Plastic Free

Rebecca Prince-Ruiz; Joanna Atherfold Finn

Published by Columbia University Press 2020

Plastic Free

The Inspiring Story of a Global Environmental Movement and Why It Matters

Rebecca Prince-Ruiz and Joanna Atherfold Finn

https://doi.org/10.7312/prin19862

Overview
Contents

About this book

This book explores how one of the world’s leading environmental campaigns took off and shares lessons from its success. Interweaving interviews from participants, activists, and experts, Plastic Free tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people have created change in their homes, communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, and beyond.

Author information

Rebecca Prince-Ruiz is the founder of Plastic Free July. An experienced environmental management and sustainability professional, she speaks internationally about how to achieve a world without plastic waste.

Joanna Atherfold Finn is the author of the short story collection Watermark (2018). She is a freelance journalist and has taught at the University of Newcastle.

Reviews

Melissa Joan Hart, actress:
Plastic Free shows how one person can ripple out and cause good around the globe. Never has there been a more important time to share hope and action, and combine them for our Mother Earth.

Craig Reucassel, comedian and presenter of War on Waste:
Few people have spent as much time as Rebecca Prince-Ruiz trying to work out how to minimise the plastic in our lives.

Captain Charles Moore, veteran seafarer and author of Plastic Ocean:
Plastic Free shows us how to organise around our innate desire for a beautiful, clean environment, and eventually change, in a fundamental way, the system that unnecessarily creates the ugly mess.

Jack Johnson, musician and Plastic Free Foundation ambassador:
Plastic Free July inspires me to step up my commitment to reducing single-use plastic in my daily life and on tour.

Emily Penn, ocean advocate, skipper and co-founder of eXXpedition:
The more time I spend at sea, the more I realise the solutions start on land. This book will guide you on that journey to making global change for the ocean from your doorstep.

Tim Winton:
Not just an inspiring story and a practical resource, this is evidence that grassroots actions by ordinary individuals and communities can make a material difference to the most wicked of environmental and social problems. Hats off.

Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste:
Some people feel overwhelmed by the environmental state of affairs and wait for politicians or manufacturers to change; others, like Rebecca, take matters into their own hands, starting with their own lives. This is the success story of a global movement, a movement needed not only for the earth, but more importantly our salvation. It proves that change is in the consumers' hands, that individual action has more power than ever. Change does await in the hands of each one of us. Use this book to be inspired, or better, use it as a template to change the world in your own way!

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Welcome Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1 The day the penny dropped Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The challenge begins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
3 The story of throwaway living Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
4 Tackling the Top 4 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
5 Plastic sea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6 Try to do better Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7 It’s all about the sharing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
8 Momentum builds and the movement grows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
9 We’re all in this together Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
10 Life beyond plastic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Postscript Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Resources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: General/trade;

eBook

Published: December 16, 2020
ISBN: 9780231552721