Agustina Besada | Rethinking Our Relationship with Plastics

Sep 17, 2021  10:00 - 10:45

(GMT -5:00) Eastern Time

Event URL:  https://www.exploringbytheseat.com/lesson/explorer-classroom-agustina-besada/
Hosted by: Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants

Agustina is a sustainability entrepreneur specializing in circular economy with a focus on material’s life-cycle. On May 2018, she crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a 36-feet sailboat - twice - to research firsthand the reality of plastics in the ocean and study international solutions. Building on this voyage, she founded and now co-directs Unplastify, an organization in Latin America, seeking to promote awareness and solutions to rethink the human relationship with plastic, through exploration, education and impactful actions. In the past, she served as the executive director of Brooklyn-based sustainability hub and recycling center, Sure We Can. The center employs a community of 400 urban collectors that bring in an average of 40,000 aluminum cans and plastic bottles per day, effectively diverting thousands of pounds of recyclable materials from landfills.