Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao were still in high school when they discovered plastic-eating bacteria in Vancouver’s Fraser River. Passionate about the problem of plastic waste, the two millennial innovators are now on an inspiring journey to solve it. Their dedication has taken them all the way from Vancouver to Silicon Valley. From bacteria to cutting edge chemistry, their story has illuminated one of our earth’s biggest eco disasters.
Up Next in Season 1
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The Whale Who Saved Me
In 2017, whale biologist Nan Hauser had an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind experience. While snorkelling in the pristine waters of the Cook Islands, a Humpback Whale approached her and for 10 minutes pushed her around with its mouth and fin.
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When Prey Becomes Poison
🐺🦦Wolves eating sea otters?
As sea otter populations rebound, some coastal wolves have shifted their diets in a surprising way, targeting marine mammals. On Pleasant Island, Alaska, sea otters now make up over 80% of some wolves' diets.
⚠️ But this adaptation comes at a cost: scientists found ...
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Big Little Fish
Pacific herring are small, but their ecological importance is immense. Herring remain at the very heart of coastal ecosystems and Indigenous cultures. For millennia, communities have gathered herring eggs off of hemlock boughs to share and trade locally.
Herring are foundational to the British C...
