[Figure from Thomas-Walters et al., 2025]

This is why we want to work at a local scale to remove unnecessary plastics from our environment and use a community-based approach to ensure buy-in from all stakeholders. Support our work by sharing with someone who cares about protecting our environment, too. 🌍🌏🌎

The bad news? The media fails to effectively address climate issues, and recent policy trajectory in the Netherlands has led to uncertainty about achieving climate commitments.

The good news? This question is also being asked and answered by climate change scientists. Their research found that climate activism influences public opinion and media coverage.

The Global Plastics Treaty failed again this summer, so we are asking local actors to take the next step through the Food Market Clean Up. Please reach out through the QR code to get involved. With love to our planet, xo 💌

It becomes a political opportunity then, to see who can influence policy (more than industry adjust does) to protect our health and society. Plastic production is unfortunately increasing, impacting ecosystems and present in every day items like furniture, carpets, kitchen utensils, toys, etc.

A great social justice leader of our time speaks on the exhausting efforts taken to protect those he serves in the face of undignified treatment by people who are seated in power towards himself.

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