Documentary on the fate of plastic garbage to be screened in ISE Lab atrium

1:33 p.m., Oct. 14, 2014--As a prelude to Campus Sustainability Day at the University of Delaware, the Delaware Environmental Institute’s student ambassadors will host a screening of the 2013 documentary film Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21, in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory (ISE Lab) atrium.

“As the film tells us, every single piece of plastic that has ever been created since the 19th century is still somewhere on our planet,” says senior Becky Bronstein, chair of the DENIN Ambassadors. “Our personal use, reuse and recycling of plastic is one thing we all have some control of, even here on campus, so we thought this film would be a good way to inspire people to do more.”

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June 5: Blue Hen 5K

University of Delaware graduates planning to attend Alumni Weekend are encouraged to register for the annual Blue Hen 5K walk and run, which will be held Sunday morning, June 5.

June 6-9: Food and culture series

The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.

• June 6-9: Food and culture series
• Through June 30: 'Saving White Clay Creek'
• July 22: WWE Heatwave Tour
• Through Sept. 16: Women of color in academia

The award-winning feature follows filmmaker Angela Sun as she travels to the Midway Atoll in order to investigate the mysteries surrounding the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. What she finds is a severely damaged ecosystem in an area containing accumulated plastic waste that has drifted from three different continents. 

Sun’s observations, in addition to interactions with scientists, researchers, influencers and volunteers, help to uncover the negative effects of consumption and patterns of wastefulness in society.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information about events planned for Campus Sustainability Day on Wednesday, Oct. 22, see the event website.