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Neighborhood Eco-Cinema 2024: A Cultural and Environmental Event

In an effort to merge culture, recreation and community safety, the “Eco Cine Barrial” initiative deploys spaces in ten neighborhoods and squares in Santiago, transforming the summer into a unique educational experience and turning awareness into action!

Behind this proposal are the Municipality of Santiago, Plastic Oceans Chile and the Alameda Art Center (Centro Arte Alameda), whose collaboration not only promotes the screening of films, but also the creation of safe spaces and environmental awareness.

Who is talking about the Global Plastics Treaty with those solving plastic pollution at a local level?

The need for local dialogues between key stakeholders to ensure an effective plastics treaty

Effective plastics treaty: Have you ever tried to act on plastic pollution in your house, in your neighborhood or in your company? Was it a one-shot activity, or a continuous process? Were there challenges too big for you to overcome because the problem was outside of your control? This is where we, as citizens, expect our local and national governments to support us with policies and other measures to help solve this problem. But that is easier said than done. Where do they get their information from?

Finaliza Festival Trees & Seas 2022 en Chile

552 kilos de residuos, 627 metros cuadrados de dunas encordadas, 150 árboles plantados y 500 participantes

El festival internacional Trees & Seas tuvo presencia en nuestro país con actividades en La Serena. Rapa Nui y Santiago, e incluyó la limpieza de 33.665 metros cuadrados de playa, río y humedal; talleres de reciclaje y huerta urbana, y la participación cerca de 500 ciudadanos, voluntarios y líderes de organizaciones de la sociedad civil, emprendimientos y la comunidad local.

ÜÑÜ Organizing Trees & Seas Lead-In Event On Chiloé Island

Longtime BlueCommunities Partner Making a Difference at Multiple Levels

Chiloé, Chile.

Chile, Chiloé.

As Javier Garcia speaks, he mixes up the two places, but refuses to correct himself, as though the mistake is in fact an accidental fortifier of the links – of the intractability – between Chiloé the island, and Chile the nation.

SeyNoPlastic Drives Change and Awareness Across Seychelles

Using a Fun Approach and a Positive Message to Create Change

Welcome to the Seychelles.

Iconic, stunning picturesque locations where azure seas meet pristine white sands in the middle of the Indian ocean.

Nothing short of paradise.

All are words and thoughts that perfectly sum up this island chain, one of most sought after on earth for once-in-a-lifetime holidays.

Plastic Oceans International Desempeñará un Papel Clave en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Océanos en Lisboa, Portugal

ONG Mundial se Asociará con el PNUMA, la OCDE, el Banco Mundial, el Foro Económico Mundial y Otros

23 de junio de 2022 – Malibu, California – Plastic Oceans International (POI) se enorgullece de anunciar su papel principal y su lista de actividades en la próxima Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Océanos, que tendrá lugar en Lisboa, Portugal, del 27 de junio al 2 de julio de 2022.

Como participante oficialmente acreditado y como una de las principales ONG mundiales dedicadas a acabar con la contaminación plástica, POI está organizando una variedad de eventos que incluyen socios como el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), The World Bank, World Economic Forum, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), el Gobierno del Reino Unido y una variedad de organizaciones locales.

Plastic Oceans International to Play Key Role at UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

Global NGO to Partner With UNEP, OECD, The World Bank, World Economic Forum and Others

June 23, 2022 – Malibu, California – Plastic Oceans International (POI) is proud to announce its lead role and slate of activities at the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, June 27 to July 2, 2022.

As an officially accredited delegation, and as one of the leading global NGOs dedicated to ending plastic pollution, POI is organizing a variety of events that include such partners as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The Word Bank, World Economic Forum, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Government of the United Kingdom, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and a variety of local organizations.

A sleeping sea lion is put on a respirator while experts remove the fishing line from its neck.

Rescate de Lobos Marinos Salvando y Estudiando a los Lobos Marinos del Golfo de California

La ONG Mexicana Ahora es parte del Programa Global BlueCommunities que Fomenta la Defensa y Acción Local, Basada en Valores del Océano como un-Medio para Informar e Inspirar a Escala Global.

La Paz, Baja California Sur; una impresionante ciudad costera se asentaba en la parte baja del Golfo de California, también ampliamente considerada como la capital de las ONG de México.

Una suposición que no es un accidente, sino un resultado directo del asombroso y único paisaje del más remoto y menos poblado de los estados de México, una península que apunta hacia abajo como un dedo entre el Océano Pacífico y el singularmente biodiverso Mar de Cortés.Read More

Rescate de Lobos Marinos Saving and Studying the Sea Lions of The Gulf of California

Mexican NGO Now Part of Global BlueCommunities Program that Fosters Local, Values-based, Ocean Advocacy and Action As a Means to Inform and Inspire On a Global Scale

La Paz, Baja California Sur; a stunning coastal city sat in the lower Gulf Of California, also widely regarded as the NGO capital of Mexico.

An assumption which is no accident but rather a direct result of the amazing, unique landscape of this most remote, and least populated of Mexico’s states, a peninsula which points down like a finger between the Pacific Ocean and the uniquely biodiverse Sea of Cortez.

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