Helen Caldicott, M.D., pediatrician and internationally recognized author and lecturer, hosts a weekly, one-hour radio program titled If You Love This Planet.
Produced by Scott Powell, Amanda Bellerby and Jasmin Williams. Edited by Jasmin Williams
www.ifyoulovethisplanet.org
In this fascinating episode Dr Helen Caldicott speaks with Captain Charles Moore, founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation in 1994. In 1995 he launched his purpose designed, aluminum hulled research vessel, Alguita, in Hobart, Tasmania.
On his return voyage from a yacht race in 1997, Captain Moore veered from the usual sea route and saw an ocean he had never known. "There were shampoo caps and soap bottles and plastic bags and fishing floats as far as I could see. Here I was in the middle of the ocean, and there was nowhere I could go to avoid the plastic." Ever since discovering this enormous plastic oceanic gyre the size of Africa, Captain Moore has dedicated his time and resources to understanding and remediating the ocean's plastic load.
