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In 2008, two sailors drifted across the N. Pacific to Hawaii on a raft made from 15,000 plastic bottles tied in old fishing nets stuffed under a Cessna 310 Aircraft.  They called it JUNK, and the purpose of the 88 day, 2600 mile voyage was to build awareness and help build a movement to save our seas from plastic pollution. 
 

A grassroots movement has now emerged and is aligned into massive global coalitions demanding the same things: better waste management and corporate responsibility to make smarter products and packaging.   We do not accept plastic pollution in our oceans, across our land, or piled up in impoverished communities.

 

But there's a great divide between how industry sees the future and what the movement demands.  This book is not only a story of adventure, but a vision of how we bridge that divide.  It's a story about how we save our seas, and ourselves. 

Order your copy of JUNK RAFT today!

Beacon Press is offering a 20% discount and free standard shipping on this book through www.beacon.org

Use code leaplab to receive the discount, plus 10% of all sales using this code will go to support our work!

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THE BOOK

THE FILM

COMING SOON!  We anticipate having this 20 minute documentary finished by Fall 2017.  Edited and directed by Chris Jones, the film follows the journey and the back story that led to it.  Marcus Eriksen,  and Co-navigator Joel Paschal and project leader Anna Cummins, demonstrate the necessity of citizens to rise to the challenges before us to save our seas and ourselves. 

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 TO SEE THE TRAILER! 

 

VIDEOS

JUNKRAFT Sets Sail
Plastic Sushi, Anyone?
JUNK sails from Long Beach to Hawaii
JUNK RAFT: Plastic in our ocean
JUNK RAFT: Solutions
JUNK RAFT: Day 17 at 1.5 knots
The Making of Anthropocene
JUNKRAFT at Burning Man
 JUNK RAFT: Joel shows how we sail the JUNK
JUNK RAFT: Entropy
Meeting Roz Savage
JUNK RAFT: 999 miles to go
JUNK RAFT: Plastic and Worm
A raft made of 15,000 plastic bottles?
Building Junk
Launch Day
Week 1 - That sinking feeling
Week 2 - Coast Guard
Week 3 - Guadalupe Island
Week 4 - Frankensail
Week 5 - Dead calm
Week 6 - Hurricane
Week 7 - Marcus trawling for plastic
Week 8 - Entropy
Week 9 - Riding The Gyre
Week 10 - Rainbow Runner
Week 11 - Squid Attack
Week 12 - Roz Savage
Week 13 - Junk arrival!
Junk on Capitol Steps
Future of JUNKraft

JUNKraft TIMELINE

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One
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Future
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