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Journey to a New Earth

8 episodes 90%4KCC

Surfers, innovators, and ocean stewards confront the global cost of plastic.

Explore a series that connects Hawaiian ideas of stewardship with a determined effort to reduce plastic pollution in oceans, lakes, and rivers. Through voices from surfing, conservation, and the packaging industry, it examines where waste comes from and how better materials and collaboration can change the system. Sign up to watch a timely, solution-focused look at one of our most urgent environmental challenges.

Episode guide

8 episodes
1
1Don't Lie Down
In 1948 Wes Carter’s grandfather Horace took on the Ku Klux Klan on the front page of his weekly newspaper, fighting for civil rights. Follow his grandson Wes Carter as he picks up the mantle, this time to fight for our environment.
17 min
2
2Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
The New Earth team joins pro surfer Koa Smith to learn about the problem of microplastics on Oahu’s North Shore, what efforts are underway to fix the issue and innovative ways entrepreneurs are utilising what is being reclaimed.
18 min
3
3Before They Paved Paradise
Dr Isaiah Walker joins the conversation, showing the team the indigenous Hawaiian Ahupua’a system, how it engendered a truly great culture, and what it teaches us about a more sustainable future.
17 min
4
4No More Bubbles
Big wave surfer Kai Lenny and surfboard shaper John Pyzel join the journey, offering insights and challenging the problematic issue of single-use plastic in shipping surfboards around the world.
16 min
5
5Clean up This Mess
11-time World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater talks about his journey from pro surfer to ocean activist and creator of the sustainable clothing line Outerknown.
16 min
6
6Jaws of Consumerism
Wes Carter ventures out to swim with shark experts Juan and Ocean Ramsey. A firsthand lesson on marine life and ocean health leads to ideas and discoveries for more circularity in e-commerce.
19 min
7
7No More Plastic
The New Earth team delivers the first zero plastic prototype surfboard packaging kit to Pyzel headquarters in Southern California. Time for testing and feedback!
17 min
8
8Pipeline
Team New Earth launches its new headquarters during the Billabong Pro Pipeline, showing the surf industry their final designs for a plastic-free New Earth product line.
21 min
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