A recent college graduate is marking his first foray into his post-education life by embarking on a cross-country trek to raise awareness of the plight of the world's oceans.
Bencheghib and his 24-year-old brother, Gary, started organizing local beach cleanups about 10 years ago, he said. Their efforts later evolved to video storytelling to reach a larger audience, and the pair co-founded Make a Change World, a media organization that aims to promote uplifting and inspirational content about sustainability.
The video the Bencheghibs posted to Facebook garnered so much attention that Indonesian President Joko"Jokowi" Widodo made a public commitment to clean up the river within seven years. In total, the run will encompass about 3,100 miles, and he'll do it while wearing the Adidas x Parley running shoes, which are made with up-cycled plastic waste collected from remote beaches and coastal communities.
The eldest Bencheghib sibling, Kelly, told ABC News she's"super in awe" at the"incredible challenge" her youngest brother is taking, adding that it combines his two passions: athleticism and the environment.
Just listened to a Planet Money podcast & found out China is dumping OUR plastics that we sent to them (too dirty, btw) to recycle, into the ocean...blew my mind to learn the great garbage patch is our own doing.
HAHAHA! Wearing clothing made with polymers, shoes made with polymers, elastic made from polymers, running on roads made from derivatives of fossil fuel. Drinking and eating out of plastic jugs, cups, containers, all made from fossil fuel. Tone Deaf to reality.
Well, I hope he can swim because China's a long way from the U.S.
Snore
why doesn't he just go the beach and pick up trash ...
He will need new knees
Yes, definitely associate running with ocean plastics all the time..........
Everybody’s first thought :
That should help.
Run Forrest Run.
Gay
Run Forrest, run!
think he should try asia...
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