When Austrian chemist Wolfgang Trettnak moved to north-west Spain he was horrified by the volume of plastic and marine debris that collected on the beach near his home. The plastic fishing nets, bottles, bags, buoys, ropes, old boots and even toys strewn along the coastline for miles alerted him to the urgent environmental consequences of our plastic usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response, he and Spanish fellow chemist Margarita Cimadevila founded an association, ArSciencia<\/a>, dedicated to bringing art and science together to produce creative, innovative works that inform and inspire public action around pollution, overfishing and exploitation of the oceans, especially among young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n