The Plastiki, a boat made of 12,000 plastic bottles, shows some wear as it reaches Australia. CNN's Anna Coren reports.
After spending 125 days traveling over 8,000 nautical miles, the Plastiki is preparing to reach Sydney, its final destination, on Sunday.
Plastiki crew members discuss some creature comforts they've taken along to make the boat feel more like home.
Crew members of The Plastiki expedition are nearing departure from New Caledonia as they prepare for the final stage of their marathon cross-Pacific journey.
Days after leaving Samoa, the full crew of the Plastiki talk about what's in store for the final leg of their journey across the Pacific Ocean.
After restocking and making some repairs to the Plastiki, the crew are underway on the final leg of their voyage.
The state of our ocean today is a perfect example of tragedy of the commons. We all use and take from the sea, but the majority of it is not "owned" or governed by any one country, much like the air we breathe, having no borders.
It's a classic fable. Most of us know it. Unfortunately, very few of us have internalized it, and now, well, we're living it.
Thor Heyerdahl said he had fish practically leaping onto the Kon-Tiki during his cross-Pacific voyage in 1947, but the bounty from the sea hasn't been so rich for the crew of the Plastiki.
The Plastiki has a hydroponic garden, but can this farming method be a sustainable solution away from the high seas?
An adventure more than 50 years ago inspired the crew of the Plastiki to set off on a voyage of a lifetime.
I was at the grocery store the other day, minding my own business, when I noticed the woman in front of me pull out a large cloth reusable sack at the checkout aisle.
Researchers venture into the Pacific to study how plastic garbage affects the ocean's ecosystem.
More than a month after the Plastiki set sail from San Francisco, the six-person crew has made it to Christmas Island, nearly marking the halfway point of the ship's journey to cross the Pacific Ocean.
CNN is tracking the Plastiki's voyage across the Pacific Ocean. As part of that CNN is monitoring Plastiki on Twitter, and showing some of the most insightful -- and entertaining tweets.
Plastiki co-captain David Thomson gives a bird's-eye view of the Pacific from the sailing vessel built from plastic.
A few years ago, weaving in and out of icebergs, a pink dawn rising over a forest of glaciers on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, I realized a childhood dream.
CNN is following the Plastiki's expedition across the Pacific Ocean. The catamaran made from plastic set off in mid-March, with the intention of spotlighting the increasing amount of non-biodegradable material on the planet.
The man behind plastic bottle-boat Plastiki tells how past adventures prepared him for sailing a recycled vessel.
I met David de Rothschild at the Google Zeitgeist conference in 2007 where we both spoke during the session about Green Technology. He explained his idea of the Plastiki Expedition and I was immediately captivated. It had exactly the right combination of elements to appeal to my interests: eccentricity, high idealism and a clear determination to bring about positive change.
Twenty years ago when I had the opportunity to dive to 18,000 feet in the Japanese research submersible "Shinkai 6500" in the Sea of Japan. I fantasized about the amazing animals our team might see deep on the ocean floor: rat-tails, deep sea sharks, and octopi.
A boat made from 12,000 used plastic bottles leaves San Francisco on a voyage to Australia.
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