Opening of the
Marine Debris Awareness Student Art display
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WORLD OCEAN DAY
Monday 8th June, 2009
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hawai`i State Capitol auditorium
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring:
Guest speaker Dr. Anthony Andrady
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Welcome by
Senator Mike Gabbard Chair of the Energy and Environment Committee
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Enjoy refreshments from
Kale's Natural Foods
and Starbucks Coffee
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Dr. Anthony Andrady, one of the leading authorities in the world on plastic pollution in the oceans will present: "The Impact of Plastics on the Health of our Ocean". He will speak about the serious ecological consequences of micro-plastic particles to the marine environment. He will discuss the problems of ingestion of micro-plastic particles by zooplankton, the concentration of toxic pollutants from sea water in plastic and how toxins are accumulating up through the food web.
Dr. Andrady is a senior research scientist at the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina, an adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at the North Carolina State University and serves on the United Nations Environmental Program Committee. His research is concerned with the impact of plastic materials with the marine environment. He has over 100 published research papers in technical journals and has edited/authored three books, including “Plastics and the Environment”.
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WIN DOOR PRIZES
donated by
Aveda, Ben & Jerry's,
Kale's Natural Foods, EcoUsable and B.E.A.C.H.
Click here for event flyer
Click here for directions and parking info.
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