Message in a bottle?

Does anyone else remember the "reduce, re-use, recycle" commercials from the 80's? Well, this group of people certainly does.

What do you think of when you think of people who are trying to "save the planet"? Engineers, right? Ok, maybe not, but maybe we should because they're taking the re-use philosophy to the max.

The Plastiki Expedition
David de Rothschild and his team have embarked on a mission to build a boat out of re-purposed plastic water bottles and sail it across the Pacific Ocean. Their goal is to sail from San Francisco to Sydney in order to inspire others to think of more practical and eco-friendly uses of what is currently perceived as waste.

Their voyage is scheduled to travel through some pretty polluted areas. I wonder if they'll run into the Smoggies?