The problem with plastic goes way past those ubiquitous and annoying plastic straws and bags. When microplastics are being found in fetal tissue, the scale of the problem isn’t about personal habits but systems–and that’s the scale of the solutions we need.
Did we mention that plastics *are* fossil fuels? And that they’re the industry’s hedge to stay relevant as the world moves away from oil and gas for energy? It’s time for plastics to go!
We are excited to have Eileen Ryan, leader of Beyond Plastics Greater Boston, join us for a webinar about plastic pollution. She is on the steering committee of Plastic Free Mass. In addition to her work educating people about the perils of plastics she uses her creative talents to make costumes and art as a climate and social justice activist. Eileen lives in Watertown and is the mother of three grown children and a grandmother of two.
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Thanks to everyone who joined us! Eileen sent along the resources below for anyone who wants to delve more into stopping Big Oil from inundating us with plastics.
Please contact Eileen at beyondplasticsgreaterboston@gmail.com
Let’s keep the activity going!
EDUCATE yourself and your community about plastic pollution.
WEBSITES
Beyond Plastics offers excellent courses on plastic pollution. The introductory seven-week course is usually taught three times a year. Beyond Plastics also hosts two-session trainings for starting local groups and affiliates working on ordinances and policies several times a year.
In addition to Beyond Plastics, the other websites here have webinar recordings, movies, actions and guidelines for writing ordinances and laws.
Beyond Plastics: https://www.beyondplastics.org/
Break Free From Plastic: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/
Cafeteria Culture: https://www.cafeteriaculture.org/
Center for International Environmental Law: https://www.ciel.org/
Conservation Law Foundation: https://www.clf.org/
Earth Day: https://www.earthday.org/
Five Gyres: https://www.5gyres.org/
International Pollutants Elimination Network: https://www.ipen.org/plastics-treaty/toxic-plastics-reports
Just Zero: https://just-zero.org/
Minderoo Foundation: https://www.minderoo.org/resources/
P-SNAP, Physicians and Scientist Addressing Plastic: https://psnap.org/
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: www.PEER.org
Plastic Pollution Coalition: https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/
The Story of Stuff: https://www.storyofstuff.org/storyofplastic/
MOVIES
There’s a great film available to watch on Netflix. We hosted several screenings of the Plastic Detox this Spring. I highly recommend it.