Why the decline and rebirth of environmental journalism. It was scheduled to run as part of the oceans project, which is, by the way, worth checking out. Nov 10, 2009 lindsey hoshaw for the new york times plastic is the most common refuse in the patch because it is lightweight, durable and an omnipresent, disposable product in both advanced and developing. Afloat in the ocean, expanding islands of trash on the tide. Among other things, this panel took up the article panelist lindsey hoshaw wrote about the garbage patch for the new york times and some of the reaction to it including from panelist miriam. There were over 20,000 people who ran and close to 4,000 banditspeople who didnt register but jumped in anyway. You might find a journalism crowdfunding platform that meets your needs on this helpful list you will now be redirected to.
The garbage patch media event has already contributed to plastic bag bans. Report on the pacific garbage patch a toxic garbage soup over twice the size of texas sits in the pacific ocean, and ive been given an opportunity to write about it for the new york times. Lindsey hoshaw for the new york times plastic is the most common refuse in the patch because it is lightweight, durable and an omnipresent, disposable product in both advanced and developing. Thoughts on trash talk matters of varying insignificance. Lindsey hoshaw for the new york times plastic is the most common refuse in the patch because it is lightweight, durable and an omnipresent, disposable product in. Opinion one newspaper, many checkbooks the new york times. She was the only journalist on a scientific expedition led by charles moore, who discovered the patch 12 years ago. Her dream was to report and publish a story about the great pacific garbage patch, a swirl of marine litter, mostly plastic, estimated to be roughly two times the size of texas. The project had been receiving a lot of attention in the journalism sphere primarily because it was. Lindsey hoshaw kqed kqed public media for northern ca. Despite its size and density, the patch is not visible from satellite photography, since it consists primarily of suspended particulates in the upper water column. This was the problemnot that there was a garbage island or that the fragments were too tiny to bother cleaning up, it was the unpredictability. Nov 10, 2009 new york times reporter lindsey hoshaw filed a story this week from the socalled great pacific garbage patch in the north pacific gyre.
Captain charles moore, of all people, thinks such an effort would be futile source. Quest reporter amy standen talks with journalist lindsey hoshaw, who has recently returned from a trip to the pacific garbage patch, about. For many people, national geographic reported, the idea of a garbage patch conjures up images of an island of trash floating on the ocean. Lindsey hoshaw, a freelance journalist in palo alto, calif. This was the problemnot that there was a garbage island or that the fragments were. From persontoperson coaching and intensive handson seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, poynter helps journalists sharpen skills. Nov 10, 2009 today in the new york times science section youll find a piece written by lindsey hoshaw about the pacific garbage patch and an accompanying photo slide show. View lindsey hoshaws profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Great pacific garbage patch first affirmative leadership blog. However, while the plastic garbage project made its great tour, numerous organizations and initiatives have arisen and knowledge about the problem has increased. Did you catch the nyt piece on the garbage patch last week andor check out the accompanying slide show. At the bottom of this post are some photos, but i will warn you, some of them are disturbing. Last week the new york times published a story by freelance journalist lindsey hoshaw on a plastic garbage patch in the pacific ocean thats twice the size of texas.
Yes, the same garbage patch that contributing writer rebecca tolin wrote about when a group of scripps institution of oceanography researchers visited in the summer for the uninitiated, the garbage patch is a collection of floating. Great pacific garbage patch photos plastic pollution photos the daily green garbage in the. Plastic is the most common refuse in the patch because it is lightweight, durable and an omnipresent. Jan 14, 2011 the garbage patch media event has already contributed to plastic bag bans in san francisco and elsewhere, and has both led to and been reflected in the improbable spectacle of at least two different awarenessraising voyages in vessels constructed of castoff plastic water bottles, complete with a clownish battle over rights to the ships. Garbage patch cleanup, realistically howstuffworks. Oct 25, 2014 referencr to a new project, the biggest marine dump yard. Tempest in a garbage patch the last word on nothing.
Lindsey hoshaw in papeete tahiti on the eve of pacific. Gyres and garbage patches the plastic litter defacing the beaches of the world, alarming in hawaiian archipelagos for instance, led, only two decades. Yet in reality, the great pacific garbage patch is nearly invisible to the naked eye. The author of that article is lindsey hoshaw, a freelance journalist who spent three weeks this summer aboard the oceanographic research vessel alguita on an expidition led by captain charles moore to explore that great swatch of plastic in the sea. Lindsey hoshaw, a young journalist and former student of mine. A journalist raises money for her or his story on the spot. This week kqed, a northern california radio station and npr affiliate, published 25 photos from the garbage patchsome of them that i hadnt. The key stakeholders in the garbage patch story have been exploring the many dimensions of. From the article see what lurks in the great pacific garbage patch photos. As my second marathon and first one in boston it was an incredible experience. May 25, 2011 lindsey hoshaw light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of texas. May 25, 2011 the story was written by a freelance journalist lindsey hoshaw. Yes, the same garbage patch that contributing writer rebecca tolin wrote about when a group of scripps institution of oceanography researchers visited in the summer. Lindsey hoshaw for the new york times 1 silverman, j.
Us, writes about what researchers speculate might be. For decades, the oceans were an overlooked domain when it came to environmental awareness. The best way to stem the growth of the patch is to use less plastic and recycle it more often. Great pacific garbage patch, photo author lindsey hoshaw. Several hours after i published yesterdays post about lindsey hoshaw s crowdfunded story in the. May 17, 2011 the south pacific islands survey pop quiz. The story was written by a freelance journalist lindsey hoshaw. One should not miss lindsey hoshaws gruesomely fascinating article in tuesdays ny times, about the vast garbage islands in the pacific most of us had heard about these giant floating garbage collections, but somehow hoshaw has gone the needed distance to make us feel how impossibly and fantastically awful these land masses of refuse in the ocean really are.
In the end they didnt run it as the copy for their project went. The last word on nothing tempest in a garbage patch. Dec 09, 2009 captain moore joked, the garbage patch is like a box of chocolates, you never know what youre going to get. The environment for the robot swarm system is the worlds oceans, which are currently polluted with millions of tons of plastic particulates in large garbage patches. Nov 10, 2009 one should not miss lindsey hoshaws gruesomely fascinating article in tuesdays ny times, about the vast garbage islands in the pacific most of us had heard about these giant floating garbage collections, but somehow hoshaw has gone the needed distance to make us feel how impossibly and fantastically awful these land masses of refuse in the ocean really are. Under the surface, great pacific garbage patch, 2009, photo. These garbage patches not only degrade the quality of the ocean, but also result in the deaths of millions. It is located roughly from 5w to 155w and 35n to 42n.
Afloat in the ocean, expanding islands of trash by lindsey hoshaw aboard the alguita, 1,000 miles northeast of hawaii in this remote patch of the pacific ocean, hundreds of miles from any national boundary, the detritus of human life is collecting in a swirling current so large that it defies precise measurement. Lets talk about garbage namely, freelance journalist lindsey hoshaws project on the great pacific garbage patch and no, im not calling the project garbage, which culminated with the new york times publication of a story she wrote. New york times reporter lindsey hoshaw filed a story this week from the socalled great pacific garbage patch in the north pacific gyre. Great pacific garbage patch, photo author lindsey hoshaw flickr. When the mermaids cry gyres and garbage patches children. Lindsey hoshaw ux writer verily life sciences linkedin. Several hours after i published yesterdays post about lindsey hoshaws crowdfunded story in the. Researchers explore growing ocean garbage patches the. The grenadines, a sailors paradise sailing uma step 92 duration. Why is the worlds biggest landfill in the pacific ocean.
Us, writes about what researchers speculate might be the greatest problem associated with the garbage patch. Us and a community of over 100 people hadnt come together to fund her trip. Join facebook to connect with lindsey hoshaw and others you may know. While cleaning up the great pacific garbage patch would undoubtedly do wonders for the health of the oceans and their inhabitants, fisheries, ecosystems and food supplies, the logistics of such an undertaking would strain the resolve of the most aquaticminded individual. Us community members just a quick note about our reporter, lindsey hoshaw, and her progress reporting on the great pacific garbage patch. Garbage patch, photo author lindsey hoshaw by duncan kinney is. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. The patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the north pacific gyre. Her trip to examine the garbage patch was partially funded through spot. Journalist lindsey hoshaw said, light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, popsicle sticks, soda pop plastic bottles, water bottles and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade just in the pacific garbage patch and is now. Great pacific garbage patch, photo author lindsey hoshaw photo author, lindsey hoshaw. See more ideas about great pacific garbage patch, plastic pollution and ocean garbage patch. May 30, 2017 yet in reality, the great pacific garbage patch is nearly invisible to the naked eye.
The great pacific garbage patch holds over 700 million tons of trash. Us nov 22, 2011 by izea 10 comments when environmental journalist and recent stanford grad lindsey hoshaw had the chance to cover the great pacific garbage patch, a vast accumulation of garbage floating in the ocean, for the new york times, she knew the threeweek reporting trip would be worth it. Researchers explore growing ocean garbage patches the new. Lindsey hoshaw light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade. There is a common misconception that the trash is simply on the surface, but the facts are a bit more disturbing. The south pacific islands surveypop quiz scientific. Captain moore joked, the garbage patch is like a box of chocolates, you never know what youre going to get. Lindsey hoshaw, a young journalist and former student. The great pacific garbage patch, also described as the pacific trash vortex, is a gyre of marine debris particles in the northcentral pacific ocean.
Lindsey hoshaw is a freelance journalist based in boston who writes about technology and the environment. Oct 10, 2011 the great pacific garbage patch sounds like something out of a roald dahl or dr. Aboard the alguita, 1,000 miles northeast of hawaii in this remote patch of the pacific. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover lindseys. Lindsey hoshaw is an interactive producer for kqed science. National geographic perhaps best captures the real and imagined seascapes of the garbage patch. When environmental journalist and recent stanford grad lindsey hoshaw had the chance to cover the great pacific garbage patch, a vast accumulation of garbage floating in the ocean, for the new york times, she knew the threeweek reporting trip would be worth it. Jul 19, 2009 lindsey hoshaw, a freelance journalist in palo alto, calif. Reporter lindsey hoshaw recently returned from a trip to the pacific garbage patch.
Nov 11, 2009 several hours after i published yesterdays post about lindsey hoshaws crowdfunded story in the. I thought of the eastern pacific garbage patch, a large area of garbage floating in the pacific ocean. While cleaning up the great pacific garbage patch would undoubtedly do wonders for the health of the oceans and their inhabitants, fisheries, ecosystems and food supplies, the logistics of such an undertaking would. Quest reporter amy standen talked to lindsey about her trip to the patch and what she found there. Gyres and garbage patches the plastic litter defacing the beaches of the world, alarming in hawaiian archipelagos for instance, led, only two decades ago, a couple of private and public teams of en. Related in the article afloat in the ocean, expanding islands of trash, freelance journalist lindsey hoshaw, whose travels and reporting for this story were partially funded by readers of spot. A nightmare at sea it comprises the plastic flotsam collected from the beach cleaning operations in the north sea, hawaii, the baltic sea and the rest of the world. While large patches of plastic exist, much of it is small and suspended. This video is a very well produced mockumentary which follows the journey of a plastic bag from a california city to the ocean with its final destination of the great pacific garbage patch. A journey to the the great pacific garbage patch motley. The collection of plastic and floating trash originates from the pacific rim, including countries in asia, north america, and south america. These garbage patches not only degrade the quality of the ocean, but also result in the deaths of millions of oceanic.
Nov 16, 2009 last week the new york times published a story by freelance journalist lindsey hoshaw on a plastic garbage patch in the pacific ocean thats twice the size of texas. Us, a san franciscobased website to crowdfund journalism. A few weeks ago globalpost asked me to write up an eye witness account of the garbage patch. Aboard the alguita, 1,000 miles northeast of hawaii in this remote patch of the pacific ocean, hundreds.
November 10, 2009 afloat in the ocean, expanding islands. The severity of sea plastic garbage issue can be seen in this pile of waste. Today in the new york times science section youll find a piece written by lindsey hoshaw about the pacific garbage patch and an accompanying photo slide show. Her work has appeared in the new york times, the boston globe and scientific american. Extinction, it seemed, was something that happened on land and pollution, primarily anyway, was a fate for air, lakes and rivers. A 2009 new york times article described it as light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of texas. The great pacific garbage patch sounds like something out of a roald dahl or dr.
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