Plastics in the Wild - The Impact of Plastic Pollution on Wildlife -- and You
Schedule
Mon, 10 Apr, 2023 at 07:00 pm
Location
Hope Lutheran Bozeman | Bozeman, MT
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This presentation provides an overview of how every stage of plastic use causes harm to health and promotes environmental injustice; how it causes harm to humans, wildlife, and the ecosystems that sustain all of us; and how we can work together to reduce the toxic overproduction of single-use plastics.The physical and chemical components of plastics contaminate our water, air, soil, and the bodies of life forms on earth. Plastics have been found in beer, salt, earthworms, apples, lettuces—as well as placentas and deep in the lungs of living humans. Plastics pollute and contribute to climate change at every stage, including when plastics are made, used, and disposed of. The so-called “life cycle” of plastics creates a long-lasting legacy of damage to the health of earth’s biological systems. It is important to stop the toxic overproduction of single-use plastics and stop the greenwashing and false solutions. We can’t recycle our way out of this problem. Incineration and methods such as waste-to-fuel and chemical recycling are not the answer. We need to support a regenerative circular economy and take action to stop the harm and injustice at every stage of plastic pollution.
About Our Speaker
Youpa Stein is an artist and concerned citizen who works to raise awareness about plastic pollution and the related health issues and environmental injustice caused by plastics through giving talks, writing, creating art, and working toward policy solutions. Her belief in the rights of nature fundamentally shapes her work.
Youpa was born in Montana. She volunteers for the Beyond Plastics Speakers Bureau and is a volunteer Co-Chair of Families for a Livable Climate Plastics Working Group. Youpa agrees with writer, farmer, and activist, Wendell Berry in his belief that the care of the earth is our most ancient and worthiest responsibility.
The in-person meeting will be held Monday, April 10th at Hope Lutheran Church, 2152 West Graf (off S 19th). A social begins at 6:30 PM; the program begins at 7:00 PM. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own reusable cups.
For virtual attendance please register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5316311772294317401. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Attendees—whether in person or virtual—are encouraged to share their bird sightings at this and every monthly program. Share the program on social media using the hashtags #sasbirds, #sacaaudubon, #conservation and #plasticpollution.
SAS monthly programs are free and open to the public, featuring a special guest speaker the 2nd Monday of each month, September through May. For more information, contact Kyle Moon at [email protected].
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Where is it happening?
Hope Lutheran Bozeman, 2152 W Graf St,Bozeman,MT,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: