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David de Rothschild Reflects on Plastiki

Posted Wed, Dec 15, 2010 by Emily Fisher to adventure, david de rothschild, great pacific garbage patch, kontiki, pacific gyre, plastic in the oceans, plastic pollution, plastiki, sailing

Last night a few of us here in New York attended the ninth annual Green Drinks NYC Holiday Party. We chatted with some passionate conservationists at the Oceana booth, and were treated to a presentation by special guest speaker, David de Rothschild.

As you probably know, earlier this year, de Rothschild sailed from San Francisco, California to Sydney, Australia, on the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles. He spoke to the crowd about the voyage and reflected on the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans.