130 days and 8,000 miles later, the Plastiki, a boat developed and skippered by David de Rothschild, finally completed its voyage and sailed into the famous Sydney Harbor yesterday.  Rothschild's purpose, aside from filling up a year or so of his life, was to bring attention to all of the plastic that ends up in our oceans.  Particularly the massive collection of plastic waste that spins and spins in the Pacific Ocean, called the Pacific Garbage Patch.  The boat was made from 12,500 plastic bottles and sailed from San Francisco to Sydney.  

The crew's and the skipper's intent was clear from the beginning - sail a boat made of plastic to the largest patch of plastic in the ocean, while protesting the use of plastic.  They spread the message on the high seas, using modern technology to broadcast their hopes for a sustainable future.  No word yet on whether the local Sydney recycling center takes boats…

via Treehugger