Twenty-two year old Sam Bencheghib plans to run 20 miles a day, 6 days a week, for six months to raise awareness for ocean plastics pollution. The run will cover approx. 3,100 miles. He will use shoes made with up-cycled plastics.
His passion began as a surfer in Bali, where he would paddle in trash alongside his brother. Together they would go on to found Make a Change World to raise awareness about pollution. One way they got peoples attention was to create a kayak out of plastic bottles and used them on a polluted river in Indonesia, a stunt which generated so much buzz the Indonesian President committed to clean up the river in seven years.
During his trip he plans to raise even more awareness by visiting local college campuses and city halls.
The effects of human’s on the environment is becoming more evident as time goes by and this is just the latest in a long line of young people hoping to change the world for the better before it’s too late.
