TTPW “Beyond Plastics” Youth Brigade

TTPW Youth giving a power point presentation to the Port Washington Union Free Public School superintendent and administration about the negative impacts of plastics on the environment and our health.

On March 6th, as part of the 2021 Port Washington Youth Climate Summit, hosted by Residents Forward, Dr. Hildur Palsdottir, led a workshop entitled Beyond Plastics. The students learned about the Beyond Plastics Movement, whose mission is to end plastic pollution by being a catalyst for change at every level of society. Many of these students have joined the Transition Town Port Washington “Break Free From Plastic” initiative and are generating and executing their own ideas on reducing plastic consumption and waste in their school and our community.