Last week plastic pollution was discussed at the Africa Children Conference and it will be on the Outcome Statement that will be shared. The Africa Children’s Summit is a continental forum that seeks to give children a platform for participation.
Plastic pollution in the ocean might be enabling the creation of new floating ecosystems of species that are not normally able to survive in the open ocean. Read more in this news item from CNN. In a new study a team of researchers revealed that dozens of species of coastal invertebrate organisms have been able to…
Rotaryclub Wageningen, Ambassador Club voor EndPlasticSoup heeft, samen met de Duitse EndPlasticSoup Ambassador Club Rotaryclub Wipperfürth Lindlar/Romerike Berge, een prachtige puzzel ontwikkeld om iets te doen aan de enorme plastic vervuiling! De tekening van de kunstenaar Henk van Ruitenbeek geeft een interpretatie van het probleem van het plastic afval en de wens om hier iets…
Geofrey Arinaitwe is president of Rotaract Club Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba, Uganda In 2022 he started many cleanup and awareness actions and education and he started cooperations with other Rotaract clubs in Uganda and abroad. Currently he runs the Youth for nature and empowerment initiative (CONYEI) with an objective to clean Lake Victoria. You…
Rotary International President Jennifer Jones visited Marbella on the 19th of March. During the President lunch Willem Falter, chair of Marbella-Guadalmina, the Ambassador Club of EndPlasticSoup in District 2203, presented a plaque at the occasion of the collaboration of Rotary EndPlasticSoup in Spain with Nacho Dean and his expedition:”La Espana Azul”.
During the Ambassador Club meeting on 17th March, Fionn Ferreira has been recognized as Young Ambassador for EndPlasticSoup.
Like last year, the EndPlasticSoup Ambassador Club Nürnberg-Connect created a flyer on plastic fasting. Anyone can simply take part during Holy Week.
Prof Dr. Helmut Maurer new member Advisory Board Prof Dr. Helmut Maurer has joined the advisory board as the 8th member in March 2023. Prof. Maurer is an advocate, former principal administrator at the European Commission and was Senior Expert at the Directorate-General for Environment’s chemicals unit. Read more about his work.
On February 17th EndPlasticSouporganized a webinar on the health risks of plastic waste. Prof. Dr. Volker Harth MD, PhD, MPH elaborated on the effects of plastic waste on the human body in a presentation for Ambassadors and Supporters clubs and Friends of EndPlasticSoup. What are the effects of plastic waste on the human body? It…
In this meeting ambassador clubs all around the world exchanged their experiences and listened to presentations by: Claudia Maria Koch, Bali Indonesia, about the Project Padangbai to clean the Coral reef, reduce plastic and provide education and waste collection facilities. A project jointly with he NGO Technology without Borders and EndPlasticSoup. Resa Boenard about the…