Sep 28, 2012
The Mid-Autumn Festival this Sunday is one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar and traditionally, family and friends would gather in the evening to celebrate by eating festive fruits and mooncakes. In Hong Kong a lot of people head to Victoria Park...
Sep 13, 2012
A fun day with Captain Moore in HK yesterday. Our first stop was the RTHK radio 3 interview which went really well. Lots of discussion on the garbage patch and how plastics effects us all. The recent plastic pellet spill was also on the agenda. There was only one...
Sep 11, 2012
And so it begins … Captain Moore cleared customs at 1830 today and was at his first speaking engagement 40 minutes later. He was the guest speaker at the International Coastal Cleanup Challenge team briefing where he talked of the relationship between plastics...
Sep 6, 2012
I had the pleasure of meeting Captain Charles Moore whilst in Tokyo prior to the Algalita/5Gyres Tsunami Debris Research Expedition. He was speaking at the TUAT (Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology) Plastic Symposium which I attended. Upon hearing about...
Sep 3, 2012
Now that school has started again, everyone has come back to Hong Kong and to their usual routines. The plastic pellet disaster is more under control and I am able to do some normal things too like see friends again. The first question I am often asked is ‘How...
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