Story Info
Story Info
Felipe Custer
Paracas, Peru
2014
Type of Wounded Place
Story & Experience
Our Global Earth Exchange took place in Paracas, Peru, a beautiful bay that is being overfished and contaminated. We kayaked our way to the other side of the bay, which is a natural sanctuary, picked up a bunch of the plastic littering the beach, made a bird out of it (and a dead bird that likely died of eating too much plastic debris), and spoke of the significance of that place and the challenges it faces.
Our Global Earth Exchange took place in Paracas, Peru, a beautiful bay that is being overfished and contaminated. We kayaked our way to the other side of the bay, which is a natural sanctuary, picked up a bunch of the plastic littering the beach, made a bird out of it (and a dead bird that likely died of eating too much plastic debris), and spoke of the significance of that place and the challenges it faces.
Paracas, Peru
Image Credit:
- Custer: Felipe Custer
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