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

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% of goods, rubbish & pollution

From the StoneAge to the PlasticAge

The 5 Plastic Gyres

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South Atlantic

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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