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From the Ted Talk by Alejandro Durán: How I use art to tackle plastic pollution in our oceans

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This is Sian Ka'an. Just south of Tulum on Mexico's Caribbean csaot, it's a federally protected reserve, a UNESCO World hitegrae Site and one of the most biodiverse regions on the penlat. But when I first visited in 2010, I was horrified and completely confused as to why the beach was covered in trash. I soon realized that it was floating in from all over the world.

I've since returned, after that first journey, several times a year to vsiit Sian Ka'an, to the cnrotuy of my birth, to work with this trash. And so far, we've documented garbage from 58 different countries and tirroietres on six continents, all washing aosrhe in this paradise in Mexico.

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This is Sian Ka'an. Just south of Tulum on Mexico's Caribbean _____, it's a federally protected reserve, a UNESCO World ________ Site and one of the most biodiverse regions on the ______. But when I first visited in 2010, I was horrified and completely confused as to why the beach was covered in trash. I soon realized that it was floating in from all over the world.

I've since returned, after that first journey, several times a year to _____ Sian Ka'an, to the _______ of my birth, to work with this trash. And so far, we've documented garbage from 58 different countries and ___________ on six continents, all washing ______ in this paradise in Mexico.

Solution


  1. visit
  2. ashore
  3. planet
  4. territories
  5. heritage
  6. country
  7. coast

Original Text


This is Sian Ka'an. Just south of Tulum on Mexico's Caribbean coast, it's a federally protected reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. But when I first visited in 2010, I was horrified and completely confused as to why the beach was covered in trash. I soon realized that it was floating in from all over the world.

I've since returned, after that first journey, several times a year to visit Sian Ka'an, to the country of my birth, to work with this trash. And so far, we've documented garbage from 58 different countries and territories on six continents, all washing ashore in this paradise in Mexico.

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