A young journalist, Anoushka Gupta, who writes for Los Angeles Time High School Insider, attended Algalita’s recent 3-day event: the Youth Innovation Forum on Plastic Pollution. Her account of the event reveals a unique perspective of the Forum:
“Algalita, a local anti-plastic pollution non-profit, hosted their second annual Youth Innovation Forum at Cal State Long Beach from Aug. 2-4. There were 82 registered attendees who were selected after proving their knowledge and interest in environmental issues through an online application. The goal of the forum was to “empower a new generation of critical thinkers who will shift the broken systems that have caused the plastic pollution crisis,” said Algalita Education Director Katie Allen…”
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