A sailor and researcher at the forefront of the fight against ocean plastic pollution, Ambassador Emily Penn has been a driving force in pushing the conversation on the threat of microplastics in our seas. But this was never her plan.
What started as a weekend experience turned into a lifelong passion and has seen Emily sail the worlds oceans; collecting samples, founding research projects like eXXpedition and vastly increasing our knowledge of the issue as it stands. In this short film she explains her journey, and sheds light on the work still to be done.