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DESCRIPTION:Thursday November 19th, 8 AM - 9 AM PT (11 AM to 12 PM ET)\n\nInfo & RSVP: 
 https://www.earthday.org/webinar-breaking-free-from-plastics-dependence-2/\n\nIn 
 the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat there is 
 plastic. Plastic pollution is a widespread, complex environmental and 
 health emergency that requires global changes in policies, corporate 
 sourcing, innovation and consumer behavior. Grassroots action and 
 restoration technologies are also needed to clean up plastic pollution 
 wherever it is found. Like other environmental scourges, plastic pollution 
 impacts the poor among us most.\n\nFor this webinar, EARTHDAY.ORG has 
 gathered global experts including activists, scientists, policy makers and 
 corporate innovators. Let’s work together to end plastic pollution before 
 it’s too late.\n\nOur topics:\n\n● Discussing theories of change to 
 prevent plastic from polluting our environment.\n\n● Educating viewers on 
 the disproportionate impact of plastic pollution on the global poor.\n\n● 
 Addressing microplastics’ impact on human, animal and ecosystem 
 health.\n\n● Amplifying efforts to clean up plastics wherever they have 
 entered the environment.\n\nMODERATOR: Ed Begley Jr., Actor and 
 Activist\n\nPANELISTS:\n\nRepresentative Alan Lowenthal 
 (D-CA)\nRepresenting California’s 47th District in the U.S. House of 
 Representatives. He was first elected in 2012 and reelected in 2014, 2016, 
 and 2018. Congressman Lowenthal has been a leader in passing environmental 
 legislation and is now spearheading a transformative bill: the Break Free 
 From Plastic Pollution Act 2020.\n\nAlex Schulze, CEO and Co-Founder of 
 4ocean\nAlex Schulze is the CEO and Co-Founder of 4ocean, a purpose-driven 
 business with a mission to end the ocean plastic crisis while working to 
 educate individuals and help change their single-use plastic consumption 
 habits on land. 4ocean conducts ocean cleanups daily with full time 
 captains and crews working globally at operations in Florida, Bali, Haiti 
 and Guatemala. The cleanups are funded entirely through product purchases 
 with one pound of trash removed for every product purchased. As a result, 
 the team has pulled more than 10 million pounds of trash since the company 
 was founded in January 2017.\n\nCharlie Rolsky, Director of Science at 
 Plastic Oceans International\nCharlie Rolsky is the Director of Science for 
 Plastic Oceans International. He serves as the host of Breaking It Down, a 
 new YouTube series from Plastic Oceans in which he simplifies science in 
 fun and engaging way. He also conducts research at the Arizona State 
 University (ASU) Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering 
 where he works on marine and aquatic plastic pollution, a major concern 
 within many ecosystems and environments around the world. Their 
 identification, fate and impact are only now beginning to be understood, 
 and Charlie has developed several analytical tools to help improve this 
 further. \n\nMelati Wijsen, Founder of Bye Bye Plastic Bags\nMelati Wijsen 
 is a 19-year-old full time changemaker from Indonesia. She founded Bye Bye 
 Plastic Bags when she was 12 years old with her younger sister and has been 
 leading the movement driven by youth since 2013. She also started the 
 people movement One Island One Voice and the social enterprise, Mountain 
 Mamas. Melati has spoken on world stages such as TED and the UN and has 
 also been selected as FORBES top ten most inspiring women in the country. 
 She graduated from high school one year early at the Green School and has 
 since been honored by TIME as part of the most influential teens in the 
 world along with CNN Heroes Young Wonders and FORBES 30 under 30. Today, 
 Melati is excited about her new youth empowerment project; YOUTHTOPIA, 
 empowering youth through meaningful and short peer to peer programs and 
 providing them the tools they need to be young changemakers.\n\nBilly 
 Lombe, Founder and CEO of the Centre for Zero Waste & Development in 
 Africa\nAs Founder and CEO of the Centre for Zero Waste & Development in 
 Africa, he has helped to train more than 400 teachers and community leaders 
 in solid waste management, climate change and WASHE related issues. 
 Additionally, he has engaged about 120 thousand pupils to be active 
 environmental leaders in their communities. Billy is currently advocating 
 for a total ban on single-use plastics in Zambia and the rest of Africa. 
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 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/12/18838436.php
SUMMARY:Breaking Away from Plastics Dependence w. EarthDay.org
LOCATION:Online webinar
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/12/18838436.php
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