“Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

— Margaret Mead, Cultural Anthropoligist

 “It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.”

 —Dalai Lama, Spiritual Leader of Tibet

At 16 years of age, Boyan Slat saw more plastic bags than fish when scuba diving in Greece. He thought: “Why can’t we just clean this up?” This question led him to research the plastic pollution problem for a school project. He learned about plastic accumulating in five large oceanic gyres, the largest one being th...

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