You’re invited to a special, free online screening of THE STORY OF PLASTIC, a new documentary film by Deia Schlosberg which exposes the local and global environmental, climate, justice, and health impacts of the plastic industry. Once you'v e viewed the documentary, bring your questions and comments to a Q&A session with a panel of New Zealand-based experts.

First, register to view the film here, which will be available for you to watch between Monday 13 July and 6.30pm on Wednesday 15 July.

Second, join the ZOOM event on Wednesday 15 July at 8PM to discuss the film and choose action(s) to take!

Here's how this works:

You will be emailed your ticket (that you don't really need since this is a virtual event, but it does serve as a confirmation that your registration went through successfully.) THEN, on 13 July, you will be emailed TWO IMPORTANT LINKS: Using the first link you will receive via email, you can watch the film ONCE, at any time up until 6.30pm on Wednesday 15 July.

The second link will be the link for the ZOOM discussion which will start at 8pm on Wednesday 15 July.

AFTER THE VIEWING, everyone will be able to participate in our post-movie Zoom session!

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets/streaming views are limited due to the film's copyright laws, so each person needs to register for their own unique link which can be used once for their one, unique viewing in their own household. One click through = one view.

More info on our Q&A panelists below:

Tina Ngata - Tina Ngata (Ngāti Porou) is a mother of two from the East Coast. Her work involves advocacy for environmental, Indigenous and human rights. This includes local, national and international initiatives that highlight the role of settler colonialism in issues such as climate change and waste pollution, and promote Indigenous conservation as best practice for a globally sustainable future. Tina has logged as the The Non Plastic Maori for the past 7 years and is now writing on Patreon.

Stephanie Borrelle - Stephanie is a David H. Smith Postdoctoral Conservation Research Fellow. Her research uses country level and global scale models to quantify the emissions of plastic into the environment, and measure the impact of interventions aimed at reducing plastic pollution. The goal of this work is to inform policy about the most effective strategies and amount of effort required to achieve meaningful reduction in plastic pollution.

Hannah Blumhardt and Liam Prince - Hannah and Liam are the two No-Waste Nomads behind The Rubbish Trip. They've lived without a rubbish bin for over five years and since July 2017 have travelled Aotearoa NZ fulltime running workshops about low-waste living. Hannah and Liam are also co-founders of the Takeaway Throwaways campaign, Liam is the Deputy Chair of APPA - Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, and Hannah is Coordinator of New Zealand Product Stewardship Council.

Marty Hoffart - ​Marty is the Director of Waste Watchers Ltd, Chair of the Zero Waste Network, and Chair of Keep Tauranga Beautiful. He has helped hundreds of businesses introduce resource efficiency and waste minimisation practices within the workplace. Marty has a National Certificate in Zero Waste and Resource Recovery in New Zealand. He is co-founder of the award winning Paper4trees programme and is an advocate of product stewardship and extended producer responsibility.