The 5 Gyre Expedition
If this video doesn’t make you sick (or make you cry) then you might want to check your pulse. Our plasticized world needs to be cleaned up–now.
Start by checking the Surfrider Foundation’s website under the section about how we (and future generations) are to go about the solution to… Read the rest
We’ve shared some pretty fascinating (and equally devastating) information about the 5 Gyres over the past few months thanks to Stiv Wilson’s posts during his time in the North Atlantic while on the 5 Gyres Expedition. If you’re interested in following up on what the 5 Gyres Project is doing… Read the rest
The documentary film “Tapped” is a glaring indictment of the bottled water industry. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig this expansive look into the commercial acquisition, production and distribution of the Earth’s most precious natural resource, fresh drinking water, is a horrifying tale of abuse and corruption. The story spans the socio-political… Read the rest
I’m finally back on Terra Firma, and it’s much easier to share some of the media I shot/recorded from my 3,000 nautical mile expedition to study marine debris in the North Atlantic Gyre. Pictured above is full bag of plastic garbage collected about 300 miles SE of Bermuda, one of… Read the rest
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
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Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
Enroute to the Epicenter
I’m back on land in Bermuda after the Sea Dragon successfully dodged a nasty low pressure system that hit us late Sunday night. I’m currently holed up in a tavern in Bermuda poaching some Wi-Fi and I thought I’d share some photos from the trip. So far, the science goals… Read the rest
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
This is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite.… Read the rest
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
Discovery: The Atlantic Garbage
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
A few days ago,
