Julie Andersen (Executive Director), Brigette Allen (Director of Partnerships), and Josh Sugiyama (Global Screenings Manager) from Plastic Oceans Foundation introduce the award-winning film, A Plastic Ocean. Afterwards, they discuss other Plastic Oceans initiatives, and conduct Q&A. The problem with plastics feels insurmountable when you watch their film (2 minute trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw). The message that they're sending is clear: the damage that we're doing to the ocean with plastics is staggering. Plastics, which eventually break down into microplastics, to which chemicals and toxins floating on the surface of the water will bond, are erroneously consumed by living things in the ocean that mistake the floating plastics for food. Working up the long food chain of life, these toxins and chemicals collect in the flesh of fish -- and then we consume them. This is no longer "someone else's problem" or a problem for "another part of the world". This is our problem, our world's problem, today. As distressing as this sounds, members of Plastic Oceans Foundation believe that we can change the world, and make it a better place for future generations. Watch the entire documentary on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80164032), and feel the power of change within yourself to make this world a better place, one step at a time.