing nets and assorted garbage collected from the North Pacific Gyre (Credit: Environmental Images/Univers/REX/Shutterstock)

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.

After learning about the devastating effects of plastic pollution on the environment and human health, Oakland accountant Beth began an experiment to see if she could live without buying any new plastic. Since then, she has reduced her plastic waste to less than 2% of the national average. That experiment turned into the popular blog MyPlasticFreeLife.com and new book Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. Her work and life have been profiled in the award-winning film Bag It, as well as Susan Freinkel's book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and Captain Charles Moore's Plastic Ocean. Listen in and learn: What motivated her to make such a drastic change in her life How long she has been able to maintain her life without plastic How her career as an accountant helped her in this path Some tips on how to adjust to a life without plastic Taking it step by step Storing items in the fridge and freezer Buying cheese without the plastic wraps How she removed all plastic packaging from her garden activities. Other tips we can use to “de-plastic” our gardens How she converted her blog into a guidebook for others to learn from What she included in her book, including why recycling is important but not the solution to the plastic problem and lots of shopping tips What we need in the world to help with the plastic problem Some important facts about the laws in effect on toxic chemicals in the U.S. Where to find a plastic audit worksheet As well as: Her TWO biggest successes – You won't believe the first one, and the second one is her proudest accomplishment What drives her And her one piece of advice for all the podcast listeners

Pro Journo reporter, Cherry Tsoi interviews Captain Charles Moore, marine environmental expert about how our oceans are becoming significant parts plastic as the world continues to pollute them.

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. 

Evolve! Nurturing the New in Consciousness, the Arts, and Culture with host Robin White Turtle Lysne, M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D.  This month meet Captain Charles Moore of the Agalita Foundation CAPTAIN CHARLES MOORE FOUNDER &? RESEARCH DIRECTOR Captain Charles Moore founded the Algalita Marine Research Institute in 1994 “to protect and restore the marine environment.” Captain Moore has become a world-renowned expert on the issue, as plastic debris should be seen as the No. 1 threat to the planet.  Moore won the 2014 Peter Benchley Ocean Awards “Hero of the Seas” award, among many others, and has been featured in major media forums including National Public Radio, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NBC, CBS, CNN, “The Late Show with David Letterman, The Colbert Report, ABC’s “Nightline” and “Good Morning America,” and The Wall Street Journal. Published in Marine Pollution Bulletin and Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society.  His book is Plastic Ocean. In June 2012, Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada, bestowed on Captain Moore a well-earned Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa.

Captain Charles (Charlie) Moore is author of Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans, Founder of the Algalita Marine Reseach Foundation and Captain of the Oceanographic Research Vessel Alguita.   On his return voyage, Captain Moore veered from the usual sea route and saw an ocean he had never known. "Every time I came on deck to survey the horizon, I saw a soap bottle, bottle cap or a shard of plastic waste bobbing by. Here I was in the middle of the ocean and there was nowhere I could go to avoid the plastic."   Captain Moore has dedicated his time and resources to understanding and remediating the ocean's plastic load. Along with collaborators from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project he developed protocols for monitoring marine and beach micro-plastics which are used worldwide.   Captain Moore has conducted ocean and coastal sampling for plastic fragments through more than 40,000 miles of the North Pacific Ocean, across 22 degrees of latitude and 70 degrees of longitude. His latest 10,000 mile voyage took him and his crew two-thirds of the way to Japan across the International Dateline. Captain Moore's work has been highlighted in major media outlets, including ABC's Nightline, Good Morning America, National Public Radio, and The Wall Street Journal.   His work has been published in multiple scientific journals and magazines. His book, Plastic Ocean, was published in October 2011. For more information visit: www.algalita.org

Beth Terry is the author of Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. She also writes the popular blog, My Plastic-Free Life, and is a founding member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Beth gives presentations on living plastic-free and why our personal changes do make a difference.  She spearheaded the successful Take Back the Filter Brita recycling campaign in 2008, and her life and work have been profiled in Susan Freinkel's book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, Captain Charles Moore's book, Plastic Ocean, and the award-winning film, Bag It. When she's not out fighting plastic pollution, she spends her time with her husband, and two rascally kitties in Oakland, CA. Listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast on iTunes. Connect with me: Website: brittbravo.com Speaking & workshop calendar: brittbravo.com/speaking Blog: havefundogood.blogspot.com Facebook: facebook.com/britt.bravo Twitter: @Bbravo Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala.  Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group.

Jana of the Jungle and co-host Todd Staley interview Peter Hammarstadt, the firstmate of Paul Watson on the television show “Whale Wars”. Also on the show Bill Macdonald of Macdonald Productions, Captain Charles Moore, founder of Agalita Marine Research Institute, and Jupp Kerkerinck, President of the Shark Research Institute. Topic discussed: the arrest of Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson in Germany for extradition into Costa Rica.

Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation reports on his September 2007 voyage across the Pacific Ocean through the Pacific Gyre and the changes he saw this year from years past.