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Move Past Plastic, MPP
Sponsored by TLC Foundation
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Welcome
“Antonio Gramsci famously
imparted: “Pessimism of the
intellect, optimism of the will.
Tackling Single-use Plastic (SUP)
Community Resources for South Central
Pennsylvania
Harms from Synthetic Playing Surfaces
Click HERE to up load the
Creek Defender Pollution Report Form
Click Here to Register for the Nurdle
Patrol
Recording
PPT
Complete Chat
Request for MPP's Artificial Playing
Surfaces (AFP) Toolkit
It includes those provided by our guest panelists. It has a complete section on Alternatives to APSINVITE: Your communities parents, watershed
organizations, NGOs, school district personnel, parks
and recreation and athletic directors, municipal
officials, and community organizations.
This will be an opportunity to discuss the existing science, environmental, and human health impacts of artificial playing surfaces. The expert panelists welcome your questions, insights, and experiences. Our communities have an active population of concerned citizens and organizations that protect our watersheds. As environmental stewards, we must raise awareness about the growing plastic pollution problem and its connection to climate change, from plastic production to weather events that increase the amount of toxins entering our watersheds, including those from artificial playing surfaces. We hope this information reaches our communities and municipal leaders in charge of developing Water Assessment, Climate Action, and Land Preservation Plans.Please share widely.
Guest experts: Dr. Sarah F. Evans, PhD, MPH, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science and a member of the Institute for Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Exposomics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Evans’ research is focused on the impacts of early life environmental exposures on nervous system development and child behavior. She is a trusted voice on the health effects of toxic chemicals and what individuals can do to protect their own health as well as how to advocate for healthier policies in their local communities. Dr. Dianne Woelke, MSN, Safe Healthy Playing Fields Inc., MSN is a Member of the Board, Safe Healthy Playing Fields, Inc. She is a retired Advanced Practice Nurse (midwifery) and Public Health Nurse. With a B.S. from San Diego State University, a certificate in Nurse-Midwifery from University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine and MSN from USC School of Nursing, she spent nearly 3 decades in clinical practice and as a clinical professor, mentoring nursing and medical students and residents. Dianne has practiced in CA, HI and Latvia and has lived in Mexico, Taiwan and S Korea. Tamara Rubin, Lead Safe Mama, LLC is an internationally recognized, multiple federal award-winning Lead-poisoning prevention advocate, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons (ages 26, 20, 17, and 14). She took on the cause of childhood Lead poisoning and consumer goods safety advocacy after her sons were acutely Lead poisoned by the work of a painting contractor in 2005. Tamara lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two youngest sons (who each have permanent disabilities from Lead exposure as infants). Dr. Kyla Bennett, Science Policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) where she leads efforts to advocate for stronger environmental protections and hold regulatory agencies accountable. With a background in biology and environmental law, Kyla brings a unique and powerful perspective to her work, addressing critical issues like PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination, pushing for comprehensive policies that safeguard public health and the environment. Her work at PEER is marked by her commitment to transparency and her support for whistleblowers who expose environmental violations. Christina Dubin, Beyond Plastics Community Organizer is a grassroots organizer, artist, and former educator who became enamored with policy, graduating with a Master’s degree from the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy in 2022. She has been a committed volunteer with Surfrider Foundation's New Hampshire Chapter for a number of years, serving as both an executive committee member and Campaigns Coordinator. She believes that local action is where it’s at, especially in tackling the intersectional issue of plastics. Dr. Kathleen Michels, Safe Healthy Playing Fields Inc. Neuroscientist and a founding Board member of Safe Healthy Playing Fields and One Montgomery Green. She also served on the public health and zero waste committees of the Maryland Sierra Club Register HERE bit.ly/ATTownhallCreek Defenders
An environmental stewardship projectIdentification of Pollutants in the
Conodoguinet Creek Watershed: A
Recommendation for Protection.
Creek Snapshot
o
Add a photo, news, pollution, and watershed
events to our gallery! All photos will be
reviewed and must be appropriate and
respectful. Remember to include
COUNTY/TOWN, DATE, and a NOTE[
• Creek Defenders Map o The map has or will display information on watersheds, pollution, human health metrics, political data, environmental justice community data, and more.•
Creek Defender Pollution Report Form
o Report pollution, diseased and dead wildlife. o This online community engagement tool documents pollution in the Conodoguinet Creek watershed (and any US watershed). It includes fields for pollutant type, location, comments, and picturesIntroduction the Creek Defender Project for the
Conodoguinet Creek Watershed
Webinar Recording
NEWS on the Project
o
July 2024 Forests for the Bay Newsletter
• News Around the Watershed, under Pennsylvaniao
Conodoguinet Creek the focus of new citizen
science project, State Impact PA, by Rachel
McDevitt, June 20th, 2024
o
Carlisle organization streamlines watershed
conservation initiatives, by Maddie Seiler June
6th, 2024 Updated Jun 12th, 2024 Sentinel
Newspaper
o
o
5/22/24 MPP News Release Intro. ID Pollutant
o
How PFAS, microplastics join forces as a
synergistic threat, by Tamela Trussell, from
The Bay Journal, May 7th, 2024
Move Past Plastics created the project proposal with the
Environmental Protection Network. An AGU Thriving Earth
Exchange grant was awarded to further this project.
This project will help improve the watershed's health by aggregating siloed data into one location and map. This information and existing qualitative and quantitative data will be analyzed in a final report to conclude further testing, monitoring, and protecting the Conodoguinet Creek watershed. We welcome any research, history, and stories you want to share, including biological, chemical, physical, wildlife, and human health indicators. Please share this with your community groups, organizations, church, friends, and family. JOIN our team to collaborate on this project!!! Below i s a list of ways you and your organization can help. CLICK on Creek Defenders Participation Form To learn more, you can visit the following link:Harms from Synthetic Playing Surfaces
PA Constitution - Article 1 Section 27
Natural resources and the public estate.
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. .MPP ACTION Educational MeetingsNext Working Zoom Meeting
Monday, June 17th, at 6:00 - 7:00 pm EST
VIA ZOOM
TYIPICALLY We meet on the 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. EST to work on the following initiatives. • The proposed AGU Thriving Earth Exchange project, Identification of Pollutants in the Conodoguinet Creek Watershed: A Recommendation for Protection o Partners AGU Thriving Earth Exchange project, Anthropocene Alliance (A2), and a core team of volunteers including: Community Science Fellow, Shashank Anand, a team of three Community Scientists, Chiara Smorada, Marissa Kulkarni, Astrid Lozano-Acosta, and a local community member Karen Green co-founded Pidcock Creek Watershed Association A Conversation of the Impacts of SUP on the Health and the Environment. Partners Bosler Library, South Central PA Climate Realty, Beyond Plastics, US Composting Council, FoCo Trash Mob, US Reduces, BYO, … • Synthetic Playing Surfaces harming our youth, Partnering with Safe and Healthy Playing Fields , Healthy Playing Surfaces & Beyond Plastic reaching out to municipalities • PFAS Campaign o Drinking and wastewater testing reaching out to municipalities and residents with wells, personal avoidance, land spreading of biosolids Partnering with LWVPA, PFAS-action-group. National PFAS Contamination Coalition o Halt the Harm also announced our new PFAS Campaign Accelerator Online Course! o PFAS legislation • Chemical Recycling Plant - partnering with organizations including Beyond Plastics (BP) and Save Our Susquehanna (SOS) to stop Chemical Recycling plants. We are working to stop the construction of the Encina Point Township plant. • Zero Waste PA legislation, Partnering with LWVPA, Upstream, Beyond Plastic, Note the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S.4246-a/A.5322-a) of NY. Do we want to do something like this? • Reusables in restaurants, Partnering with Beyond Plastic, FoCo Flash Mob Panera & Spoons- Sustainability Feedback • BYO - US Reduces for Pennsylvania Partnering with BYO • Reuse in Schools and Colleges/Universities Partnering with Upstream and Cafeteria Culture • Participate in Planning the MPP Sustainable Fashion Show • NO PVC for replacing lead pipes with IRA funds- reaching out to municipalities REPORT: The Perils of PVC Plastic Pipes • Great news to share with you! The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, Senate Bill 3217, and House Resolution 6053 were reintroduced this week by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congressmember Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) • Celebrate your journey to move away fromsingle-use plastic (SUP):
• Becoming informed about the entire plastic life cycle • Understand environmental and health harms from single-use plastic, SUP • Recognize recycling and chemical or advanced recycling is a false solution • Realize single-use plastic is more than a litter problem it is a crime of chemical toxicity • Joining together to make changes by supporting campaign partners • Take local civic actions Support strong Legislation outlined in the Break Free From Plastic Pollution ActTackling SUP Community Resources for
South Central Pennsylvania
Learn more about PFAS and how you canprotect your drinking water and participate
in the PFAS Campaign
----------------------------------------------------------------PA Constitution - Article 1 Section 27
Natural resources and the public estate.
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. .
Lending a helping hand.
Move Past Plastic, MPP
Sponsored by TLC Foundation
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eiusmod lorem
Welcome
“Antonio Gramsci famously imparted:
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism
of the will.
Tackling Single-use Plastic (SUP)
Community Resources for South Central
Pennsylvania
Harms from Synthetic Playing
Surfaces
Click HERE to up load the
Creek Defender Pollution Report
Form
Click Here to Register for the Nurdle
Patrol
Recording
PPT
Complete Chat
Request for MPP's Artificial Playing
Surfaces (AFP) Toolkit
It includes those provided by our guest panelists. It has a complete section on Alternatives to APSINVITE: Your communities parents, watershed
organizations, NGOs, school district personnel,
parks and recreation and athletic directors,
municipal officials, and community organizations.
This will be an opportunity to discuss the existing science, environmental, and human health impacts of artificial playing surfaces. The expert panelists welcome your questions, insights, and experiences. Our communities have an active population of concerned citizens and organizations that protect our watersheds. As environmental stewards, we must raise awareness about the growing plastic pollution problem and its connection to climate change, from plastic production to weather events that increase the amount of toxins entering our watersheds, including those from artificial playing surfaces. We hope this information reaches our communities and municipal leaders in charge of developing Water Assessment, Climate Action, and Land Preservation Plans.Please share widely.
Guest experts: Dr. Sarah F. Evans, PhD, MPH, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science and a member of the Institute for Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Exposomics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Evans’ research is focused on the impacts of early life environmental exposures on nervous system development and child behavior. She is a trusted voice on the health effects of toxic chemicals and what individuals can do to protect their own health as well as how to advocate for healthier policies in their local communities. Dr. Dianne Woelke, MSN, Safe Healthy Playing Fields Inc., MSN is a Member of the Board, Safe Healthy Playing Fields, Inc. She is a retired Advanced Practice Nurse (midwifery) and Public Health Nurse. With a B.S. from San Diego State University, a certificate in Nurse-Midwifery from University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine and MSN from USC School of Nursing, she spent nearly 3 decades in clinical practice and as a clinical professor, mentoring nursing and medical students and residents. Dianne has practiced in CA, HI and Latvia and has lived in Mexico, Taiwan and S Korea. Tamara Rubin, Lead Safe Mama, LLC is an internationally recognized, multiple federal award- winning Lead-poisoning prevention advocate, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons (ages 26, 20, 17, and 14). She took on the cause of childhood Lead poisoning and consumer goods safety advocacy after her sons were acutely Lead poisoned by the work of a painting contractor in 2005. Tamara lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two youngest sons (who each have permanent disabilities from Lead exposure as infants). Dr. Kyla Bennett, Science Policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) where she leads efforts to advocate for stronger environmental protections and hold regulatory agencies accountable. With a background in biology and environmental law, Kyla brings a unique and powerful perspective to her work, addressing critical issues like PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination, pushing for comprehensive policies that safeguard public health and the environment. Her work at PEER is marked by her commitment to transparency and her support for whistleblowers who expose environmental violations. Christina Dubin, Beyond Plastics Community Organizer is a grassroots organizer, artist, and former educator who became enamored with policy, graduating with a Master’s degree from the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy in 2022. She has been a committed volunteer with Surfrider Foundation's New Hampshire Chapter for a number of years, serving as both an executive committee member and Campaigns Coordinator. She believes that local action is where it’s at, especially in tackling the intersectional issue of plastics. Dr. Kathleen Michels, Safe Healthy Playing Fields Inc. Neuroscientist and a founding Board member of Safe Healthy Playing Fields and One Montgomery Green. She also served on the public health and zero waste committees of the Maryland Sierra Club Register HERE bit.ly/ATTownhallCreek Defenders
An environmental stewardship projectIdentification of Pollutants in the
Conodoguinet Creek Watershed: A
Recommendation for Protection.
Creek Snapshot
o
Add a photo, news, pollution, and watershed
events to our gallery! All photos will be
reviewed and must be appropriate and
respectful. Remember to include
COUNTY/TOWN, DATE, and a NOTE[
• Creek Defenders Map o The map has or will display information on watersheds, pollution, human health metrics, political data, environmental justice community data, and more.•
Creek Defender Pollution Report Form
o Report pollution, diseased and dead wildlife. o This online community engagement tool documents pollution in the Conodoguinet Creek watershed (and any US watershed). It includes fields for pollutant type, location, comments, and picturesIntroduction the Creek Defender Project for the
Conodoguinet Creek Watershed
Webinar Recording
NEWS on the Project
o
July 2024 Forests for the Bay Newsletter
• News Around the Watershed, under Pennsylvaniao
Conodoguinet Creek the focus of new
citizen science project, State Impact PA,
by Rachel McDevitt, June 20th, 2024
o
Carlisle organization streamlines
watershed conservation initiatives, by
Maddie Seiler June 6th, 2024 Updated Jun
12th, 2024 Sentinel Newspaper
o
o
5/22/24 MPP News Release Intro. ID
Pollutant
o
How PFAS, microplastics join forces as a
synergistic threat, by Tamela Trussell,
from The Bay Journal, May 7th, 2024
Move Past Plastics created the project proposal with the
Environmental Protection Network. An AGU Thriving Earth
Exchange grant was awarded to further this project.
This project will help improve the watershed's health by aggregating siloed data into one location and map. This information and existing qualitative and quantitative data will be analyzed in a final report to conclude further testing, monitoring, and protecting the Conodoguinet Creek watershed. We welcome any research, history, and stories you want to share, including biological, chemical, physical, wildlife, and human health indicators. Please share this with your community groups, organizations, church, friends, and family. JOIN our team to collaborate on this project!!! Below i s a list of ways you and your organization can help. CLICK on Creek Defenders Participation Form To learn more, you can visit the following link:Harms from Synthetic Playing
Surfaces
PA Constitution - Article 1 Section
27
Natural resources and the public estate.
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. .MPP ACTION Educational MeetingsNext Working Zoom Meeting
Monday, June 17th, at 6:00 - 7:00 pm EST
VIA ZOOM
TYIPICALLY We meet on the 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. EST to work on the following initiatives. • The proposed AGU Thriving Earth Exchange project, Identification of Pollutants in the Conodoguinet Creek Watershed: A Recommendation for Protection o Partners AGU Thriving Earth Exchange project, Anthropocene Alliance (A2), and a core team of volunteers including: Community Science Fellow, Shashank Anand, a team of three Community Scientists, Chiara Smorada, Marissa Kulkarni, Astrid Lozano-Acosta, and a local community member Karen Green co- founded Pidcock Creek Watershed Association A Conversation of the Impacts of SUP on the Health and the Environment. Partners Bosler Library, South Central PA Climate Realty, Beyond Plastics, US Composting Council, FoCo Trash Mob, US Reduces, BYO, … • Synthetic Playing Surfaces harming our youth, Partnering with Safe and Healthy Playing Fields , Healthy Playing Surfaces & Beyond Plastic reaching out to municipalities • PFAS Campaign o Drinking and wastewater testing reaching out to municipalities and residents with wells, personal avoidance, land spreading of biosolids Partnering with LWVPA, PFAS-action-group. National PFAS Contamination Coalition o Halt the Harm also announced our new PFAS Campaign Accelerator Online Course! o PFAS legislation • Chemical Recycling Plant - partnering with organizations including Beyond Plastics (BP) and Save Our Susquehanna (SOS) to stop Chemical Recycling plants. We are working to stop the construction of the Encina Point Township plant. • Zero Waste PA legislation, Partnering with LWVPA, Upstream, Beyond Plastic, Note the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S.4246-a/A.5322-a) of NY. Do we want to do something like this? • Reusables in restaurants, Partnering with Beyond Plastic, FoCo Flash Mob Panera & Spoons- Sustainability Feedback • BYO - US Reduces for Pennsylvania Partnering with BYO • Reuse in Schools and Colleges/Universities Partnering with Upstream and Cafeteria Culture • Participate in Planning the MPP Sustainable Fashion Show • NO PVC for replacing lead pipes with IRA funds- reaching out to municipalities REPORT: The Perils of PVC Plastic Pipes • Great news to share with you! The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, Senate Bill 3217, and House Resolution 6053 were reintroduced this week by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congressmember Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) • Celebrate your journey to move away fromsingle-use plastic (SUP):
• Becoming informed about the entire plastic life cycle • Understand environmental and health harms from single-use plastic, SUP • Recognize recycling and chemical or advanced recycling is a false solution • Realize single-use plastic is more than a litter problem it is a crime of chemical toxicity • Joining together to make changes by supporting campaign partners • Take local civic actions Support strong Legislation outlined in the Break Free From Plastic Pollution ActTackling SUP Community Resources for
South Central Pennsylvania
Learn more about PFAS and how you canprotect your drinking water and
participate
in the PFAS Campaign
----------------------------------------------------------------PA Constitution - Article 1 Section
27
Natural resources and the public estate.
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. .
