The Solution Set
Here we’ll share strategies that will help us move towards a world where plastic pollution is unthinkable.
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Biomimicry – Better Design Inspired by Nature
Many of our products today use plastic, helping us meet our product design challenges but causing all sorts of problems for our environment and health. Nature has created functional AND safe materials for millennia, so let’s pull out the magnifying glass, put on our curiosity hat, and learn from her.
A Net Plus – Giving Fishing Nets a New Start
This video by Patagonia highlights the work of our friends at Bureo, a company working with fishing communities in Chile to collect and recycle fishing nets. Creating community-based collection systems, stable end-markets, and designing products for recyclability is key to keeping plastics out of the environment.
Breathe This Air: A #PlasticJustice Film
This short film by Peak Plastic Foundation, helps us change the narrative by centering the humans impacted by plastic production. The health of the environment is important but focusing on the impacts to our own communities is key to creating lasting change together.
College Perspectives: Inspiring Change Through the Arts
Watch this recording from the April 2025 College Perspectives panel event. This panel features three incredible college students and recent graduates who are leveraging art as a tool to increase environmental awareness.
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College Perspectives: Tackling Plastics Through Community Organizing
Watch this recording from the March 2025 College Perspectives panel event. This panel features three incredible college students and recent graduates who are tackling plastic pollution through engaging their peers and community members.
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College Perspectives: Researching Plastics Through Science and Sociology
Watch this recording from the February 2025 event, College Perspectives: Researching Plastics Through Science and Sociology. This panel features three incredible college students and recent graduates who are tackling plastic pollution through innovative and interdisciplinary research.
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Navigating Your Future: Pathways to Eco-Professions
From policy and storytelling to research and philanthropy, there are so many existing and new emerging career pathways all aimed at making a meaningful impact on our planet and communities. Whether you are a student exploring options or a seasoned professional looking to switch things up, this virtual event will shed light on the broad array of professions that contribute to a healthy planet by spotlighting the stories and experiences of real professionals in our network.
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Student Perspectives: Careers in Plastic Pollution Science
In this virtual conversation, we go behind the scenes of one of the only accredited labs in the world testing for microplastics in drinking water and hear directly from the next generation of scientists leading this work. In this Student Perspectives video, Algalita’s Engagement Director, Emily Dekin, sits down with Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research’s Data Scientist, Hazel Vaquero, and Research Scientist, Angela Anguiano, to explore what it’s really like to build a career in plastic pollution science.
