From Seven Generations Ahead:

Join Seven Generations Ahead and the Fox Valley Sustainability Network for a screening of the 76-minute documentary ‘Microplastic Madness’ followed by a panel discussion around plastic initiatives and policies that exist, as well as ones that are in the works locally, regionally, and nationally.

Speakers include:

• Abby Beck, Ward 5 City Council Member, City of Batavia

• Cynthia Kanner, Executive Director, Environmental Defenders of McHenry County

• Jaclyn Wegner, Director of Conservation Action, Shedd Aquarium

Read about the film and watch the trailer HERE.
Click HERE to register.

CORRECTION: This is a follow-up meeting to a prior screening of ‘A Plastic Ocean.’ The film itself will not be screened at this event. If you would like to discuss how to live a plastic-free life, please attend, and make reservations at richard.alton@gmail.com.

Sally Stovall Memorial Plastic-Free Summer Screening of ‘A Plastic Ocean’ will be followed by discussion about how to live a plastic-free life. Make reservations at richard.alton@gmail.com.

FILM DESCRIPTIOIN: In the center of the Pacific Ocean gyre our researchers found more plastic than plankton. A Plastic Ocean documents the newest science, proving how plastics, once they enter the oceans, break up into small particulates that enter the food chain where they attract toxins like a magnet. These toxins are stored in seafood’s fatty tissues, and eventually consumed by us. 

During its four-year production period, A Plastic Ocean was filmed in 20 locations around the world in beautiful and chilling detail to document the global effects of plastic pollution–and introduce workable technology and policy solutions that can, if implemented in time, change things for the better.