# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Into the Heart of the Garbage Patch: A Film and Conversation with Captain Moore
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Captain Charles Moore, the visionary who discovered the Garbage Patch in 1997, will be presenting the Korean Broadcasting System’s powerful film and sharing his personal journey in the fight against plastic pollution. This documentary, featuring Captain Moore and the Oceanographic Research Vessel Algalita, takes you on an extraordinary trip to the heart of the Garbage Patch, marking 20 years of groundbreaking research. It's the first-ever film to professionally document the Patch itself -- an experience you won’t want to miss!

ECOSLO and SLOCCE are teaming up to co-host Captain Charles Moore in San Luis Obispo. Learn more about the wonderful work SLOCCE is doing here: https://slocce.org/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-luis-obispo/into-the-heart-of-the-garbage-patch-a-film-and-conversation-with-captain-moore/200029591185342
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 21

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/dw20re?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=san+luis+obispo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Luis Obispo
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2201 Lawton Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5615, United States
- **lat**: 35.26921
- **long**: -120.65731
- **full address**: 2201 Lawton Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5615, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: ECOSLO (https://allevents.in/org/ecoslo/3446859)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2201 Lawton Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5615, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** ECOSLO
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Into the Heart of the Garbage Patch: A Film and Conversation with Captain Moore ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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