Announcing: TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch
We are pleased to announce that on Saturday, November 6, 2010, Plastic Pollution Coalition will host TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch - a one-day event that will bring together global thought leaders from the fields of technology, science, arts and entertainment, design, community activism and business in a dialog on the theme of “The Global Plastic Pollution Crisis”. In the past few years, the world has taken notice of the Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, a gyre of trash estimated to be at a minimum the size of the state of Texas and possibly as large at the United States. 90% of this trash patch is comprised of plastic. And there are similar areas of plastic pollution throughout the world – in all the world’s oceans, in seemingly unlikely places like the Arabian Desert, along some of the most pristine beaches of the world, in our cities, in our rivers, and in our bodies. Plastic pollution affects every one of us.
TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch is a forum where issue experts, youth leaders, visual and performing artists, actors, musicians, politicians and many others will share observations on how plastic pollution affects ocean/environmental health and public health; explore solutions for reducing our plastic footprint, and begin to develop ideas about eliminating plastic pollution through individual action as well as public- and private-sector innovation.
In a commitment to keep a low carbon footprint, and to encourage and empower global engagement and action, this important event will be streamed live to locations around the world. Please contact us if you are interested in organizing a viewing party. Locations will be listed on the website as they are added. A live webcast of the event will be available on the day of the event through the website.
Due to space limitation, attendance is by invitation only.
A limited number of TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch individual and corporate sponsorships are available. Please contact us at info@PlasticPollutionCoalition.org.
Join us at TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch on Facebook or follow via Twitter at www.twitter.com/TEDxGP2.
About TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self organized.
*This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.
This is so critical to make people understand how their stupid little bottles and juice boxes and toy packaging is so wasteful and so destructive.
I think we need to go back to the days when we purchased things from the store they were not packaged but were instead on the shelves unwrapped and the clerk wrapped them for us upon purchase.
This would save so much money in for manufactuers, consumers and our planet.
I also think we need to go back to glass bottles for soda’s and drinks so that our children can collect them for cash, and we wouldn’t have a trash continent in the Pacific.
[...] bags will be one of the problems thought leaders will tackle at the TEDx GreatPacificGarbagePatch event Nov. 6. Sign the REFUSE pledge now and you will automatically be signed up to livestream the [...]
[...] bags will be one of the problems thought leaders will tackle at the TEDx GreatPacificGarbagePatch event Nov. 6. Sign the REFUSE pledge now and you will automatically be signed up to livestream the [...]
Will any one be discussing the chasing arrow symbols on plastics? & how they should be removed as they mislead people into thinking plastics can be recycled.
Thank you for bring this up. We really need to talk about this subject openly and intelligently and inform even the supposedly environmental conscious people who do not realize what they are doing with the plastic.
[...] Saturday, November 6th, beginning at 11:30 AM EDT, the Plastic Pollution Coalition hosts TEDx The Great Pacific Garbage Patch where global thought leaders in technology, science, [...]
Plastics are most certainly beinging recycled with great success. Please join the discussion at http://envisionplastics.wordpress.com/.