The Plastiki Expedition: The Journey of David de Rothschild and Crew
The day has finally arrived. After years of thought and countless hours of hard work and designing, David de Rothschild’s “Plastiki” is scheduled to begin its remarkable journey today across the Pacific Ocean. This expedition of about 12,000 nautical miles, an impressive distance in itself, will all be done on an environmentally friendly sailboat made completely of plastic bottles and other recycled materials.
David de Rothschild hopes this journey will be an experience that will open the world’s eyes to new, environmentally friendly ways of thinking. One of his goals is to bring attention to what’s known as The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an accidental underwater collection of pollution located between San Francisco and Hawaii. About the size of Texas, this floating mess contains approximately 3.5 million tons of mostly plastic trash that does not biodegrade.
“It is our aim to captivate, inspire and activate tomorrow’s environmental thinkers and doers to take positive action for our Planet and to be smart with waste, ultimately we hope to inspire people to rethink waste as a valuable resource,” says de Rothschild.
Rothschild and his crew of six men are expected to set sail today from Pier 31 in San Francisco. They’ll make a stop in Honolulu, Hawaii and six additional ports before they reach their final destination in Sydney, Australia. To learn more about this journey visit The Plasitiki Expedition 2009.
Update: The Plastiki launch has been delayed until later this summer due to what de Rothschild calls ‘teething pains’. He was hoping to launch on April 28th, exactly 62 years after Kon-Tiki Captain Thor Heyerdahl set out on his epic sail across the Pacific.
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