FLIP FLOPI DHOW
Plastic is an everyday part of our lives. Yet all this plastic – millions of tonnes of it – is being dumped into the ocean every year, choking marine life, and entering the human food chain. We are facing, conservationists warn, an environmental disaster. A Kenya-led team is drawing attention to the threat – and hoping to make history – with the world’s first plastic dhow, a full-size traditional sailing boat. Construction of the Flip Flopi dhow, as it is called, is taking place on Lamu Island, led by Kenyan boat builders. By Catrina Stewart
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