Plastiki: Across the Pacific on Plastic: An Adventure to Save Our Oceans - Rilegato

Rothschild, David De

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ISBN 10: 1452100020 ISBN 13: 9781452100029

Casa editrice: Chronicle Books Llc, 2011

Riassunto

Explorer, global green leader, and eco-TV host David de Rothschild recounts the extraordinary journey of the Plastiki, an innovative and mostly untested sixty-foot catamaran that floats on 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles. It was a voyage that took de Rothschild and a five-person crew 10,000 miles from the U.S. to Australia, sailing through rarely traveled, dangerous waters, risking their lives to call attention to our fragile oceans. Their exploration included urgent study of ocean pollution, island nations threatened by rising seas, damaged coral reefs, and the acidifying ocean itselfand their discoveries are a call to action. Packed with exciting narrative, images, maps, journal entries, plans, and sketches, this is the only firsthand account of what may be the most important adventure of our time.

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Informazioni sull?autore

David de Rothschild is the founder of Adventure Ecology, an organization that harnesses the power of dreams and adventures to urge us to move toward a smarter and more sustainable way of living. In 2006, de Rothschild spent over 100 days crossing the Arctic, becoming the youngest British person to reach both geographical poles. He has been named a National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and a UN Environment Programme Climate Hero. He lives in Los Angeles.

Dalla quarta di copertina

A ripping good adventure tale set on the high seas, Plastiki captures the inventing, building, and sailing of the Plastiki boat across the Pacific by explorer, green leader, and eco-TV-host David de Rothschild. The Plastiki is a one-of-a-kind 60-foot catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and using many renewable energy systems. In March 2010, the sailing vessel set off from San Francisco with a six-person crew to survey the Eastern Garbage Patch, soon-to-be-flooded island nations, damaged and bleached coral reefs, and the acidifying ocean itself. The expedition plans to make landfall in Sydney, Australia this July. Back on land, the author will commence a global speaking tour to recount their findings. National Geographic is documenting the entire voyage and will release their documentary in tbd 2011.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Chronicle Books Llc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1452100020
• ISBN 13: 9781452100029
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 239
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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