“Beyond Plastics” Seminar Coming this Fall

The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area is hosting a free, online webinar series on plastic pollution at the Clark Sports Center Community Center. The course, “Beyond Plastic Pollution” will run for seven consecutive Wednesday evenings beginning on September 3 and continuing until October 15.

The course is offered by the grassroots-organization Beyond Plastics in conjunction with Bennington College in Vermont,  Beyond Plastics headed by former EPA Regional Administrator and frequent WAMC Roundtable panelist Judith Enck

Beyond Plastic Pollution is an eye-opening environmental course that focuses on the systemic reasons why millions of tons of plastics enter the ocean, environment and our bodies each year. Featuring guest speakers, scientific reading, film screenings and panel discussions, this cutting-edge class will focus on the root causes of plastic pollution and its integral connection to climate change. It will reveal how the plastics industry continues to spin the myth of plastic recycling as the environmental justice and health impacts of plastic production and use worsen each day.

The course will also explore alternatives to plastic, and most importantly, what we can do to address this growing problem, focusing on public policy action. The webinar series is useful to anyone who wants to educate themselves about the issue, and tackle it in their own household, community, state, and nation. 

No pre-registration is required. Attendees should arrive 15 minutes before the seminar begins. There is no charge for the course and it is open to the general public as well as League members.