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WHAT: Ocean Plastics – Local Solutions to a Global Problem
WHEN: Monday, December 9, 2019 at 5 PM – 7 PM UTC+07
WHERE: The American Center
U.S. Consulate General HCMC
8th Floor Diamond Plaza 34 Le Duan District 1
HCMC
Did you know that by 2050, the UN estimates there could be more plastic than fish in our oceans? Eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year around the world. In Vietnam alone, an estimated 2,500 tons of plastic waste produced daily is affecting the country’s coastal areas, cities, and riverbanks. Facing this threat, local and international activists have responded with innovative initiatives to reverse this trend.
Join us at 5-7pm on Monday, December 9 for a panel discussion on what we can do locally to address this global challenge. The event will feature excerpts from the documentary “Trashed with Jeremy Irons”.
Panel members will include:
-Emi Koch, Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow 2019-2020 and founder of Beyond the Surface
-Linh Nguyen, Country Manager, Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA) Vietnam
-Bui Thi Thu Hien, Marine and Coastal Resources Program Coordinator, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Vietnam
The documentary and panel will be in English.
This event is part of the U.S. Consulate’s December 9-14 Ocean Plastics Awareness Campaign. Check the Consulate’s Facebook page for more information, stories, and opportunities to win prizes.
Bạn có biết rằng vào năm 2050, Liên Hiệp Quốc ước tính số lượng nhựa có thể nhiều hơn cá trong đại dương của chúng ta? 8 triệu tấn nhựa được đổ xuống đại dương mỗi năm trên khắp thế giới. Chỉ riêng tại Việt Nam, khoảng 2.500 tấn rác thải nhựa được phát sinh hàng ngày đang ảnh hưởng đến khu vực ven biển, các đô thị và nhánh sông. Đối mặt với mối đe dọa này, nhiều nhà hoạt động trong nước và quốc tế đã phát triển các sáng kiến cải tiến để ngăn chặn xu hướng này.
Hãy tham gia buổi thảo luận nhóm và chiếu phim vào ngày 9 tháng 12 lúc 5 giờ chiều và chia sẻ ý tưởng về những hoạt động chúng ta có thể thực hiện tại địa phương để giải quyết thách thức toàn cầu này. Các trích đoạn trong bộ phim tài liệu “Trashed with Jeremy Irons” sẽ được chiếu trong sự kiện.
Sự kiện sẽ diễn ra bằng tiếng Anh.
Sự kiện này nằm trong Chiến dịch Nhận thức về Nhựa Đại dương của Tổng Lãnh sự Quán Hoa Kỳ từ ngày 9 đến 14 tháng 12. Hãy theo dõi Facebook của chúng tôi để biết thêm thông tin, những câu chuyện và cơ hội giành giải thưởng đặc biệt.
Panelists:
Emi Koch is a social-ecologist and multimedia storyteller from San Diego, California. A professional surfer, Koch founded Beyond the Surface, a nonprofit working at the local level in partnership with artisanal fishing villages to build social-ecological resilience. For her efforts, Koch was named a 2018 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Currently a Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow 2019-2020, Koch is facilitating participatory photography workshops known as Photovoice for fish-dependent communities in Vietnam to share how fishery scarcity in concert with environmental stresses, such as growing populations, pollution, extreme weather events, and coastal development, critically undermine social-ecological wellbeing.
Linh Nguyen has been country manager for ENDA Vietnam since 2013. She plans, coordinates, and manages ENDA Vietnam on topics such as sustainable development, urbanization, natural resources management, climate change, and community development. In this role, Linh has worked on waste-to-resources initiatives with UN-ESCAP (United Nations-Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific), the European Commission, international NGOs, and the private sector throughout Asia. At present, Linh is managing a project on plastic waste management in HCMC with assistance from USAID. Prior to joining ENDA Vietnam, she worked for World Vision and other organizations on topics including strategic management, project monitoring and evaluation, rural development, and early childhood care and development.
Bui Thi Thu Hien is the Coordinator of IUCN’s Marine and Coastal Program. In this role, she undertakes key activities such as supporting the development and implementation of Vietnam’s Marine Protected Areas Network; working with coastal communities on marine turtle conservation and habitat protection; providing technical assistance for the Source to Sea (S2S) approach in Vu Gia-Thu Bon River Basin and Ha Long Bay; and coordinating the Mangroves for the Future Initiative (MFF), which considers coastal ecological systems as nature’s infrastructure and the core element for coastal area resilience. She also works with relevant government agencies, businesses, and NGOs to reduce single-use plastic waste pollution in Vietnam under the MARPLASTICCS Initiative.
About the Documentary:
In “Trashed with Jeremy Irons” (2012), Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution. This is a meticulous, brave investigative journey that takes Irons (and us) from skepticism to sorrow and from horror to hope.
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