[act-ma] Fwd: PLASTIC - OUR TOXIC ADDICTION: register for Cambridge Forum on May 30!

Sat May 27 05:39:30 PDT 2023

________________________________
From: Kevin Heaton <kevwsc at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2023, 8:24 AM
To: Kevin Heaton <heatonkevin1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: PLASTIC - OUR TOXIC ADDICTION:  register for Cambridge Forum on May 30!

________________________________
From: Cambridge Forum <director at cambridgeforum.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2023 6:00:22 AM
To: kevwsc at hotmail.com <kevwsc at hotmail.com>
Subject: PLASTIC - OUR TOXIC ADDICTION: register for Cambridge Forum on May 30!

Sign up now - to join the discussion on ZOOM
[https://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=4fd818b3-9380-43e1-94c0-447bdbc1aa5a&a=1102697439964&c=f3ed5c20-87ce-11e5-8de9-d4ae528e486a&ch=f42fe360-87ce-11e5-8df0-d4ae528e486a]
[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/46747e60-52f5-457d-a092-6534b43caabc.jpg]<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSRymPa-FnJv3x1qvJbDzU5K9B0K722iF4nER_VYShCYbOy4vdVeebUWi5f3CIyPk0SiYzTQ0OVXwTUiX92_ASgjiDdR0wru45RD9ZfJIAvOn&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>

Upcoming forums<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSRymPa-FnJv3x1qvJbDzU5K9B0K722iF4nER_VYShCYbOy4vdVeebUWi5f3CIyPk0SiYzTQ0OVXwTUiX92_ASgjiDdR0wru45RD9ZfJIAvOn&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>

May - June 2023

[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/c5b34acd-ccc7-4043-ae31-fadca85e53bc.jpg]

Don't forget this comingTuesday's Forum!

About the ubiquitous issue of PLASTIC: OUR TOXIC ADDICTION. The way we produce, use and dispose of plastics is polluting the planet, creating grave risks for human health and destabilizing the climate. People in the poorest nations and communities suffer the most, as is the case across the whole triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. What was once hailed as a miracle material has now become a disastrous liability - what to do?

There is hope in the UNEP negotiations currently underway in Paris to create a Global Plastics Treaty, effective in 2024. Meanwhile we need to grasp the enormity of the problem and each do our part to reduce using plastic where possible, lobbying for less packaging and trying to eliminate our ridiculous dependency on bottled water!

Register below for this crucial discussion about protecting our future health as people and as a planet. Also mark your calendar for our Forum on HOW NOT TO KILL Y0URSELF on June 14. This program features author & professor philosopher, Clancy Martin who has written an amazing book about the portrait of a suicidal mind - his own. In it he describes how he's coped with addiction and survived ten suicide attempts. As a 55 year-old happily married father of five children, Martin is "thankful that I am incompetent at killing myself. I believe that almost every suicide can be prevented, including my own, with access to good behavioral health systems."

At a time when suicide rates for youth having been steadily rising this kind of information and intervention is more vital than ever. Join the discussion; the registration details will be posted shortly.

As always, thanks for "being there" - see you all on Tuesday!

Best,

MARY STACK

Executive Director, CF

Donate to Cambridge Forum<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSayLdxmn-CyNd3Z-DSZkc3yPlpS6AdabXsCOQ2bCVXG_YEGtXm2hP2hHzIYqgZz_JpJc_G9ph1fsTpAFJNS5yifAX_ujRnl_1AREC4JPM5VPe0LNASol_F3pwmF1YF4_2T174J7sM0QPEox26hcLxQE=&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>
[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/b568e1c1-f60d-4b6f-a2d0-38d6330b2d31.jpg]

PLASTIC -

OUR TOXIC ADDICTION

Tuesday May 30 at 5 pm

 ZOOM Sign Up for PLASTIC <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSbXNjjXxcx2Ts1ZH8BmmhYAzxcdjty1BEMHtV8-iAZQhLPqre_v-FIc475Au0X27f7HTzTyA3R4kqb3aF1rmF6oZ7Njr--fBwhgV4TTrp3SUMU6Cp6tK8YEsjGX5btSZwx5SdSVBnLLtjcxnN9gYin9Ba46e7V8skOXIzINJIzKkRPfu9xHMRuTOVZryo64Nsw==&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>
[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/9cf7fbb7-6fd9-4847-af0d-f157c90cdcfa.png]

The old adage about the "free lunch" fits plastic perfectly – there is no such thing. Yes, at first it was shiny, bright and inexpensive and seemed like it could be used for almost anything – until we got the price tag.  And now it might be too late to fix it.

100 years down the road the world is discovering the myriad unintended consequences of plastic which far outweigh its cheap convenience.  Almost daily, scientific research brings us fresh horrors about plastic; it is no longer just turtles or whales choking on the stuff, now it has invaded us. Microplastics are in our blood, human breastmilk and even our brains. Little did we know that when we put plastic into medical devices and food packaging, it would leach into those syringes and water bottles causing dangerous health consequences intrinsically and extrinsically.

Only 5% of plastic can be recycled so that means 95% is being dumped into our oceans, landfills and bodies at an unremitting pace.  What can be done to break our toxic addiction to plastic, and to terminate its lethal global legacy?  To help us understand the scale of the problem and see what steps California and other countries are already taking with the Global Plastics Treaty we will speak to John Hocevar, Greenpeace’s Oceans Campaign Director and Veronique Greenwood, a science journalist and essayist who frequently contributes to the New York Times, the BBC, and National Geographic.

Please sign up now to join this urgent discussion which will be recorded on Zoom.

uT

[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/a1a59c91-5029-4f8f-a88a-fe3705eb4ddc.jpg]

John Hocevar is Greenpeace's OCEANS CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR and oversees the organization’s domestic marine conservation efforts and works with internationally to keep the oceans healthy for future generations.

Hocevar has spearheaded numerous projects, including improving the sustainability of seafood sold in supermarkets and phasing out single use plastics. A licensed submarine pilot and experienced SCUBA diver, Hocevar has explored the Chukchi Sea, Amazon Reef, Bering Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula in a research submarine. Hocevar also led a scientific expedition to study the scope and impacts of the BP Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Hocevar earned a master’s degree in marine biology from Nova University, focusing on coral reef conservation.

[https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif]
[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/e789e5ca-a740-4134-9eaf-808e3caa85ee.jpg]

Veronique Greenwood is a science journalist and essayist who frequently contributes to the New York Times. A BBC columnist and a former staff writer at Discover Magazine, she has covered the science of sleep, the biology of the senses, and issues in genetics and evolution. Her National Geographic cover story explored genetic profiling in criminal investigations.

A recipient of the Santa Fe Institute Journalism Fellowship, she has written about the rise of big data in biology and about the culture of science—how its power structures are formed, who scientists are as people, and what society wants science to be.

[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/6f45f2a8-fa58-479c-9fcb-1075aee3a78f.jpg]
[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/f49aa3a2-3311-4c3d-b0c3-a290c00ce20f.jpg]
[https://files.constantcontact.com/cd2a3edb001/50bf8e97-84e1-49de-a096-76bfc67a412e.jpg]
Support<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSRymPa-FnJv3IhHMzhZv0EsAwwl-hRs3STuzYQaIiQP0h0o3Vi-K11PwdLMJQOC4Prb-eO0pwpuSVgKYWx-YrzLxsiQYY54dUK5hMqe42izcawm61WrRzkwlphy9CxJrelKgMFFmMT62Wqa4S9d3i9M=&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==> our mission to provide free and open discussions about the pertinent issues and ideas confronting us in the world today.
[NEW CF VIDEO: Beauty Or The Beast: The True Cost of ChatGPT?]<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSffb0OOFOYXdDBWKeyr4Ulr7he-BGZyRbm_n_u4NX6IEd9Slca_hkByEv_N0Z017j1N4R_MrzmNmhXQkqrvtsItpjdS4bwHuZg==&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>

Cambridge Forum<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSRymPa-FnJv3x1qvJbDzU5K9B0K722iF4nER_VYShCYbOy4vdVeebUWi5f3CIyPk0SiYzTQ0OVXwTUiX92_ASgjiDdR0wru45RD9ZfJIAvOn&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>
3 Church Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 1 (617) 495-2727
Email us<mailto:director at cambridgeforum.org>
[Facebook]<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSV6BDmnGihRQ7Gnrvo_MK1YzYDpJgtGPI26rsLyupBKwOLnpVpo31YOD-iVMAuH7zPPlmVjo3Fha7PRafL9f2XPUaFbomaZnxAifMdjmSC8EjLY-9X7RR30=&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>  [Twitter] <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSf8_d5_PmGQlYrUgbgwn8AHHPJfdh8sZ-TYeyhSfFYfClE1jwFxQ-2vTN_N9tngcnN3bdZF-u6rMscHoQ44K16Y7Nbxi96AEmA==&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>   [Youtube] <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSXF2FtGLqzyDYMbpS_0Y5KoJcLn3iAUBju_2Un-tfXffCuWZhrORmK1zUVMPWSfFTer75oI-fu3VIlASem55hpi3L3x4bM9gdHUmiA6Q399ZX5l2k7c6ZlwqDlPAsyUtldtu6pVz5XC5&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>

Cambridge Forum | 3 Church Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Unsubscribe kevwsc at hotmail.com<https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001-GupcfoM63uXWo_pffzTyA%3D&ch=f42fe360-87ce-11e5-8df0-d4ae528e486a&ca=4fd818b3-9380-43e1-94c0-447bdbc1aa5a>
Update Profile<https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001-GupcfoM63uXWo_pffzTyA%3D&ch=f42fe360-87ce-11e5-8df0-d4ae528e486a&ca=4fd818b3-9380-43e1-94c0-447bdbc1aa5a> | Constant Contact Data Notice<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSRAsWMPgpN8A0E3NzHbEk-zL1s0v9LJANIV5MmB8Hu47ObJhQq570WnRP7XSUQPUkDvc5qOCOVZodNm8YF0fSg7zfexH4COvsAweL9CNxLSP58SBy6WsvsDXX53xtG5IQwuAbMzW9mSEG5AOV6B-jik=&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>
Sent by director at cambridgeforum.org<mailto:director at cambridgeforum.org> powered by
[Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.] <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSafhHU492T1grOOGmeBYzCkDi0VMLH-iQLyIA03SjSWlvUNWlPMlLynQgNoLj-F6bPetgjtVTNG0HY5X_41tZSYKzRkPwg6Lp1Tg2ruZwLHYsTz8WYs-swYJIAYK80QUYLhPcz6HuX27R2GjlYs1pqM=&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>
Try email marketing for free today!<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-NTjblEw-mQbzZJAcMeNYrZVFC-c7hsL6HyPp5L-Jo549lPAlt7oSafhHU492T1grOOGmeBYzCkDi0VMLH-iQLyIA03SjSWlvUNWlPMlLynQgNoLj-F6bPetgjtVTNG0HY5X_41tZSYKzRkPwg6Lp1Tg2ruZwLHYsTz8WYs-swYJIAYK80QUYLhPcz6HuX27R2GjlYs1pqM=&c=Jp1ooJjSo1WIFfHTnN0xm-XA7CIupUGbS7OwrDu1yQb_0xIU2EsQcg==&ch=U8V6WQFW-bpai726htihtUpWi9fcentwIQb-B-3XRW-SLIZugr42JA==>