The Story of Plastic Film Discussion
Go Green HP, Go Green Vernon Hills/Lincolnshire and the Highland Park Public Library will conduct a joint discussion via Zoom of the
Emmy-nominated film, The Story of Plastic, from 7 to 8 p.m., November 9.
The film, available all month for free on YouTube, illustrates the dangers
posed by our plastic-filled world.
The panel comprises Sasha Adkins, Ph.D., MPH, a lecturer at Loyola University School of Environmental Sustainability and author of From
Disposable Culture to Disposable People: The Unintended Consequences of
Plastics; Chelsey Grassfield, policy manager at Friends of the Chicago
River; and Eileen Ryan, an activist who helped write the Single-Use Plastic Bag
Ban in Watertown, Massachusetts. The moderator is Jaclyn Wegner, director of
conservation at Shedd Aquarium.
Register (required) at Tinyurl.com/TheStoryOfPlastic.
