Futures Forum: Plastics Week in Sidmouth: 7th - 12th May
Most of the events are now confirmed - and here's the press release which has just gone out:
PRESS RELEASE
Futures Forum of the Vision Group for Sidmouth
Sidmouth Science Festival
24th April 2018
SIDMOUTH PLASTICS WEEK
There will be a focus on plastic pollution during the
second week of May, when the Futures Forum of the Vision Group and the Science
Festival will be co-hosting events to look at how we can encourage us all to
look at this with fresh eyes.
On Tuesday 8th May, Sohvi Nuojua from Plymouth
University will be giving a talk at the Cellar Bar of Kennaway House, on the
latest research into how plastic pollution happens.
In particular, she’ll be talking about “The human
dimension: How social and behavioural research can help address marine litter.”
As the University research web pages suggests, “Tapping
into the public’s passion for the ocean environment could be the key to
reducing the threats posed to it by plastic pollution.”
“Millions of tons of plastic particles accumulate in our
seas each year as a result of human behaviour, and once there they have a
potentially detrimental effect on marine life.”
“But reversing this trend, and finding ways to maintain
both the health of our oceans and the human benefits associated with it, is a
complicated task.”
On Friday 11th May, the popular performance
poet Matt Harvey will be making another appearance in Sidmouth.
To quote his publisher, “whimsical, ecological, political
and just plain funny, Matt is a frequent live performer (a hilariously
entertaining one, at that) throughout his native U.K., and is involved with the
Transition Town movement.”
And for his gig in the Cellar Bar of Kennaway House, he
will be doing his usual run through things ‘green’, whilst taking a tour
through some plastic-themed pieces.
Tickets are only £5 and will be available on the door –
or at Paragon Books and Winstone’s bookshop on the High Street.
And parallel to Plastics Week, the Sidmouth Plastic
Warriors will be hosting the monthly Chamber of Commerce breakfast on the
morning of Wednesday 9th May, to see how businesses can be helped to
go ‘plastic free’.
Plus, the Warriors will be working hard from 10am on Saturday
12th May, beach cleaning and then putting together an art
installation from the plastic rubbish gathered – to make a visual point about
the pollution of our seas.
This of course is part of the annual Sea Fest on the Ham,
whose special focus on reducing single use plastics this year will kick off
with the beach clean.
This will be the town’s first festival where all the food
retailers and community organisations will use only bio-degradeable or
recyclable materials.
Which will all go to show that we can do something to
really make an impact on plastic pollution.
With more information here:
How can we tackle the plastic pollution in our seas? | Sidmouth Science Festival
An evening with Matt Harvey - Sidmouth Plastics Week | Sidmouth Science Festival
And here:
Sidmouth Plastic Warriors Public Group | Facebook
Sidmouth Sea Fest - Home | Facebook
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