UDL 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Plastic Trashpatch

Congregated plastic materials are generating a new ocean ecosystem at the ocean-atmosphere interface. These materials are integrating into the marine environment, forming new habitats and climate. The cumulative global magnitude of the "TrashPatch" phenomenon is comparable to a continent or larger. This project will raise the awareness of the plastic debris on our oceans surfaces, particularly in the North Pacific Gyre, and to encourage a paradigm shift relative to the global use of plastic. http://www.urbandesignlab.columbia.edu/

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Education

Tags:

• Buckminster Fuller
• 2010 Challenge grant
• Earth Institute
• Climate Change
• Trashpatch
• garbage patch
• GSAPP
• plastic ocean
• urban design

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Where does our plastic drinking bottle go?