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On ship-tracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy. We buy, so we must ship. Without shipping there would be no clothes, food, paper, or fuel. Without all those dots, the world would not work.
Freight shipping has been no less revolutionary than the printing press or the Internet, yet it is all but invisible. Away from public scrutiny, shipping revels in suspect practices, dubious operators, and a shady system of “flags of convenience.” Infesting our waters, poisoning our air, and a prime culprit of acoustic pollution, shipping is environmentally indefensible. And then there are the pirates.
Rose George, acclaimed chronicler of what we would rather ignore, sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore on ships the length of football fields and the height of Niagara Falls; she patrols the Indian Ocean with an anti-piracy task force; she joins seafaring chaplains, and investigates fishing trawlers and the harm they are inflicting on endangered whales. Sharply informative and entertaining, Ninety Percent of Everything reveals the workings and perils of an unseen world that holds the key to our economy, our environment, and our very civilization.
No one gives much thought to sanitation—until it’s not working. As author of the book The Big Necessity, Rose George takes audiences on a fascinating journey through its evolution (did you know that high heeled shoes date back to the time when chamber pots were emptied into the streets?)to the public health issues we still face today. George shows how even advanced technology doesn’t always meet basic needs, and explores how discussions on the importance of clean drinking water and the eradication of infectious diseases euphemistically address how to handle human waste. From the depths of the world's oldest surviving urban sewers in to Japan's robo-toilet revolution, George leads an intrepid, erudite and entertaining journey through the public consequences of this most private behavior.
Rose George is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Ninety Percent of Everything and The Big Necessity. The estimated speaking fee range to book Rose George for your event is available upon request. Rose George generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Mary Ellen Hannibal, Rebecca MacKinnon, Leslie Dodson, ShaoLan Hsueh and Tania Luna. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Rose George for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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