An inspirational woman that has hands down set the standard on cleaning lake Ontario! Dive into how this gets done and the steps it takes.
All the links we look at and talk about are here below : )
Words of wisdom from three women in nonprofits - https://blog.google/outreach-initiati...
Trash Talk - At Home in Canada - https://athomeincanada.ca/montreal/tr...
Ontario couple chooses P.E.I. for unique 'eco-wedding' - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince...
Butt Blitz aims to clean up cigarette butts off the ground - https://www.chch.com/butt-blitz-aims-...
Notable Life - https://notablelife.com/rochelle-arch...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agreenerfut...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreenerteam
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochelle-...
Tackling Plastic Pollution in a land locked province can be tricky. Check out how Plastic Free YYC works on shifting the local mentality and providing a solutions focused message to their community!
Great stuff here, and be sure to check out their interactive map on the website!
Website - www.plasticfreeyyc.com
Social - @plasticfreeyyc
Probably one of Canada's most involved scientists with ANYTHING ocean related. Check out all her great work from....well work, the multiple organizations she chairs and her personal hobby of cleaning up her neighborhood.
Day Job - Fisheries Biologist with the Centre for Fisheries and Ecosystems Research at the Marine Institute of Memorial University St. John's.
https://www.mi.mun.ca/departments/centreforfisheriesecosystemsresearch/
Not for profit work:
Petty Harbour Aquarium - http://www.miniaqua.org/
CANOE - http://oceanliteracy.ca/ Cleaning up:
Plogging Newfoundland -
https://www.instagram.com/plogging.nl/
Talking story with Zachary Shoom about how to keep the Salish Sea clean.
Please take the time to "take action" and help them get more names on the list for our elected officials to act!
Check out their work in general and this project specifically here:
https://www.obabika.org/treatoursalishsea
https://www.obabika.org/
https://www.instagram.com/obabikaorg/
A one man wrecking ball working with some of the largest international NGO's and governments throughout Oceana. Learn from a man who lives and breathes environmental policy every day and how you actually make change with governing bodies! Here's some of the links we look at and talk about : )
https://www.iucn.org/es/node/17894?fbclid=IwAR2fCyhHrQpgw_5PNyapMqLi1ANYZetXAClzx3JIqxU6okHTr7o9SFNp1z8 https://www.sprep.org/clean-pacific-roundtable/agenda?fbclid=IwAR1WEyB9PCuvfg_q_xRqKz_xcskCPEsKuGsI8_mnBmBIDULz5Z7cTfrbLvY
https://www.fijitimes.com/art-work-promotes-reusing-rubbish/?fbclid=IwAR0Xq83nK7oNf3LtnWN19dP64eByISoDrPVC2TbRbUfMj2iXOmFp3Z1mGDY
http://greenbusiness.solutions/fiji-green-packaging-steering-committee/?fbclid=IwAR3u4G0umUpWqVUBYq3fXhxA9wooQUAg-fc6yKGeTE0Iu_pRj-UgVRsgP4Y
http://greenbusiness.solutions/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Full-Report-Plastics-Talanoa.pdf?fbclid=IwAR22C-RcKrb2qzT-WuAG3Mpij1G_WApdllLtIN3Yn4ePFkT7N0cZt4R_3-8
https://www.iucn.org/news/oceania/201911/iucn-introduces-plastic-waste-free-islands-pwfi-project-pacific?fbclid=IwAR28kQiKrUD408LGGyPPFTWMAL5iT5QICOucnOpAzJrVEDz1oKL7Wg3HFmE
His wife's sustainable ice pops:
https://www.facebook.com/tastyislandtreatsfiji/
Catching up with Kathleen Mulawka, on everyday practice and going down rabbit holes with plastic pollution. But in the end, if we all do simple first steps and just clean our own community first, we might just win this battle.
Kathleen's day job consists of working for two not for profit organizations and continuing studies in a second language. This lady might have an idea about what she's talking about!
For some links and resources we discussed throughout this video you can go here:
1. The Great Trail : thegreattrail.ca
2. Grandee Corvée MTL (organizing or participating in Montreal city cleanups): https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/corvees/
Catching up with fellow Canadian and Plastic Oceans Europe Executive Director, Mike Bilodeau. Learn how he got started on plastics work, what inspires him and what the future holds for him and his brand spanking new office with Plastic Oceans Europe. Check out his past work and media here:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwvrX...
Talking with Tim Stephenson, education director of Plastic Oceans Canada, Prime Minister Award winning educator, project guy and TEDx contributor
Join us with Tim learning about the Ocean on Vancouver Island: - https://plasticoceans.org/vancouver-i...
To learn more about Tim, go to: - TEDx = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho9i8...-
Teaching = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctQI...-
Receiving his Prime Minister Award = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaVqB...
Talking with Andy Sward, 3 time cross Canada runner, picking up bottles and cans along the way. Hear his story and why he does it. Also help him #cleanupcanada and show us what you got at @plasticoceanscanada