Mark your calendar for the January 21, 7 p.m. panel discussion with Dean and others after the screening of The Story of Plastic, which takes a sweeping look at the crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and the people who inhabit it. Click here to join.

Film Screening is at your convenience between Thursday, January 8 and Thursday, January 21. When you register, the film link will be sent to you.

Featuring:

* Potomac Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks

* Dr. Jesse Meiller, microplastics researcher at American University

* Martin Gary, Potomac River Fisheries Commission

Moderated by Robin Broder of Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Dean’s newly launched Trash Free Potomac campaign is an example of “boots on the ground (or in the water)” activism to address this terrible problem. Watch the movie, and then join in Dean’s participation in the panel discussion, and get energized

THE STORY OF PLASTIC looks at the crisis and the worldwide effect it has. Spanning three continents, the film illustrates the ongoing catastrophe: fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash, rivers and seas clogged with waste, and skies choked with the poisonous emissions from plastic production and processing. With engaging original animation, archival industry footage beginning in the 1930s, and first-person accounts of the unfolding emergency, the film distills a complex problem that is increasingly affecting the planet’s and its residents’ well-being.