Women’s Exxpedition Update

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Dec 6, 2019 | Talk of the Bay | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

Women's Exxpedition Update

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The all-female sailing expedition around the world to raise awareness about ocean pollution will be underway for two years. Marine biologist Rikki Erikson, one of the leaders of the first legs of the journey, tells the harrowing, but exciting story of their sail with two hurricanes at their back and twenty-foot seas. Rikki saw whales and birds and some fish with plastic in their stomachs. She talks about the need to drastically reduce our dependence on disposable plastic products and other solutions to the problem of microplastics in our oceans.

eXXpedition Round The World: S/V TravelEdge from eXXpedition on Vimeo.

About The Author

Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.