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BBC Report on Microplastics
A recent BBC report has highlighted the issue of micro plastics from washing clothes entering the environment and potentially the food chain: Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned. Researchers traced the “microplastic” back to synthetic clothes, which released up to 1,900 tiny fibres per garment every time they were washed. Earlier research showed plastic smaller than 1mm were being Read More
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World Record Breaking Ocean Rower Roz Savage joins us as a patron
We are really please to announce that Roz Savage has become our latest patron. Roz is the first person in the world to have rowed across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and is well placed to speak on our behalf about plastic pollution in our oceans. Go to our patron’s page to read why she wants to be a patron.
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Double page article in Bristol Evening Post
The launch of the new promo film in Bristol was a great opportunity to raise a bit of publicity in the local area. Jo did an in-depth interview with the local newspaper the Bristol Evening Post. The full article can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking here
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Tanya talks on Radio Bristol
Tanya gave an in depth interview on BBC Radio Bristol last week.
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Launch of Promo Film
Last week saw the launch of our promo film at Films@59 in Bristol. Martin Elsbury, Craig and the team at Films worked hard to get it all finished in time and it is amazing. I am not in the position to put the film online just yet, but keep coming back to make sure you don’t miss it when we do.
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Pre-edit gets underway
Award winning Martin Elsbury has now started on the pre-edit working with some of the footage we have already shot. Looking good. -
Horrific footage in Naples as plastic pours through storm drains after heavy rains
This clip posted on YouTube shows the result of heavy rains in Naples only two days ago. The amount of plastic waste in the debris that is pouring down the storm drain is horrific.
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We finally managed to film with the COMEX submersible in Marseille
The weather finally cleared to enable us to head out from Marseille on board the COMEX vessel, ‘Minibex’, in order to launch the submersible and see what is happening at the bottom of the Mediterranean. The submersible, RAMORA, is capable of descending to 600m and enabled us to see for ourselves the plastic waste that is polluting the deep oceans. As well as the submersible we also took down the ROV which had an additional Read More
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Filming in Siena, Italy, with Prof. Cristina Fossi
During the Sardinia shoot we were working with Prof. Cristina Fossi who is doing research with a team of scientists into the impact of pollution on whales and dolphins. We are now here in Siena to film the results of their work. The results shocking, but sadly as we expected. All of this evidence will make a very strong sequence in our film.
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Filming in Nice, France has been successful
We have managed to get some great footage so far in France. The plan had been to film the submarine but bad weather in Marseille meant that we had to have a quick shuffle around. So we drove to Nice in order to get some footage of world record free diving champion Tanya Streeter in her element ….. the ocean. The effects were stunning. Later next week we will be returning to Marseille and get Read More
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