Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The plastiki successfully completed its journey to sydney on 26 july 2010. 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. Across the pacific on plastic and millions of other books are available. This elitebook will be used to run most of our onboard systems and not. The alchemist author paulo coelho reveals he and kobe bryant were working on a childrens book before. Sailed a boat, the plastiki, made entirely of recycled plastic bottles and.
From the expedition photos videos original website my plastiki pledge to reduce your plastic footprint. Meet the remaining heirs of the legendary rothschild dynasty. 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. An adventure to save our oceans, his memoir of the project from beginning to end. The craft was built using cradle to cradle design philosophies and features many renewable energy systems, including. Alarmed by the devastating impact of plastic pollution in the ocean, the ecoadventurer built the plastiki, a boat. The plastiki is a oneofakind 60foot catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and using many renewable energy systems. David discusses his companion book to the live earth concerts. Across the pacific on plastic, an adventure to save our oceans, documents the 8,000mile journey in all its harebrained idealism. I sent an email to my friends and family and announced. Tracking the plastikis epic ocean journey cbs news.
The plastiki is the latest project of british environmentalist and polar. 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. We wrote about the trip from san fran to sydney in a boat made from thousands of plastic bottles. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The voyage of the plastiki environment the guardian. Plastiki book captures boats epic ocean journey photos. Fans of the plastiki expedition can read all about the project at. Phil buck, who as an 11yearold in 1974 had read heyerdahls book. If you havent heard the name yet, plastiki is a vessel and an adventure.
Heyerdahl was determined to prove that precolumbian south americans had. Plastiki book hennepin county library bibliocommons. Plastiki book signing david in nyc 22nd april april th, 2011, posted by shore crew tags. Sailing across the ocean on a ship made of plastic bottles.
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