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The Last Straw: Plastic Oceans Fundraiser

Fundraiser for Plastic Oceans International Hosted by Dual

DID YOU KNOW that every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans?! And the amount of plastic in the ocean is set to increase tenfold by 2020. It’s time for change.

Come out this August 11 in Charlotte, NC to support Plastic Oceans! As part of our global charity initiative, Million 4 a Million, “The Last Straw” will benefit Plastic Oceans. Plastic Oceans is an organization dedicated to informing the public and inciting change around the plastic epidemic plaguing our oceans.

Sunday afternoon with all your favorite things:
Live Music, Craft Beer, Raffles, a Photobooth, Saving the Ocean, and more!

Eating Up Easter documentary review graphic

Eating Up Easter Showing at AAIFF

Eating Up Easter to be shown at the Asian American Film Festival in New York

Native Rapanui (Easter Island) filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu narrates to his son the modern dilemma of their people who risk losing everything to the globalizing effects of tourism.

The film follows four islanders, descendants of the ancient statue builders, who are working to tackle the consequences of their rapidly developing home. Mama Piru leads recycling efforts to reduce trash, Mahani and Enrique use music to reunite their divided community, and Sergio tries to understand the motivations of his father who embraces the advantages of building new businesses.

These stories intertwine to reveal the complexities of development and the contradictions within us all as we are faced with hard choices about our planet’s future.

Tickets $16.00

Mama Piru from Eating Up Easter documentary

Eating Up Easter gana el premio a la Mejor Sostenibilidad en el Festival Portugués de Cine de Surf

2 de agosto de 2019 – MALIBU, California, EE. UU. – Plastic Oceans International, la organización sin fines de lucro que trabaja para terminar con la contaminación por plástico global, anunció hoy que la película documental, Eating Up Easter, presentada por Plastic Oceans; producida y dirigida por Sergio M. Rapu; producida y escrita por Elena Rapu; junto a Kartemquin Films y Pacific Islanders in Communications, ganaron el premio al Mejor Pelicula de Sostenibilidad del Festival de Cine de Surf de Portugal.

Plastic Hangover from TEDxASU

Plastic Oceans Senior Scientific Advisor Charlie Rolsky in his TEDx Talk debut.

In this funny, engaging, and informative TEDx Talk given in March 2019, Dr. Rolf Halden from Arizona State University and his then graduate student Charlie Rolsky admit that we all have a problem. It’s a pervasive problem. One that surrounds us every day. It’s in our homes, at our work, in our cars, in our water, and in each and every one of us. That problem is plastic and society’s addiction to it.

DUAL Good Times Insured Comedy Show

Save the date! DUAL is very proud to present the “Good Times Insured Comedy Show” and Happy hour on Thursday, June 13th. Come right after work for a networking happy hour with Chicago’s Insurance professionals and laugh all night to some of the city’s very talented comedians!

All proceeds raised from this event are being donated to Plastic Oceans as part of our parent company’s 25th-anniversary fundraising event called, “Million for Million”.

Get to know more about the amazing mission of Plastic Oceans: https://plasticoceans.org/

Get to know more about The Hyperion Foundation: http://www.hyperionfoundation.com/

Join Us for Happy Hour or the Whole Evening. Bring your Troupe and Save On Admission.

ADMISSION with HAPPY HOUR – $65
TROUPE (package of 10 admissions) – $585
HAPPY HOUR ONLY – $35

Tickets available here.

Unable to make the show, but you still want to donate to this worthy cause? Please visit our GoFundMe http://bit.ly/2Sq9hos

New Microplastics Study – Charles Rolsky Contributes

The Vertical Distribution and Biological Transport of Marine Microplastics Across the Epipelagic and Mesopelagic Water Column.

This paper represents a collaborative research project between the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Arizona State University (ASU).

Merijn Tinga Joins Plastic Oceans International

Press Release

CONTACT: Lauren Cozzi, Plastic Oceans International

(202) 853-9608, lauren@laurencozzi.com

The Plastic Soup Surfer, Merijn Tinga, Joins Plastic Oceans International as Ambassador on World Oceans Day

Surfer, biologist, artist & activist joins global effort to end plastic pollution

June 8, 2019 – MALIBU, Calif., U.S. – Plastic Oceans International, the nonprofit organization serving the ocean and public to end plastic pollution, announced on World Oceans Day that Merijn Tinga, Plastic Soup Surfer, biologist, artist and activist, is the newest Plastic Oceans Ambassador.

Procurement Leaders, World Procurement Awards 2019

Plastic Oceans International Official Charity Partner

On May 16 2019 Global Executive Director of Plastic Oceans International, Julie Andersen and Head of Communications and Operations Tod Hardin will be on hand at the World Procurement Awards for a celebration of the procurement industry’s triumphs, progress and the critical role it plays in business.

Join them From 6:45 p.m. until the after party starts at 11:20 p.m, then mix and mingle with all this year’s winners and corporate sponsors.

Black Tie Dress Code.

Plastic Planet: Town Hall Meeting

Plastic Oceans International Global Executive Director Julie Anderson Speaking

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this informative session. Join local and national leaders addressing the impact, challenges, and opportunities generated by 300 million tons of single use plastic produced each year.

Monday April 29 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Old School Square in Delray Beach, Florida

Belle Isle Spring Clean-Up 2019

Plastic Oceans International Lending a Helping Hand

On Saturday, April 27 Plastic Oceans International Head of Operations and Communications Tod Hardin will be attending the Annual Clean-Up of the Belle Isle State Park in Detroit Michigan. Stop by and lend a helping hand and ask Tod how you can get involved as a volunteer with our organization.

8 am check in.

Event runs until 12 pm. Lunch to follow.

Park fees are waived for volunteers.

Individuals and families can register on site. Groups of 15 or more please email: nowakg@belleisleconservancy.org

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