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8/16/2017 - 8/16/2017

MY YEAR IN PLASTICS   August 16,  2017

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In ‘My Year of Plastics’, Whitney Sanford will discuss the relationship between plastics, ecotourism, and environmental health and how ecotour operators can discuss environmental issues with clients.In 2016, she participated in sailing (Caribbean) and sea kayak (Alaska) expeditions to remediate marine debris and will use these experiences to demonstrate how large plastics and  distintegrating microplastics are increasingly affecting marine and human health. 

Whitney Sanford, she is an avid kayaker, sailor, and paddle boarder, is a Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida, specializing in Religion and Nature. She is author of Living Sustainably: What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us About Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence(University Press of Kentucky, 2017) and https://floridawaterscapes.wordpress.com/. 

FL SEE Ecotour Provider Webinars occur the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7pm from June-October