Potty Talk

Jasmine takes a look at how microplastics from our food make their way through the body, out with our poop, and into the ocean. She uncovers the hidden dangers and the challenges of removing these tiny plastics, highlighting the urgent need for awareness and solutions to protect the ocean and our health.

Soccer star Ali Riley backs The Dirty Protest, an international campaign to end ocean sewage pollution. The initiative uses ink from sewage collected in the ocean to print petition signatures to pressure politicians into action. Riley's support highlights the urgent need for global action against sewage pollution to protect marine ecosystems and human health.

For the past 15 years, Todd Miller has been leading a project transforming wastewater into something valuable: poplar trees. At the Biocycle Farm in Oregon, he and his team compost biosolids to nurture a 400-acre plantation of poplars, protecting the local watershed and supporting a vision of a circular economy, where nothing goes to waste.

Ever wondered how a simple sailing trip could turn into a deep dive into environmental ethics? Join the executive director of the Ocean Sewage Alliance as she navigates the Gulf of Mexico with a bucket for a toilet, revealing the stark realities of human waste disposal at sea and its impact on our oceans.