Plastics: Predicament and Possibility Workshop

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