On the 28th of January 2017 at the beach of Lamu, we launched the building phase of the FlipFlopi Project. The world’s first Dhow made entirely from "already used" plastic waste that we’ve collected from the beaches and towns of Kenya.
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I’m in Lamu for the launch of building phase of The FlipFlopi project. The symbolic moment that the "idea" of building a boat entirely from recycled beach waste, has turned into an actual "thing". I got here this afternoon and decided to go on a run down the beach to see what I could find.
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How we are turning Kenyan beach plastic into an expedition vessel ready to sail to Cape Town.
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Over the last four weeks when I had the privilege to stay on the beautiful Lamu Island, I learned that the word “paper bag” has exactly the same meaning as “plastic bag” for the local people. The magnitude of a plastic awareness campaign starts to sink in…
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On Friday morning we had the great pleasure to host Jane Davis, who is a Scientific Exploration Society council member, and also a good friend of one of our advisors – [John Blashford Snell][0]. Jane was born and educated in Kenya, and has lots of experience working with plastics, so naturally she was very interested to learn more about The FlipFlopi Project.
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Meet Ryan, a seven-year-old Youth Ambassador for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California in the USA. In 2012, upon learning of the devastating impact that plastic waste has on the environment, Ryan, with the support of his dad, started Ryan’s recycling company.
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Ashwath Hegde founded EnviGreen with the idea to make plastic-like substances that would be: “100 percent organic, biodegradable, and eco-friendly.” By using a combination of natural starch and vegetable oils to make a bag that looks and feels just like plastic but with none of the negative environmental impacts of a plastic vessel.
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A Plastic Ocean is due to be released in January 2017. In this adventure documentary journalist Craig Leeson travels around the globe to uncover alarming truths about plastic pollution, and reveal working solutions that can be put into immediate effect.
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Almost 90% of everything we buy becomes waste within six weeks of purchase! However, some innovative energy companies in Japan and Europe have found a solution to this, by taking this waste and using it to generate power! A 1,000 ton per day waste-to-energy plant can produce enough electricity for 15,000 households. This means that each ton of waste can power a household for a month!
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Regeneration Environmental Services LTD Kenya (RES) is an innovative and revolutionary company making construction materials from recycled plastics. Their mission is to regenerate waste into high quality eco-constructed products, creating environment enhancing solutions and improving lives. They are partnering with the [FlipFlopi team][1] to recycle waste plastics
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Academy Award-winning actor and environmental activist, Leonardo DiCaprio, teamed up with Academy award winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens to create this riveting account of the dramatic changes occurring around the world due to climate change, in the new documentary “Before the Flood”.
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During the Lamu Cultural Festival (11/12/13th November), a festival which celebrates both the past and the future of the traditions at the heart of the Lamu community, the ground-breaking FlipFlopi Expedition project was launched.
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