Mr Marcus McGowan MSc PgDip BA (Hons)

This Business Education Learning Blog is aimed primarily at Higher Business Management students/teachers and ICT students/teachers.

The aim of this blog is to provide you with interesting articles, news, trivia as well as resources or links to materials which will help in your course of study.

I am a Teacher of Business Education and I have written for Education Scotland and BBC Bitesize.

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Sunday 21 March 2010

From San Francisco to Sydney... by bottle boat!

A catamaran is sailing from San Francisco to Sydney in order to raise global awareness about pollution and recycling.

Plastiki was made from 12,500 bottles and set off today on its epic 20,000km voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

It is estimated that trash kills 1 million birds and 100,000 sea mammals each year.

Plastiki will traverse a part of the Pacific called "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch", which I admit I have never heard of. It is twice the size of Texas.

The 6 person ship is the brainchild of British heir David de Rothschild, and will take 3 months to complete.

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