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
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?
Tackling Plastic Pollution: An Innovative Approach Through Film-Activism
Plastic Oceans International is committed to fostering sustainable communities worldwide with the primary aim of eradicating plastic pollution. It’s evident that plastic pollution is a complex, multifaceted issue that necessitates a change in how we function across every societal level, whether it be local, national, regional, or international. It involves a systematic flow of information across all these levels, enabling us to align our efforts effectively.
New Film, Cutting The Line: Tackling Abandoned Fishing Lines
Cutting the Line: A Documentary that serves as an inspirational clarion call to advocate for global policies to support communities actively fighting to mitigate and remediate ocean pollution
The Skeleton Coast, Namibia, the infamous littoral on southern Africa Atlantic Coast named for the vast numbers of shipwrecks which have come to line its shore, through history.
But now, there are new skeletons on these famous sand dunes: dead fur seals, tragically entangled on fishing lines discarded from commercial fishing.
Navigating the Second Round of Global Treaty Talks on Plastic Pollution: A Complete Overview
INC2 Introduction
From Plastic Oceans International, Julie Andersen (CEO) and Mark Minneboo (Director of Advocacy), the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC2). They actively participated in discussions and shared insights on information flow and legislative implementation gaps at the subnational level.
INC2 had over 1600 attendees from more than 170 countries converged at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to hash out details of a potential treaty aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. Approximately 50% of attendees were country delegates representing 168 countries and the other 50% of attendees represented stakeholders from civil society, international governmental organizations, scientists, and industry with varying interests.
Bridging the Gap: Understanding Stakeholders in Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution requires varied interventions tailored to geographical areas and stakeholders’ positions in the plastic lifecycle. Multiple stakeholders, each with unique roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities, are involved in the process. So, how can we better understand this system to start solving the problem? The key lies in a deeper comprehension of these stakeholders, their interactions, roles, and responsibilities. Only then can we come together, acknowledge our respective parts, and collectively develop effective solutions for plastic pollution.
Solving Plastic Pollution: Everyone is a stakeholder, but not every stakeholder is equal.
The plastic lifecycle involves multiple stakeholders with different roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities. By working together and understanding our respective roles, we can develop effective solutions to plastic pollution and create a more sustainable future.
Trees & Seas Film-Activism Festival Returns for its 3rd Year from September 1-10, 2023
Uniting Communities and the Environment Through the Power of Film
The highly anticipated 3rd annual Trees & Seas film-activism festival is back and better than ever, continuing its growth and fostering sustainable community progress in their own backyards, ultimately contributing to a collective global impact against plastic pollution.
Plastic Oceans International Participates in Our Ocean 2023 With a Side Event About the Impacts of Fishing Gear
This year’s conference brought together more than 600 global ocean experts and generated over 340 ocean action commitments worth $19 billion.
The Our Ocean conference is a yearly event to draw international attention to the serious threats facing the world’s ocean, commiting to concrete action around the globe to support marine conservation and sustainable development. Read More
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