{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/94050410-34f0-4058-a3fb-147c626a0556/15c0a689-5770-4a94-bf41-69e3c6a69f1d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"eXXpedition to hotel quarantine with Laura Wells (Part 1 of 2)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60d210a657a97011aa9023d8/60d2110b4fea16001989e3a6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Laura Wells is an Environmentalist, presenter and one of Australia’s top plus size models, and was on the eXXpedition when the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. eXXpedition is an all-female sailing research expedition, investigating the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution - but Laura joins us from Day 8 of hotel quarantine in Sydney. It's a fun chat about the eXXpedition research methods and findings, getting from the high seas to home in a pandemic, and much more.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final) part released next week. This is also the second time Laura has joined us on the Ocean Protect Podcast - with her first appearance being episode 24 in the 2019 season.</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li>Laura Wells: <a href=\"https://www.laurawells.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.laurawells.com.au/</a></li><li>First Ocean Protect Podcast chat with Laura: <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laura-wells-on-climate-change-plastic-pollution-environmental/id1457637313?i=1000447765716\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laura-wells-on-climate-change-plastic-pollution-environmental/id1457637313?i=1000447765716</a></li><li>Eunomia report \"Plastics in the marine environment\": <a href=\"https://www.eunomia.co.uk/reports-tools/plastics-in-the-marine-environment/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.eunomia.co.uk/reports-tools/plastics-in-the-marine-environment/</a></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.oceanprotect.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.oceanprotect.com.au</a></p>","author_name":"Ocean Protect"}