From 30th April – 28th August 2022 in Oldenburg, Germany, you can visit the exhibition ‘Planet or Plastic?’ that builds on National Geographic’s multi-year global initiative to reduce the amount of single-use plastic entering the oceans. Read more on the website of the event.
In this online meeting the EndPlasticSoup Young Ambassadors will present their actions & projects to stop the plastic pollution.
EndPlasticSoup was present at the Presidential conference ‘Economy and Environment in Harmony’ in Venice 18-20 March 2022, our Ambassador Club RC Bruxelles Amitié, Susanne Kraatz met with Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta, She proudly showed our flag, and the flyer with lots of good examples to make the world plastic free by 2050. Thank you…
The OECD presented The Global Plastics Outlook: Economic Drivers, Environmental Impacts and Policy Options. The Global Plastics Outlook gives an overview of the challenges ahead and potential solutions.
EndPlasticSoup was represented at the District 1090 Thames Valley Conference 2022 in Oxford, England. Presentation EndPlasticSoup Gert-Jan van Dommelen board member of EPS was one of the guest speakers during the afternoon program on 19 March. In his presentation, he addressed the global problem of plastic pollution, the huge impact of microplastics on climate change,…
Vorig jaar introduceerde Rotary Club Winschoten de kerstpuzzel met 50 rennende kerstmannen. De opbrengst is bestemd voor het project Bubble Barrier van o.a. EndPlasticSoup in de Rijn bij Katwijk. De puzzel werd meteen een enorm succes met meer dan 5.000 verkochte puzzels en een opbrengst van 60.000 euro. Naast orders uit Nederland waren er orders…
Plastic art made by Artist and Rotarian Hugo Soto and RYLA Participants in Mallorca Op het eerste Spaans-Duitse RYLA-seminar op Mallorca hebben 15 schoolkinderen meegeholpen met het schoonmaken van vervuilde stranden. De jongeren werden vergezeld door Marja Ritterfeld, ex-gouverneur van D1850 en bestuurslid van EndPlasticSoup. Ze was uitgenodigd door de Rotary Club Calvia International. De…
To inspire our Interactors, we organize an international Zoom conference for Interact (ages 12-18). We have set May 21th, 2022 starting at 13:30 GMT (1.30 pm GMT). Program and Zoom link Our Young Ambassadors will introduce themselves and report on their actions and projects to inspire you to take action in your community: Melati &…
We are so happy that the United Nations agreed on a Plastic Pollution Treaty at the 1st of March 2022. The United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi agreed to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed this…
Na de zondvloed op 14 juli, die ook tot ondergelopen kelders en bedrijfspanden van onze leden leidde, wilden we helpen bij het afval ruimen langs onze lokale beken. In het gebied van Heerlen ontspringen 2 kabbelende beekjes Caumerbeek en Geleenbeek die op de 14de juli tot binnenzeeën omgevormd waren. Voor een opruimactie bleek hier echter…