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Saturday, October 20 • 4:30pm - 6:00pm
One Word: “Plastics”
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The pace, scale and impact of plastic pollution have exploded. Half of all plastic ever created has come into existence in the past decade. The impacts on ocean life, human health and the entire biosphere are vast and growing. Solutions need to be surfaced, rapidly researched and scaled. Join representatives from three of the world’s leading groups actively engaged in mounting a response equal to the size of the challenge. With: Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President of As You Sow; Shilpi Chhotray, Senior Communications Officer for the global #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement. Hosted by: Anna Cummins, co-founder and Global Strategy Director of 5 Gyres. 
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Shilpi Chhotray

Shilpi Chhotray is the Senior Communications Officer for the Break Free From Plastic global movement. Prior to joining Break Free From Plastic, Shilpi worked at Mission Blue/Sylvia Earle Alliance building public support for global networks of marine protected areas. She’s also the... Read More →
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Anna Cummins

Anna Cummins, co-founder and Global Strategy Director of the 5 Gyres Institute, a non-profit dedicated to ending plastic pollution, has 20+ years’ experience in environmental activism, including in: marine conservation, coastal watershed management, community relations, and bilingual... Read More →
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Conrad MacKerron

Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President at As You Sow, a non-profit promoting corporate social responsibility, has 10+ years’ experience managing shareholder advocacy initiatives on social and environmental issues, including: sustainable packaging, electronic waste recycling, and... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 4:30pm - 6:00pm PDT
Manzanita Room
  Activism/Justice/Human Rights