Media Coverage

The project, in its original form debuted in the media on December 14th, 2009 on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald.

SMH – Pacific swimmer to be message in a bottle

Over the following days it was covered by ABC Radio:

14-12-09 Radio National iview

Channel 9’s ‘Today’ Show in Australia:

And ‘The 7PM Project’ on Australia’s Channel 10:

Then it went global:

Major Press Links

AFP – Aussie to swim as ‘message in a bottle’

Australian plans message in a bottle swim from Japan to US – Yahoo! News

France24 – Australian plans message in a bottle swim from Japan to US

Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper

India Times – News, photos, topics, and quotes

Japan Today – Australian filmmaker to swim from Japan to U.S.

Ninemsn – Aussie to swim as ‘message in a bottle’

NZ Herald – Film-maker to swim against tide of filth – Pollution

Saudi Gazette – Aussie plans message in a bottle green swim

Straits Times – Message in a bottle swim

Taipei Times – archives

Telstra Bigpond news – Aussie to swim as ‘message in a bottle’ 

World News Network – Australian to swim Pacific in bid to highlight pollution

Online and additional press links

14_December_ 2009_Green_Genius_Biodegradablog

2012_Forum_View topic – Our Polluted Oceans

Americans know their news is dumb – A group with a forum people actually discuss things in 讨论 – Last.fm

World Cultural Pictorial – Filmmaker to swim across Pacific & Garbage Patch, floating mass of plastic junk size of North America, 10-meters deep  WcP Blog

Apocadocs_ DocWatch spotlight on plastic gyre

AsiaOne – Filmmaker to swim across Pacific Ocean in recyled plastic bottle

Blogs – Bubble Boy…Bottle Man  Marine Biology

Breitbart – Australian plans message in a bottle swim from Japan to US

Eco Echoes_ Richard Pain To Swim Across The Pacific For A Noble Cause – Green Diary

Facebook links on The Great Pacific Garbage Patch  Facebook

Filmmaker to swim across Pacific & Garbage Patch, floating mass of plastic junk size of North America, 10-meters deep  WcP Blog

Greenwala – Pacific swimmer to be message in a bottle

Just Focus » Blog Archive » Protestor plans to swim through garbage in Pacific

Man to SWIM through Pacific Garbage Patch « Waste Zero

Mid Day – Message in a Bottle

Mother Nature Network

MSG – Quotes from Sydney Morning Herald – News, photos, topics, and quotes

New Heaven New Earth – Man To Swim

Pacific Garbage Patch In Giant Plastic Bottle  NewHeavenNewEarth

Open Salon

Plastics & Rubber Weekly

Sea shepherd – Humans drowning world’s oceans in plastic – Sea Shepherd Forum

Signs of the Times – Pacific Swimmer to be Message in a Bottle — Signs of the Times News

Smart Automotive Blog

Sott.Net – Pacific Swimmer to be Message in a Bottle — Signs of the Times News

Southend Rowing Club – Re_ Pacific swimmer to be message in a bottle

Swimming From Japan to USA, Through Gyre, in Gigantic Plastic Bottle  Wend Blog

Sydney Morning Herald 14-12-09 Pacific swimmer to be message in a bottle

Tap It Talk_ Search Results

The Age – Pacific swimmer to be message in a bottle

The Outsider – Somali

The Water is Open

tursiops.org – Film-maker to swim against tide of filth.

Tweet Me Tweetme – Swimming From Japan to USA, Through Gyre, in Gigantic Plastic Bottle

United Nations Environment Program 2009Dec23

Webnee – Indonesia – water-pollution

Wend Mag – Swimming From Japan to USA, Through Gyre, in Gigantic Plastic Bottle  Wend Blog

West Australian – Aussie to swim as ‘message in a bottle’ – The West Australian