“ A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.” - Charles Kettering

Our culture depends on single use plastic… look around you, right now. what do you see? maybe a plastic bottle, food containers, the infamous six pack rings… the problem is that most plastic waste does not make it to the recycling center or even the landfill. This plastic is carried by rivers, wind and animals and can find its way to the sea.

It’s time for us to break up with single - plastic! so go ahead turn on your favorite dance party song and start your break-up ! 

we encourage to you visit PlasticTides.Org  see what you can do for a ton of inspiration and opportunities.

Our featured guest today is Christian Shaw, he is the Founder and Executive Director of Plastic Tides, an organization whose mission is to inspire and catalyze action toward a plastic- free future through adventure, education and youth empowerment.

Christian has undertaken a great deal of challenges in his desire to see a plastic-free future, he has lead paddle board expeditions to some of the worlds most polluted bodies of water to aid in the collection of marine plastic pollution research.

Now rolling into a decade of experience in the non-profit sector of conservation, he recently completed an expedition up the Mississippi river researching the prevalence of nurdles (the parent material of plastic products. This expedition leads to engaged activism through an online petition supporting opposition to the proposed Formosa Plastics facility in St. James Parish, La.

Since 2014, inspiring youth to take action has always been core to Plastic Tides.

The Global Youth Mentor Program (GYM) gives motivated Youth Leaders the tools and support to create lasting systemic change in their communities. Youth Leaders are paired with Mentors from all over the world and directed through change-based projects. Now more than ever, youth leadership is vital to the success of the environmental movement.

We are grateful that You are here with us for our talk with Christian.

Find out more about and get involved the Global Youth Mentor program PlasticTides.Org & follow @plastictides on IG.

Thank you to Maryam Faresh and Erfan Firouzi for opening and closing the show with their beautiful readings from “Love Letter to the Earth”

by Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press (2013)

Further show details can be found over at EmergingWorldProject.Org 

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