Kaisei “Ocean Planet”
Project Kaisei scientists collect plastic debris samples in the Northern Gyre
Our problems are manmade—therefore, they can be solved by man.
And man can be as big as he wants.
No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
– Commencement Address
American University
– June 10, 1963
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Project Kaisei
is the ocean clean-up initiative of
Ocean Voyages Institute
a non-profit organization
based in
San Francisco
Solving a problem starts with knowing that you have one.
Project Kaisei vividly shows how discarded plastics are clogging the ocean,
causing a major problem for the planet’s vital “blue heart”,
entangling marine life and insidiously killing as it accumulates in the food chain,
from tiny plankton to great whales.
Best of all, the mission highlights hope with ideas for positive action
Sylvia Earle, National Geographic
First time in the history of the world that things floating in the ocean are not food – plastic particles provide no nutrition AND a toxic coating
” entangling marine life and insidiously killing as it accumulates in the food chain”