
François Picard is pleased to welcome Merijn Tinga, a biologist, artist and activist affectionately known as the Plastic Soup Surfer. He joins us, not only as a scientist or activist, but as someone who spends hours a day on the water, experiencing directly the forces we so often abstract away. From the surfboard, everything becomes clear: “You become one with the wind, with the waves… you have one focus.” And yet back on land, “you’re immersed by this throwaway culture”.
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