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Plastics: Predicament and Possibility Workshop
May 26 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am PDT
The Boon and Bane of Single-Use Plastics
Three-part interactive webinar
Wednesdays: April 28, May 12, May 26
10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Join us for this cutting-edge workshop
facilitated by Shirley Freriks of Elders for Regenerative Living (ERL)
Registration is now closed
Part One: April 28
- Why is this predicament a crisis?
- Look at a recycling system in chaos: What’s not working and why
- Impact on climate change, human and species health, environmental justice
- Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are necessary
Part Two: May 12
- Renewed Human Responsibilities are also necessary
- Solutions at all stages of the life cycle are coming along
- Use our voices for advocacy and awareness
- Research your local area and state for what is being done
Part Three: May 26
- What YOU can do: Use your money to say NO to plastic, and yes to Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) investing
- Creating community REFUSE, REDUCE and RECAPTURE strategies
- Celebrate and support new opportunities
- Share your findings and best practices
WE CAN’T PRETEND ANY MORE
WE THOUGHT WE KNEW, BUT NOW WE KNOW…
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED AND
EVERYTHING IS CHANGING
- Weekly research topics for you in your community and state
- Plenty of discussion time for participants
- Share alternatives to single-use plastics
- Microplastics are ubiquitous, and harmful to humans and non-humans
- Circular Economy particulars
- EPR and ESG explained
- Offer your Burning Question for me to answer
- Resources offered for further discovery