May 27th, 2009
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Who is Christopher Swain and why is he swimming through 1,000 miles of Atlantic Ocean muck?
Freestyling around the net looking for answers, we found the YouTube video, “Dirty for Swain” about how Swain supporters are bathing in sewage…moisturizing with crude oil…and drinking curdled milk (not makin’ it up) to support this eco-activist’s latest aquatic statement, which is taking him from Marblehead, Mass., to Washington D.C.
It might seem like a lot of toxic exposure just to make a point…except that Swain is leading a new wave of interest in cleaner water. With the oceans acidifying under global warming and fisheries collapsing due to excessive commercial fishing, there’s no time to waste, excuse the pun.
Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
Danielle Nierenberg
Anthony Swift
