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Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807061725)
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xAn exciting account of a scientist's expedition across the Pacific on a home-made "junk raft" in order to learn more about plastic marine pollution
A scientist, activist, and inveterate adventurer, Eriksen and his co-navigator, Joel Paschal, construct a "junk raft" made of plastic trash and set themselves adrift from Los Angeles to Hawaii, with no motor or support vessel, confronting perilous cyclones, food shortages, and a fast decaying raft. As Eriksen recounts his struggles to keep afloat, he immerses readers in the deep history of the plastic pollution crisis and the movement that has arisen to combat it. The proliferation of cheap plastic products during the twentieth century has left the world awash in trash. Meanwhile, the plastics industry, with its lobbying muscle, fights tooth and nail against any changes that would affect its lucrative status quo, instead defending poorly designed products and deflecting responsibility for the harm they cause. But, as Eriksen shows, the tide is turning in the battle to save the world's oceans. He recounts the successful efforts that he and many other activists are waging to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers be held accountable. Junk Raft provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message: it's within our power to change the throw-away culture for the sake of our planet.
Author: Marcus Eriksen
ISBN-10: 0807061727
ISBN-13: 9780807061725
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2018
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
A scientist, activist, and inveterate adventurer, Eriksen and his co-navigator, Joel Paschal, construct a "junk raft" made of plastic trash and set themselves adrift from Los Angeles to Hawaii, with no motor or support vessel, confronting perilous cyclones, food shortages, and a fast decaying raft. As Eriksen recounts his struggles to keep afloat, he immerses readers in the deep history of the plastic pollution crisis and the movement that has arisen to combat it. The proliferation of cheap plastic products during the twentieth century has left the world awash in trash. Meanwhile, the plastics industry, with its lobbying muscle, fights tooth and nail against any changes that would affect its lucrative status quo, instead defending poorly designed products and deflecting responsibility for the harm they cause. But, as Eriksen shows, the tide is turning in the battle to save the world's oceans. He recounts the successful efforts that he and many other activists are waging to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers be held accountable. Junk Raft provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message: it's within our power to change the throw-away culture for the sake of our planet.
Author: Marcus Eriksen
ISBN-10: 0807061727
ISBN-13: 9780807061725
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2018
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
By Marcus Eriksen
xMarcus Eriksen is the cofounder and director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, with firsthand experience from more than twenty ocean-crossing expeditions, and he has written and published research on the impact of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. He is the author of Junk Raft and My River Home: A Journey from the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico.
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