by Anika Ballent | Aug 30, 2019 | Insight
A young journalist, Anoushka Gupta, who writes for Los Angeles Time High School Insider, attended Algalita’s recent 3-day event: the Youth Innovation Forum on Plastic Pollution. Her account of the event reveals a unique perspective of the Forum: “Algalita,...
by Katie Allen | Aug 14, 2019 | Insight
An interview conducted by Made out of WHAT – an organization supporting a global movement towards a trash-free world through art and design. Every so often, one gets the chance to meet people that touch your heart and mind like Captain Charles Moore – the ocean...
by Katie Allen | Jul 9, 2019 | Insight
See how Algalita youth are accelerating the transition towards a world where plastic pollution is unthinkable. ← Previous Next → TAKEACTION Help us build our community by donating or sharing our resources with a teacher, young person or family member....
by Katie Allen | May 1, 2019 | Insight
Algalita Founder Captain Charles Moore, the man known for sparking “The Great Plastics Awakening” 20 years ago, strengthens the case for revolutionary change in a recent article published in the official journal of the Chinese Society of Oceanography: Acta...
by Katie Allen | Nov 27, 2018 | Insight
They’re all ways humans are ingesting microplastics It was just two decades ago that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast circulating accumulation of plastic debris in the North Pacific, was discovered by accident. Since then, plastic pollution has been found to be...
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Insight
By now, many people know that the ocean is filled with plastic debris. A recent study estimates that the amount of plastic waste that washes off land into the ocean each year is approximately 8 million metric tons. Jenna Jambeck, the study’s lead author, helps us...
