Plastic seems like a miraculous invention. You can make it into any shape, color or size, and it can be flexible or sturdy. Plastic also lasts forever―and that’s a big problem. It’s estimated that by 2050 there’ll be more pounds of plastic in our oceans than pounds of fish. Recycling programs are growing faster than the collected plastic can be processed, and not all plastic can be recycled. Learn about the creative solutions that visionary people across the planet are using to curb plastic waste. Become an Emergency Planetary Technician and find out what you can do every day to tame plastic.
Albert Bates is an influential figure in the intentional community and ecovillage movements. A lawyer, author and teacher, he has been the director of the Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology since 1984 and of the Ecovillage Training Center in Summertown, Tennessee, since 1994. He has taught courses in sustainable design, natural building, permaculture and technologies of the future to students from more than fifty countries. Albert lives in Summertown, Tennessee.