Project Kaisei

Doug Woodring, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Project Kaisei and the Ocean Recovery Alliance

Doug Woodring, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Project Kaisei and the Ocean Recovery Alliance

noun - Project Kaisei is a non-profit organization focused on increasing awareness of the scale of marine debris, its impact on our environment, and the solutions for both prevention and clean-up.

Goals and Objectives

1. To bring together new technologies, innovations, and capabilities that can both help us clean some of the plastic debris from our ocean, as well as prevent it from entering in the first place.
2. To bring a significant benefit to society in terms of education, environmental awareness, and increased knowledge of the importance of our ocean.
3. To validate information on the scope and status of the North Pacific Gyre, which can help to establish the metrics and plans needed to bring about a larger scale cleanup in the future.
4. To bring about more focused education and research on marine debris issues, which will entail information on toxins, ecosystem impact, remediation or recycling possibilities, and new prevention options.

Co-Founder

Douglas Woodring is the Co-Founder of Project Kaisei. He is an environmental entrepreneur, a writer, a competitive athlete, a sports event organizer and a creative innovator on community issues. In 2008 he co-founded Project Kaisei in order to focus on the plastic in the North Pacific Gyre, and he is a UNEP Climate Hero for his efforts.

External links

• Project Kaisei - Capturing the Plastic Vortex
• Clean Half Open Water Swim
• Ocean Recovery Alliance website
• Plasticity
• Dolphin Art From Shore To The Heavens
• Plastic Disclosure Project
• A Valuable Disclosure, Maximizing Plastic's Value
• Swimmers Are Perfect For This Role
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Doug Woodring, Ocean Environmentalist
• Dolphin Art From Shore To The Heavens
• Swimming The Cold Half In A Warm Place
• It's Cold In Hong Kong
• Railroading Along The Wall, Rough Water At Its Best
• Cold Half To Become The Cold Standard
• Get Everyone Moving With G.E.M. And Doug Woodring
• Project Kaisei
• Ecotoxicity Of Marine Plastic Debris
• YakSwimmers Take To The Open Water In Hong Kong