Month of the Ocean – Save the Ocean from Plastic Pollution

Month of the Ocean – Save the Ocean from Plastic Pollution 2020 - South Of Metro
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South Of Metro| Month of the Ocean – Save the Ocean from Plastic Pollution |The Story of Plastic (film) and Post-screening Virtual Forum May 22, 2020, 10:30AM Oceana Philippines (facebook.com/oceana.ph) Facebook Live 

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As part of our commemoration of the Month of the Ocean, Oceana initiated this exclusive online screening of The Story of Plastic, a documentary by The Story of Stuff Project. The screening was open to the public from May 21, 12am to May 22, 5pm through this link: tinyurl.com/storyofplasticoceana 

On May 22, 10:30am, a post-screening forum will be held to discuss of plastic pollution and its impacts on health and safety and to the world including the ocean, a problem that is a very big concern in the Philippines. To answer the questions of the media and the public are the following: 

Speakers: 

  • Stiv Wilson – Executive Producer, Story of Plastic; Steering Committee Member Emeritus/Former Director of Campaigns, Story of Stuff Project 
  • Atty. Odilon Pasaraba – Director, Bureau of Local Government Supervision, Department of Interior and Local Government 
  • Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos – Oceana Vice President 
  • Von Hernandez – Global Coordinator, Break Free from Plastic Break 
  • Councilor Alvin Dizon – Member of Cebu City Sangguniang Bayan 
  • Lesly Magaslo – Community Involvement Program Coordinator, St. Theresa’s College, Cebu City 
  • Tasha Tanjutco – Co-founder, Kids for Kids Philippines 
  • Kesh Tatlonghari – Senior Marketing Officer, Lush Philippines 
  • Atty. Rose-Liza Eisma Osorio – Chair, International Union for Conservation of Nature 

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