Fresh Snow
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Tonight we fly back to the Netherlands. The extreme weather conditions that we experienced in the United States were symbolic of my mood swings; the result of the interviews I recorded and the information I read. On the West Coast it ...
On the day that Obama became president
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I believe that we can solve the plastic problem. I believe we we can make this world a cleaner, better, safer place for ourselves and for our children. I believe we can achieve what today may seem impossible. “Now, there are some who ...
Sick of plastic
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »We were on the plane from Los Angeles to New York for over five hours. Time to go through the enormous pile of scientific articles that we got from Charles Moore. Piece by piece they describe the sickening effect that ...
Zolezzied
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Working on this project, I have the feeling of being on a roller-coaster; not only because of the great speed, but also the way in which each interview shakes me up. This morning, I talked to Anthony Zolezzi, and again, ...
Loser
Monday, January 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »One of the issues I grapple with most is how to approach the plastics industry in my book on the plastic soup. When I started this project, after having spoken to Rinus van den Berg of DSM for the first interview, ...
500 words
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »In July the international Earth Charter Day Academic Conference 2009 will take place in the Netherlands. I received an email from Charles Moore calling for abstracts for contributions to this conference. I thought it a great challenge: on paper precisely define ...
Plastic Mafia
Friday, January 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Yesterday was an important day here in Santa Monica. At least, it should have been. A vote should have taken place for a bill that would ban plastic bags in the city and allow people to pay for their paper ...
Road Trip
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »We rode from Santa Cruz to Santa Monica. Endlessly through the California landscape. Pump jacks, Harley Davidsons, long-haul semis, endless nut and orange orchards, garlic farms, ranches full of cattle, a whole lot of nothing, and endless rolling hills until ...
Back on Earth
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »It's all so incredible: while there's a sharp frost in the Netherlands, I am walking about in summery California in a little dress and flip-flops. As a result, everything starts looking brighter—even the problem of the plastic soup. But this afternoon, ...
Dream Team
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Sunday was a day without engagements--a day when we reflect on everything that had gone the week before, and all the people that we met. I realized that all the people I had met have never spoken to each other. Imagine ...