Plastic Perils: Understanding the Impact on Your Health, the Environment, and What You Can Do About It
Plastics are ubiquitous in our lives, but their consequences are far-reaching including disrupting hormones to polluting our oceans and the food we eat from it. To protect ourselves and our families, we need to grab onto a few key ways we can reduce plastic in our lives.
Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH, Health Policy Director at Beyond Plastics, will delve into the science behind plastic pollution, the health implications, and the environmental impacts.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Fall
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2024.
New York is Not Disposable In-Person Rally & Advocacy Day
Please join us in Albany on Tuesday, May 14 to let your state legislators know you want them to pass packaging reduction this year!
Webinar: Plastics and Your Health
The negative impacts of plastic on human health are increasingly visible and increasingly costly. This March, the New England Journal of Medicine released the results of a study detecting micro- and nanoplastics in the carotid artery plaque of 58% of patients, and found that it measurably increased the risk of heart attack, stroke, and all-cause mortality in those patients. What does this mean for us? Join Beyond Plastics for a conversation with Philip J. Landrigan, M.D. on Plastics and Your Health.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Spring 2024
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in April and May 2024.
New York is Not Disposable In-Person Advocacy Day
Please join us in Albany on Tuesday, February 27 to let your state legislators know you want them to pass packaging reduction ASAP this year!
Webinar: How NY is Holding Pepsi Accountable for Its Plastic Pollution - & Your State Can, Too
On November 15, 2023 New York Attorney General Letitia James sued PepsiCo for misleading the public about its goals to eliminate single-use plastic, and for endangering the environment. Please join us from 7-8pm ET on Tuesday, February 20 for a conversation with Lemuel Srlovic, Chief of the Environmental Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s Office, about the details and significance of the suit.
New York is Not Disposable Virtual Advocacy Day
The New York Waste Reduction Coalition is hosting a virtual advocacy days online to advance the Bigger Better Bottle Bill and the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act on Thursday, January 18.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Fall 2023
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2023.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | SPRING 2023
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in April and May 2023.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | FALL 2022
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2022.
WEBINAR: A LOOK AT GLOBAL PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN
Join Bennington College and Beyond Plastics on eds, May 11 at 7 PM ET via Zoom for a Global Look at Plastic In The Ocean with Dr. Kara Lavender Law, Research Professor of Oceanography at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, MA.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Spring 2022
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in April and May 2022.
Plastics: Earth’s Super Polluters
As the world shifts from fossil fuel based energy and transportation, plastics are the petrochemical industry's Plan B, with more plastics infrastructure being built every year. Plastic and the climate crisis go hand in hand: global warming emissions from U.S. plastics will surpass emissions from coal in the U.S. by 2030.
Envisioning a World Beyond Plastics | University of Albany’s Leading Questions Series Welcomes Judith Enck
UAlbany School of Public Health’s Dr. Erin Bell will interview Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator about her work in environmental advocacy and discussing the impact of plastics’ production and disposal and the role it plays in climate change and environmental equity.
BRIEFING: Reckoning With the US Role In Global Ocean Plastic Waste
Join Beyond Plastics for a free virtual briefing by The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Mathematics on their recent report, Reckoning With The U.S. Role In Global Ocean Plastic Waste.
Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class | Fall 2021
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in September and October 2021.
Call To Ask Congress To Break Free From Plastic
Join Beyond Plastics and our allies across the country in calling on Congress to Break Free From Plastic on Weds, May 26th.
The Plastic Invasion oF Reproductive Health
In honor of Women’s Health Month in May, Beyond Plastics will host a conversation on the effects of plastics on human health and reproduction.
Breaking the Plastic Habit: Finding True Solutions
Join former EPA regional administrator and founder of Beyond Plastics, Judith Enck, and Omega CEO and founder of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Robert "Skip" Backus for a conversation about how can we face the challenge of building public awareness and action on plastic pollution.
The American Landscape and Environmentalism
Join Judith Enck for a discussion on environmentalism in the region today; hosted by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
Beyond Plastic Pollution, Spring 2021 Course
Judith Enck will teach an online class on plastic pollution through Bennington College that is open to the public in April & May 2021.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic Virtual Rally
Join this free virtual rally to learn more about the relationship between plastics and climate change. We will also learn about the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act and why this comprehensive legislation is the chance we've been hoping for to #BreakFreeFromPlastic.
NYC Plastic Pollution Virtual Organizing Meeting
Join us in working to end plastic pollution and NYC and beyond. RSVP for our virtual organizing meeting on Feb 11th at 6 PM ET.
Facing the Plastic Pollution Crisis: A Talk with Judith Enck
A talk with Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics to hear about how single-use plastic is harming our environment and what you can do about it.
Confronting the Waste Crisis with Judith Enck
Join Beyond Plastics President, Judith Enck and Mohonk Consultations for an online discussion of the global waste crisis.
Campaigning Against Corporate Plastic Polluters | Nov 18 Webinar
Join us for our November 18 webinar, where panelists will discuss the most effective campaigns to stop corporations from polluting the planet with single-use plastic.
Call To Urge Sen. Gillibrand To Act On Plastic Pollution
Join us on 11/16/20 in calling on NYS Senator Gillibrand to address our growing plastic pollution crisis by co-sponsoring the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.
All-Day Tweet-A-Thon to Help NYC Skip The Straw
Help convince NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson to bring the long overdue Straws By Request Bill up for a vote to help NYC kick its wasteful and polluting single-use plastic straw habit.
Learn About the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
Join Beyond Plastics and Sierra Club Maryland to learn more about this ground-breaking new federal bill to address the plastic pollution crisis.