Everyday Environmentalism ft. Caulin Donaldson (@trashcaulin)

This episode’s guest is Caulin Donaldson or @trashcaulin on social media. He’s best known for his TikTok where he has 1.1 million followers and makes daily videos picking up trash on the beach. 

We’ll be talking about how idea a shift in your day to day mindset or a habit can lead to change on a much greater scale. We also discuss creating content, the craziest things he’s found on the beach, and what it will take get to make sustainability mainstream. 

Episode Facts + Sources:

Marine debris, or marine trash is any human-made solid material that is disposed of or abandoned on beaches, in waterways that lead to the ocean, or in the ocean itself (Ocean Health Index).

According to National Geographic, there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic in the ocean and counting, with 269,000 tons floating on the surface. Meanwhile, four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer are littering the deep sea.

To put this further in perspective, plastic only accounts for 60-80% of marine debris (Ocean Health Index).