A Refresing Vote For Project Kaisei
Project Kaisei, the brainchild of George Orbelian, Mary Crowley and Doug Woodring, was nominated by Pepsi for a US$250,000 award to remove tons of floating debris from our oceans. Pepsi Refresh Project is giving away US$1,300,000 each month to fund great ideas. Learn more here.
Doug, who organizes the The Clean Half Extreme Marathon Relay and The Sheko Open Water Challenge, explained, “Project Kaisei (Capturing the Plastic Vortex) got into the Pepsi for the month of May. Anyone in the USA can vote, every single day, during the month, for Project Kaisei. The top two projects for the month will win US$250,000. This could be a huge thing for us. People are allowed to vote every single day…so please vote here.”
With a winning vote on the Pepsi campaign, Project Kaisei will receive valuable funds to achieve these goals:
• To motivate change, at sea and on land, to reduce the Plastic Vortex
• To further map & document size of debris problem for future cleanup
• To develop larger-scale methods to capture/remove plastic ocean debris
• To speed introduction of new waste management techniques on land
• To expand outreach and education of the marine debris problem
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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