Green Options » Austrailia http://greenoptions.com/tag/austrailia Posts tagged 'Austrailia' Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:17:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Boat Made of 16,000 Plastic Bottles to Sail from Cali to Australia http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/22/boat-made-of-16000-plastic-bottles-to-sail-from-calif-to-austraila/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/22/boat-made-of-16000-plastic-bottles-to-sail-from-calif-to-austraila/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:17:12 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/22/boat-made-of-16000-plastic-bottles-to-sail-from-calif-to-austraila/

British environmentalist David de Rothschild, author of Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook, met with the San Francisco Conservation Corps on Wednesday to talk about “Plastiki,” a 60-foot catamaran made from recycled plastic (except for the masts), which he’ll use to sail from San Francisco to Australia: an 11,000 mile voyage!

The boat is made up of about 16,000 plastic bottles and is an “effort to raise awareness of the recycling of plastic bottles, which he says are a symbol of global waste.” says Rothschild. Skin-like panels made from recycled PET, a woven plastic fabric, will cover the hulls and a watertight cabin, which sleeps four. Only about 10 percent of the Plastiki will be made from new materials.

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