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What I’ve learned sailing across
the Atlantic Ocean
www.caterinafalleni.com | June 5th, 2015 - NEXT, Genova
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In the last 8 years I’ve been living in > 5 countries > 8 cities > 14 houses > x flatmates…
Working with clients as
Passing by
A little bit about me…
I <3 sailing
My last adventure:
Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean,
to make the unseen seen
Every year we produce
300MILLION TONS OF PLASTICS
How to survive the plastic age
60.000 plastic bags Chris Jordan
StoneAge
BronzeAge
IronAge
PlasticAge
9000BC
Copper Glass
Aluminium
Polymers
Nano
Bio
3000BC 1500BC
1886
1957
2001
1200BC
% of goods, rubbish & pollution
From the StoneAge to the PlasticAge
The 5 Plastic Gyres
North
Atlantic
Gyre
South
Atlantic
Gyre
Indian
Gyre
South
Pacific
Gyre
North
Pacific
Gyre
Coriolis Effect
Film maker
from Canada
Ecotoxicologist
from USA
Skipper and
environmentalist
from UK
Scientist & Biologist
from UK
Physchologist
from Ireland
Environmentalist
from Norway
Doctor & Scientist
from Canada
Artist
from Spain/UK
Sailor &
Photographer
from California
Gallery
Curator
from UK
Skipper &
Environmentalist
from UK
Designer & Sailor
from Italy
Policy Maker
from Denmark/Portugal
Engineer &
Scientist
from USA
Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean
Every day we were fishing plastics
Just because you can’t see it,
doesn’t mean it isn’t there..
Microplastics are dangerous unseen toxics in the ocean
Midway Atoll, (image: Chris Jordan)
Rainbow runner, 17 fragments of plastic. North Pacific Gyre - Algalita
What we are doing and
what can we all do together?
#1 RESEARCH OCEAN MISSION
& CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD OCEAN MAPPING
*
#2 OCEAN AND SEA CLEAN-UPS DAYS AND EVENTS
#3 PUSH LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS
#4 WORK WITH BIOPLASTICS COMPANIES > BIO-ON
#5 INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE IN TAKING ACTION
How to survive the plastic age

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