Turning Plastic Into Robes

February 9, 2020 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Buddhist monks in Thailand are recycling plastic bottles into robes. Thailand is a major contributor to plastic pollution. Thailand along with China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka generate up to 60% of plastic pollution in oceans. At the Wat Chak Daeng Buddhist temple located south of Bangkok, the abbot Phra Maha Pranom Dhammalangkaro is spearheading a project to recycle plastic bottles into the fabric for colored robes for monks.

“Don’t think that the waste problem can’t be solved. Buddha taught us that there is always a solution to every problem.”
—Phra Maha Pranom Dhammalangkaro, Deputy Abbot of the Wat Chak Daeng Temple

Entrepreneurs Finding Solutions to Plastic

December 23, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Entrepreneurs around the world are seeking and finding solutions to the use of plastic. This brief overview covers a range of solutions. An entrepreneur in Vietnam transforms grass into straws. In Cuba, entrepreneurs create furniture from plastic. In Amsterdam, a Bubble Barrier collects plastic from the river.

Coverage by TRT World

1000 Days For The Planet

December 22, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Scientist Jean Lemire leads a crew aboard the oceanographic schooner Sedna IV on a 1,000-day journey for the planet. The journey takes the team across Earth. The goal of the crew — made up of mariners, scientists, and filmmakers — is to reveal the planet’s beauty and understand how Earth’s ecosystems work.

Provided by Real Wild with content licensed by Cineflix.