Episide #1 has launched!  For this episode I was fortunate enough to interview Captain Charles Moore of Algalita.org who has been researching and building awareness about the issue of plastic in the oceans for nearly 20 years.

He's appeared on David Letterman, The Colbert Report, Nightline, and has been featured in Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic.  It was an honor to speak to him on the first episode of The Green Podcast.

You can also listen to it in iTunes.

In this episode we discuss:

How Captain Moore's love of nature began as a toddler

Why nature can't biodegrade plastic naturally

Why so much plastic ends up in the ocean & where it comes from

A description of the garbage patches in the ocean, and what Captain Moore has seen on his visits

The damage done by plastic in the oceans (how it harms wildlife as well as ourselves)

How plastic in the oceans contributes to climate change

Why recycling doesn't cut it as a solution

Captain Moore's top suggestion for people who want to make a difference

Who he admires most in his field

What books he'd convince the world the read, if he could

What he's doing next

Resources mentioned in this podcast include:

Algalita - Captain Moore's non-profit organization

Bag It - Documentary on plastic

Ricoh Copier - Refuses to accept products from manufacturers who won't take back the packaging

International Pellet Watch -  The organization started by Dr. Hideshige Takada

Flotsametrics and the Floating World by Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer

Das Kapital by Karl Marx

Reason and Revolution by Herbert Marcuse

Counterrevolution and Revolt by Herbert Marcuse