Boyan Slat & The Ocean Cleanup -- Jimmy

We learned about the ocean cleanup project during classes. I was deeply impressed by Boyan Slat's ability to execute his vision and his influence. Although he was only 16 years old at that time, he tried to combine his experience diving in Greece with his empathy on ocean issues and conducted the experiments to solve the plastic pollution in the ocean. By the video of his presentation in TED TALK, there were a lot of people starting to notice about the issue of plastic pollution  in the ocean. And those people tried to focus on making Slat’s ideas come true by donating, devoting knowledge and skills. Through many times of attempts and adjustments, they finally came up with the effective method to cleanup the plastic pollution in the ocean.

Even today, this project is still ongoing. I have great admiration for the people involved in this project. They are not afraid of difficulties. They take it as their own missions and still try hard to improve the method. I really thank for their efforts in cleaning up the marine environment. Because of their efforts, the ocean is no longer overflowing with plastic, which helps protect the ecology and food chain.

Comments

  1. Misaki TorihataAugust 29, 2024 at 1:47 PM

    I imagine if it were not for his project, we would eat food including plastic due to foof chain.

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  2. Andrew ChaAugust 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM

    The crew give us good influences. Someday I will work in NGO like Doctors Without Borders.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 29, 2024 at 8:47 PM

    I’m truly impressed by his ability to take action. While many people recognize ocean pollution as a serious problem, only a few are willing to act to solve it. Yusuke

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