Comments on: Take Action

By: Oscar Austin Saenz

Oscar Austin Saenz — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:25:57 +0000

To whom it may concern,
could you let me know when is the next time there will be a Kaisei voyage to research, clean up the Plastic Vortex and what it takes to be a part of the project? Thank you so much.

From deep in the Heart of “South” Texas,
Oscar Austin Saenz

By: Bianca Matter

Bianca Matter — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:38:13 +0000

Dear Mary, and everyone that feels the distress of our planet deeply in their hearts!

Whenever I look at the trash bags filling up with the huge amount of plastics and styrofoam – whether it is at work, at family gatherings, or other celebrations, I cannot help but think about how shortsighted, lazy, careless and egotistic we have become as a society. As a German living in the US, I was especially alarmed at family gatherings that supposedly celebrate life, how much trash is created just for a single human’s birthday, and thrown in the garbage without any second thought. It contributed partially to the estrangement from my family-in-law, when I made comments about it…
Done talking, I would like to offer my help, and contribute more than the everyday recycling, reusing, aboiding…
If there is any way to really help with the existing plastic islands in the pacific, please contact me!
Sincerely, and with love for ALL life,

Bianca Nandini Matter

612-860-9642

By: H.E. Ross

H.E. Ross — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:23:29 +0000

Mary,
I need some direction in what you would need somebody like me, sitting here in the UK, can do to assist Ocean Voyages Institute’s Project Kaisei. I can write and talk and pass out information- just let me know how exactly I can do something.
Ross

By: David Dyer

David Dyer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:49:58 +0000

If you need help running your vessel, I have a 100 ton near coastal master lic, sailing endorsement, AB Seaman unlimited, any waters, STCW95, FCC radio lic etc. I am a retired USDA scientist, U.S. Sailing instructor, and I do a lot of coastal crusing on my sail boat.

By: Deirdre Aureden

Deirdre Aureden — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:58:10 +0000

The Oceans Voyages Institute is doing terrific work. I found your website while looking for more information after reading excerpts from the book “Garbology.” I didn’t see any posts from 2012, though, and I wonder what you are focusing on now? Also, do you have a strategy for clean-up? I work as a fundraiser for a nature center in upstate New York, and I can’t help but think that if you figured out a strategy for clean-up, with an identified dollar figure you would need per year to accomplish a specific step in the clean-up process, that you could raise large amounts of money to clean up the trash. This problem is so important, and it alarms anyone who loves the ocean – and this is practically everyone! It seems overwhelming – many people just give up – “it can’t be cleaned up” – that’s why I think you need to break it down. Perhaps you are working on this now? It would be great for you to articulate: “you are going to clean up X amount each year – estimate if you had Y amount of money, you could do X.” Also, I think we need to hold producers responsible as well as consumers, and they would be your potentially very large donors. My advice would be to approach large “FMCG” corporations – the Proctor & Gamble, Coke & Pepsi, etc – for donations once you have a very clear clean-up strategy, a 5 year plan for example, with extremely clear objectives. What would be great would be to figure out who are the top 20 producers of plastic trash in the world, and approach them, hold them responsible for their actions. Do an aggressive marketing campaign (your goal is to produce a video that goes viral), and then ask the top 20 for very large amounts of money, indicating that you intend to match their donations by donations from the other top 19. I wish I lived in California where I would be happy to help you as a volunteer! This is a big problem – you need a really big, aggressive campaign to clean up the ocean!

By: April Kelly

April Kelly — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:46 +0000

I want to volunteer to be a part of the Kaisei mission. I live in San Francisco and am obtaining my Master’s degree in Wildlife and Environmental Conservation. Please tell me how I can get involved to help clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch. Thank you.

-April Kelly-

By: Robert Chavez

Robert Chavez — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:07:43 +0000

Dear Project Kaisei & Mary Crowley,

I watched Dan Rather’s Report on your organization. I always wanted to find out who or what organization is helping in the clean up efforts of the Pacific Ocean. If your organization organizes a clean up on land or on sea I would love to volunteer for this. Please consider me when you organize another clean up.

Sincerely,

Robert C. Chavez

Contact # 925-788-2681