Let's Talk Trash is a platform to discuss creative and practical solutions to the global pandemic that is plastic pollution. The international speakers consist of cutting edge activists, artists, and professors who are thought leaders in today’s fight for a circular economy.
Moderator: Bonny Bentzin, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA, an expert in developing and executing sustainable programs in the field of higher education and large complex organizations, as well as in planning and hosting national conferences.
Distinguished Speakers:
Charles Moore, sea captain and oceanographer, discoverer of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1997; founder of Algalita Marine Research and Education in Long Beach, California.
Nicole Loeser, Artistic Director, Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin; Editor-in-chief of the book, The Universal Sea, Pure or Plastic!?
Anna Cummins, co-founder with Marcus Ericksen of the 5 Gyres Institute, Los Angeles, which focuses on science, research, education and adventure.
Dianna Cohen, artist and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition, Los Angeles, a global alliance of 750 organizations from 60 countries working toward a world free of plastic pollution.
Angelica Böhm, Professor at Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, Germany, teaches the course: “Transmedia Storytelling: Camilla Plastic Ocean Plan.”
Stefan Winter, Ph.D., (Philosophy), Head of the Institute for Artistic Research at Konrad Wolf Film University, Babelsberg, Germany; member of the Management Committee of the European Forum for Advanced Practices (COST / EU).
Kevin Patel, environmental activist and recent high school graduate from South Central L.A.; chapter coordinator for Ignition Green; organizer of the Youth Climate Strike; and a prominent player in many other environmental youth groups.
This series of events is co-created with Nicole Loeser, Artistic Director of the Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin.
Made Out of WHAT is a non-profit organization founded to raise awareness about the challenge of industrial and consumer waste by showcasing brilliant, practical solutions from artists and designers around the world. Our goals are to help accelerate the movement toward adaptive re-use; encourage sustainable innovation and pro-environmental values which foster zero-waste communities; and promote the circular economy.
