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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
60.000 plastic bags Chris Jordan
Ston
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IronA
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Plas
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9000BC
Copper GlassAluminium
Polymers
Nano Bio
3000BC 1500BC
18861957
2001
1200BC
% of goods, rubbish & pollution
From the StoneAge to the PlasticAge
The 5 Plastic Gyres
North Atlantic
Gyre
South Atlantic
Gyre
IndianGyre
South Pacific Gyre
North Pacific Gyre
Coriolis Effect
F ilm 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
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#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
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