If you follow environmental news, odds are, you’re overwhelmed by the state of the planet. Climate change, plastic pollution and plummeting biodiversity — it’s a lot to take in. One of the most common questions we are asked is “what can I do?” Enter: The Blueprints - a @parley.tv How-To series that spotlights the people taking action and the steps you can take to join them.⁠
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First up: How to lobby. The latest round of Global Plastic Treaty talks wrapped with a shift in tone, but no legally binding plan. Now what? We asked @madeleinemacgillivray - a microplastics-focused science communicator supporting the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) in NY state - what anyone can do push for smarter plastics polices.⁠
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“I see a near-future where extended producer responsibility (EPR) like the PRRIA is the default mode of operation,” MacGillivray says, “and folks like you and me don’t have to pay the cost of a massive corporation’s pollution. That vision is what keeps me going — we must continue to dream and believe that the dream will become reality.”