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SUMMARY:Oceans of Trash: Tackling Marine Plastic Pollution
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Alejandro Durán\nA program in conjunction with the exhibition Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape\, photos by Alejandro Durán.\nSaturday\, January 31\, 2015\n2:30 – 5PM with reception to follow\nHunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work\nAuditorium\n2180 Third Ave at 119th Street\nNew York\, NY 10035\n \nSpeakers include: \n5 Gyres\nThe 5 Gyres Institute conducts research and communicates about the global impact of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. 5 Gyres employs strategies to eliminate the accumulation of plastic pollution in the five subtropical gyres. 5 Gyres founders Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins will present on their most recent research. \nAlejandro Durán\nArtist Alejandro Durán’s fascination with collecting and rearranging trash on the shores of Mexico’s Sian Ka’an region led to his ongoing project\, Washed Up. As an educator\, filmmaker\, and artist\, Alejandro’s work promotes awareness of ocean pollution and advocates for change. \nCarson Farmer \nCarson Farmer is Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information (CARSI) where he works on a number of urban issues\, ranging from transportation to human impacts on the oceans. Recently\, Carson has begun to examine sustainability issues surrounding urban impacts on the worlds oceans from a quantitative and policy perspective with Dr. Tim Stojanovic from St Andrews University in Scotland. \nPlus more exciting participants and practitioners. \nSupported by the American Chai Trust and Hunter College Arts Across the Curriculum program sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nFor more information\, please contact ehartg@hunter.cuny.edu
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/oceans-of-trash-tackling-marine-plastic-pollution/
LOCATION:Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work Auditorium\, 2180 Third Ave at 119th Street \, New York\, NY\, 10035 \, United States
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