Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Nearing fiji tracking the plastikis epic ocean journey. I sent an email to my friends and family and announced. From the expedition photos videos original website my plastiki pledge to reduce your plastic footprint. Sailing across the ocean on a ship made of plastic bottles. This elitebook will be used to run most of our onboard systems and not. The craft was built using cradle to cradle design philosophies and features many renewable energy systems, including. David is leading a new generation of actionoriented change makers and reigniting a collective spirit of hope that the fate of our planet can be rewritten. The plastiki is a 60foot 18 m catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled pet plastic and waste products. David discusses his companion book to the live earth concerts. An adventure to save our oceans, his memoir of the project from beginning to end.
If youre in new york why not come down to paragon sports on broadway and 18th to meet david and get a signed plastiki book. Phil buck, who as an 11yearold in 1974 had read heyerdahls book. Heyerdahl was determined to prove that precolumbian south americans had. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Across the pacific on plastic, an adventure to save our oceans, documents the 8,000mile journey in all its harebrained idealism. The voyage of the plastiki environment the guardian. The boat tracking the plastikis epic ocean journey. This was an outstanding book and it gave the details of davids journey that made you feel as if you were along on his very courageous adventure. Plastiki book captures boats epic ocean journey photos. Tracking the plastikis epic ocean journey cbs news.
The plastiki successfully completed its journey to sydney on 26 july 2010. The plastiki is a oneofakind 60foot catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and using many renewable energy systems. We wrote about the trip from san fran to sydney in a boat made from thousands of plastic bottles. The plastiki is the latest project of british environmentalist and polar. Across the pacific on plastic and millions of other books are available. Spontaneously envisioned to save our oceans from plastic pollution created by a now global society of waste, the. Fans of the plastiki expedition can read all about the project at. Plastiki book signing david in nyc 22nd april april th, 2011, posted by shore crew tags.
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