Rose George: Inside the secret shipping industry
Rose George: I segreti del trasporto marittimo
Rose George looks deeply into topics that are unseen but fundamental, whether that's sewers or latrines or massive container ships or pirate hostages or menstrual hygiene. Full bio
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e ho pensato,
in any other industry?
in altri settori?
all'età di 42, 43 anni
we still depend on shipping.
dal trasporto marittimo.
come a un'industria datata,
trade is carried by sea,
e quanto del commercio viaggia via nave,
a quello di Microsoft.
non si chiami lord di terra --
di quanti non ne abbia ora.
è molto efficiente.
in ogni porto.
when I got on board Kendal
quando sono salita sulla Kendal
they put me underneath her portrait --
mi mettano sotto il suo ritratto --
ha smesso di notarlo,
di qualunque nazione
senza sbocco sul mare
and into the Indian Ocean,
e nell'Oceano Indiano,
perché improvvisamente,
544 seafarers being held hostage,
tenuti in ostaggio,
and the flag of convenience.
e per la bandiera di comodo.
of unscrupulous ship owners,
di proprietari di navi poco scrupolosi,
sul trasporto marittimo?
and they want cheap fuel,
e vuole combustibile economico,
by someone in the tanker industry
del settore petrolifero
about three to four percent,
rappresentano dal tre al quattro per cento,
of the most surprising things
habitats of ocean creatures.
delle creature oceaniche.
the surface of the water,
propellers make underwater
di quelli delle balene,
North Atlantic right whale
acoustic pollution yet.
didn't want to get off my ship.
ma non volevo scendere dalla nave.
for another five weeks,
who know so little about it,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rose George - Curious journalistRose George looks deeply into topics that are unseen but fundamental, whether that's sewers or latrines or massive container ships or pirate hostages or menstrual hygiene.
Why you should listen
Rose George thinks, researches, writes and talks about the hidden, the undiscussed. Among the everyone-does-it-no-one-talks-about-it issues she's explored in books and articles: sanitation (and poop in general). Diarrhea is a weapon of mass destruction, says the UK-based journalist and author, and a lack of access to toilets is at the root of our biggest public health crisis. In 2012, two out of five of the world’s population had nowhere sanitary to go.
The key to turning around this problem, says George: Let’s drop the pretense of “water-related diseases” and call out the cause of myriad afflictions around the world as what they are -- “poop-related diseases” that are preventable with a basic toilet. George explores the problem in her book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters and in a fabulous special issue of Colors magazine called "Shit: A Survival Guide." Read a sample chapter of The Big Necessity >>
Her latest book, on an equally hidden world that touches almost everything we do, is Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, Food on Your Plate. Read a review >>
In the UK and elsewhere, you'll find the book titled Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry the Brings You 90% of Everything.
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