North Pacific Gyre
A Message from Chris Jordan from Midway on Vimeo.
Photographer Chris Jordan produces some striking pieces that force us to think about how our mass consumption lifestyles affect the world that we live in.
Next month Jordan and a team of artists will be heading to Midway Island to document… Read the rest
Captain Charles Moore discovered the eco-horror that is The North Pacific Gyre, and founded an NGO, to combat the problem, Alagalita. One of his operatives, Anna Cummins, who wrote the piece for us, kept up the outreache through Junkride. It looks like I’m going to sail with Anna to The… Read the rest
Recently, Algalita Marine Research Foundation’s Anna Cummins (and author of “Sailing the Synthetic Sea” in the winter issue of Wend) was in Portland giving presentations on the problem of plastics in our oceans. As part of the JUNKRaft project, Anna and Dr. Marcus Eriksen, have been riding the country hoping… Read the rest
