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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…
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I <3 sailing
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My last adventure:Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean,to make the unseen seen
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Every year we produce 300MILLION TONS OF PLASTICS
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60.000 plastic bags Chris Jordan
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% of goods, rubbish & pollution
From the StoneAge to the PlasticAge
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The 5 Plastic Gyres
North Atlantic
Gyre
South Atlantic
Gyre
IndianGyre
South Pacific Gyre
North Pacific Gyre
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Coriolis Effect
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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
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Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean
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Every day we were fishing plastics
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Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there..
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Microplastics are dangerous unseen toxics in the ocean
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Midway Atoll, (image: Chris Jordan)
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Rainbow runner, 17 fragments of plastic. North Pacific Gyre - Algalita
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What we are doing and what can we all do together?
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#1 RESEARCH OCEAN MISSION& CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD OCEAN MAPPING
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#2 OCEAN AND SEA CLEAN-UPS DAYS AND EVENTS
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#3 PUSH LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS
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#4 WORK WITH BIOPLASTICS COMPANIES > BIO-ON
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#5 INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE IN TAKING ACTION
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