Celebrate our 11th Anniversary
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Dear John,
As we reflect on Plastic Pollution Coalition’s founding in the days
leading up to our 11th Anniversary, IT’S AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH
HAS CHANGED. Many of our campaigns, working in partnership with hundreds of
Coalition members, have been years in the making. A LOT OF EFFORT HAS
GONE INTO BUILDING THIS MOVEMENT and your support has been critical. WE
NEED TO DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS, AND ARE GRATEFUL THAT IN HONOR OF OUR 11TH
ANNIVERSARY, ALL DONATIONS WILL BE DOUBLED UP TO $11,000 [5] BY AN
ANONYMOUS DONOR!
WE ARE FACING GREATER AND GREATER CHALLENGES. Companies are jumping on the
“environmentally sustainable” bandwagon because they see the writing on
the wall, but many are just greenwashing and promoting false solutions,
such as incineration, “waste to energy,” and increasing recycling
plastic. As detailed in last week’s REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: THE PLASTIC
PANDEMIC, “COVID-19 HAS HIT PLASTIC RECYCLING, JUST AS BIG OIL FIRMS ARE
INVESTING HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MAKE NEW PLASTIC. THESE
INVESTMENTS MASSIVELY EXCEED THE INDUSTRY’S SPENDING TO TACKLE PLASTIC
WASTE.”
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC IS A REALLY BIG PROBLEM—AND NEEDS REALLY BIG
SOLUTIONS. Will you support our efforts to continue holding these companies
accountable—and push for equitable, just, sustainable, and regenerative
change?
RIGHT NOW, YOUR DONATION WILL BE DOUBLED UP TO $11,000 [5] WHEN YOU GIVE BY
OCTOBER 31. Support our work to EDUCATE and CONNECT people and groups to
ADVOCATE to stop the increase of plastic production and pollution.
DONATE NOW & DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT [5]
Our movement still has a lot of work to do. Here are 11 major activities we
are currently pursuing:
* Hosting TEDXPLASTICPOLLUTIONCOALITION on Wednesday, October 14 as part
of TED Countdown.
* PPC GLOBAL WEBINARS, educating and informing on topics surrounding
single-use plastic pollution and solutions, with our next webinar on
October 27, “UNSEEN: MICROPLASTICS RESEARCH & SOLUTIONS.”
* Our GLOBAL PLASTIC REDUCTION LEGISLATIVE TOOLKIT is the primary global
portal and resource for individuals, organizations, and policymakers
focused on eliminating plastic pollution through policy action.
* U.S. Federal BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC POLLUTION ACT OF 2020 introduced in
February 2020.
* Following our ADVOCACY TO ACTION GRASSROOTS TRAINING (with Oceana &
Student PIRGs), supporting youth & local activist leaders with small grants
to put their advocacy efforts into action.
* Together with our fiscal sponsor, Earth Island Institute, taking LEGAL
ACTION with a ground-breaking lawsuit filed against major plastic-polluting
corporations in California.
* Promoting PPC Youth Ambassador HANNAH TESTA OF HANNAH4CHANGE’s new
book “TAKING ON THE PLASTICS CRISIS,” published on October 13 from
Pocket Change Collective (Penguin Random House).
* Partnering with The Conrad Foundation on the new OCEAN CHALLENGE as part
of the CONRAD CHALLENGE, a prestigious youth STEM innovation challenge.
* Launched THE HEALTHY PREGNANCY GUIDE (with MADE SAFE) to help navigate
the challenges of preparing a nontoxic home and making healthier living
choices for babies and the planet.
* Continuing to call out major polluters through our CORPORATE CAMPAIGNS,
including Amazon & Coca-Cola.
* Partnered with TheJetLagged.com on an immersive 360 virtual reality
film, SEA PLASTIC, narrated by PPC Notable Tim Robbins.
PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITION CONTINUES TO PROMOTE THE POSITIVE SYSTEMIC
CHANGE WE NEED TO CREATE A HEALTHIER, MORE JUST, EQUITABLE WORLD. We are
thankful for your friendship, and we appreciate your support now more than
ever, which will BE DOUBLED UP TO $11,000 [5], on donations made by October
31.
Onward with gratitude,
Julia Cohen, MPH
Managing Director
Plastic Pollution Coalition
YOUR DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
DONATE [5]
#PLASTICPOLLUTES
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PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITION is a growing global alliance of individuals,
organizations, businesses, and policymakers working toward a world free of
plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals, waterways,
oceans, and the environment. Plastic Pollution Coalition is a project of
Earth Island Institute, a 501(c)3, non-profit organization, organized and
existing under the laws of California (Federal Tax ID #94-2889684).
PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITION
1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, 10th Floor
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