Impact Hub Berkeley and Lexicon for Sustainability present Plastic Paradise

Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 6:30pm Doors, 7:00pm Screening
Impact Hub Berkeley, David Brower Center, Berkeley, California
Tickets: $15 at the door
Featuring special guests from the 5 Gyres Institute

Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet it has become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined.

Impact Hub Berkeley has teamed up with Lexicon of Sustainability for part two of the sustainable food/ag series, From the Ground Up: Change Accelerator. This four part, year-long program brings together multi-stakeholder organizations working in sustainable food and agriculture to collaborate on joint initiatives. The change accelerator combines dynamic innovation salons, public-facing education programs, and community building events to drive systemic change in the following areas: Collaborative Trade; Living Oceans; Health Soil/Carbon Farming; Local Food Systems.

More information: http://berkeley.impacthub.net/event/plastic-paradise-a-film-screening/