01/05/2024
Today I'm very proud to share the first Youtube video I've made for The Ocean Cleanup's Youtube channel.
I've been involved with The Ocean Cleanup's as content producer since May 2022, creating all sorts of content from pre-edits to video messages to partners, location shoots, portraits, event photography, livestreaming and more.
A little while ago, I got the opportunity to sit down with CEO Boyan Slat and Head of Research Laurent Lebreton, to record them debunking misconceptions about plastic pollution in our oceans.
Plastic pollution is a huge problem: trashing coastlines, rivers, entrapping and poisoning wildlife, threatening the food chain with microplastics. The knowledge about these problems is increasing and so seems the attention towards it. Great.
But after a while, as happens with so many global issues covered by media, it becomes harder and harder to distinguish fact from fiction.
'Every minute, a garbage truck of plastic is dumped into the ocean.'
Nope.
'The plastic in the garbage patches is impossible to clean up.'
Definitely not.
'In 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish'.
I've read this headline myself multiple times.
But luckily, this is unlikely!
I'm very happy to be able to contribute to solving this plastic pollution issue by making accurate, insightful information available to the public in an interesting and - hopefully fun - manner.
I want to say special thanks to Laurent Lebreton, Florent Beauverd and Mariona Fèrriz Martí for their expertise and contributions. I look back satisfied on a challenging project that's helped me grow as a video creator in many ways.
Watch the full video on the 9 misconceptions here!
COPYChapters00:00 Introduction00:46 #1 There's a trash island in the ocean01:32 #2 The plastics in the garbage patches are too small, making them impossible ...