34: The Great Pacific Patch with Captain Charles J. Moore
Imagine you’re on a cruise ship enjoying the beautiful view of the majestic blue ocean until you see floating garbage of plastics and waste. Sucks right? Not only did it ruin your experience but also the ocean and the aquatic life in it.
Sadly, there’s actually a huge plastic garbage out there in the ocean floating called the Great Pacific Patch. And this is continuously damaging ocean life since its discovery.
Join me in this episode as we sail across the sea with Captain Charles Moore, as we talk about how he discovered the great pacific garbage patch and what is being done about it. He is the founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundations. He captains the foundation’s research vessel, the Alguita, documenting the great expanse of the plastic waste that currently litters our beautiful sea.
In this Episode, We Discuss:
How Captain Moorer discovered the Great Pacific Patch
Oxidation and the different kinds of degradation
Why nature is not the key to human freedom
The importance of cooperation
Connect with Captain Charles
Know more about the #fightforthebight campaign
After several years of independent campaign work in Adelaide and with the communities surrounding the Great Australian Bight, a collection of local groups and environmental advocacy organisations came together to create the Great Australian Bight Alliance in January 2016.
The founding members of the Alliance included: Mirning Traditional Owners, Clean Bight Alliance Australia (West Coast SA), Oil Free Seas - Australia, Sea Shepherd Australia, Sea Shepherd Adelaide Chapter, Surfrider Foundation Australia, and The Wilderness Society South Australia. Since then, the Alliance has continued to grow.
Our vision for the Great Australian Bight is for a protected marine environment, where marine life is safe and healthy. Our unspoiled waters must be valued and celebrated. We cannot accept the risk of a catastrophic oil spill in our waters and along our coastline. Oil spills are irreversible.
Together, we can save the Bight from these risks.
You can learn more about their cause and how to become an ambassador here!
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