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SUMMARY:Designing a Plastic-Free Future with Regenerative Materials
DESCRIPTION:The urgency of our plastic pollution crisis requires a substantial shift in the way products are designed\, manufactured\, used\, and recirculated. From textiles and food containers to sachets and protective shipping packaging\, plastic continues to dominate across industries and persist\, polluting people and the planet at every stage of its existence. As we create a more circular economy\, what exciting bio-based feedstocks and technologies are emerging to help transition away from fossil-based inputs? Can nature-based solutions both be regenerative and scalable?
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/designing-a-plastic-free-future-with-regenerative-materials/
CATEGORIES:Rethink Waste
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SUMMARY:Greenwashing 2.0: Debunking Recycling Myths
DESCRIPTION:People often ask what really happens to their plastic recycling. Unfortunately\, it doesn’t matter where your discarded plastic is collected\, whether at the end of your driveway\, at your local recycling center\, or in a municipal recycling bin: Most plastic items collected as recycling are not actually “recycled.” Many people are now realizing that plastic is not designed to be recycled—it’s a false solution sold to us by corporations and governments. What’s more\, “plastic recycling” drives continued production and pollution of plastics and fossil fuels\, and their related injustices.
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/greenwashing-2-0-debunking-recycling-myths/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Rethink Waste
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SUMMARY:PPC Webinar | From the Frontline: Petrochemicals\, Plastics\, and Cancer Alley
DESCRIPTION:Join PPC on February 15\, from 5–6pm ET\, for their February webinar with a panel of frontline activists from communities of color across America’s industrial plastic and petrochemical corridors\, who will discuss how they are taking action to protect themselves and their neighbors from pollution and injustice—and how you can too. Panelists for this important conversation include “The Father of Environmental Justice” Dr. Robert Bullard; RISE St. James Louisiana Executive Assistant Shamyra Lavigne; and Founder & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus\, Reverend Lennox Yearwood. The conversation will be moderated by Plastic Pollution Coalition Communications Manager\, Erica Cirino\, author of Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis. Register here.
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/ppc-webinar-from-the-frontline-petrochemicals-plastics-and-cancer-alley/
CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice|Inclusion|Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T140000
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SUMMARY:Plastic-Free Resolutions: Protecting Your Health in 2024
DESCRIPTION:With a new year comes new resolutions for protecting and improving the health of our bodies\, families\, communities\, and the planet that we all call home. One healthy resolution to consider is to reduce or eliminate plastic from your life. But with plastic used for everything from making clothing to carrying food and drinks\, this can seem like a daunting task. \nJoin Plastic Pollution Coalition on January 18 for their first webinar of the new year: Plastic-Free Resolutions: Protecting Your Health in 2024. During this event\, they will offer tangible\, common sense ways to reduce the amount of plastic you use in your daily life. They’ll discuss why it’s important to avoid plastics\, provide you with DIY and low- and no-cost solutions\, and highlight helpful products you may turn to when you need an extra hand. \nPanelists for this inspiring conversation include Queer Brown Vegan Isaias Hernandez; Zero Waste Farmer Manju Kumar; and Co-Owner & Co-Founder of Life Without Plastic Jay Sinha. The conversation will be moderated by MADE SAFE Founder Amy Ziff.
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/plastic-free-resolutions-protecting-your-health-in-2024/
CATEGORIES:Climate,Online event,Rethink Waste
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SUMMARY:Policy Matters: Solutions for a Plastic Pollution Free U.S.
DESCRIPTION:Plastic pollution is an urgent threat to the climate\, human health\, communities\, the environment\, and wildlife. With industries set to triple their plastic production by 2060\, public support for policies to reduce plastic pollution is growing across the world. From implementing bag bans and fees on single-use plastics\, to rules that strengthen regulations on industrial polluters\, communities and policymakers are using many strategies to address the growing plastic pollution crisis.
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/policy-matters-solutions-for-a-plastic-pollution-free-u-s/
CATEGORIES:Advocacy|Climate,Online event
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SUMMARY:The Green 2.0 Environmental Experts of Color Database Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Green 2.0 Environmental Experts of Color Database addresses a pressing issue—the lack of diversity in experts providing testimony in the policymaking process nationally and locally. The database provides policymakers\, organizations\, and individuals with an expansive set of environmental and environmental justice leaders\, and offers a more representative perspective on these issues. Join the database launch on September 14\,  to hear from key experts and policymakers about how we may implement practices and policies that build a more inclusive set of experts in the environmental sector.
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/the-green-2-0-environmental-experts-of-color-database-launch/
CATEGORIES:Advocacy|Diversity|Inclusion|Online event|Public Lands|Social Justice,Inclusion|Online event|Social Justice
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SUMMARY:Plastic-Free Back to School
DESCRIPTION:With summer winding down in the Northern Hemisphere\, it’s back-to-school time for many students. While back-to-school time is usually associated with plastic binders\, water bottles\, pens\, and other single-use plastics\, it’s possible to avoid a school year filled with toxic plastic—and Plastic Pollution Coalition will show you how. On August 17\, learn why reusable\, refillable\, non-plastic school supplies like stainless steel lunch boxes and food storage containers are better for student health\, the planet\, and wallets—and how to incorporate them into the school year. You will also discuss how schools can incorporate reusable\, plastic-free items and practices into their operations.
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/plastic-free-back-to-school/
CATEGORIES:Online event|Rethink Waste,Youth Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230622T120000
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SUMMARY:Plastic-Free Seas: Diving Into How Plastic Impacts Health\, Climate\, and Our Oceans
DESCRIPTION:Healthy oceans provide vast cognitive\, emotional\, psychological\, social\, and spiritual wellness Blue Mind benefits to all of us throughout our lives. The oceans cover more than three-quarters of Earth’s surface and account for 97 percent of its water\, as well as much of the air we breathe. The oceans support an incredible array of life\, help regulate the climate\, and support life on our blue planet. Unfortunately\, our oceans face significant threats from human-made pollution\, particularly plastic. Experts estimate nine to 14 million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans each year\, and without urgent action\, that amount will only increase—projected to reach 23–37 million metric tons annually by the year 2040.
URL:https://envirocenter.org/event/plastic-free-seas-diving-into-how-plastic-impacts-health-climate-and-our-oceans/
CATEGORIES:Climate|Online event|Water,Online event
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