Dianna Cohen

Activist, Artist, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Designer, Environmentalist, Filmmaker, Producer, World traveler

TED.com Speaker Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution

Art & Creating a World Free of Plastic Pollution.

Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations and businesses working together for a more just equitable world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals, the ocean, waterways, and the environment.

Art, Plastic Pollution Solutions

Dianna Cohen is the CEO + co-founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition, a group that addresses the pervasive problem of plastic pollution. She was inspired to co-found the group by her work as a visual artist -- because her chosen material is the ubiquitous plastic bag. She writes: "Having worked with the plastic bag as my primary material for the past 25 years, all of the obvious references to recycling, first-world culture, class, high and low art give way to an almost formal process which reflects the unique flexibility of the medium." With Plastic Pollution Coalition, she helps to raise awareness about the toxic impact of plastic and plastic pollution -- the majority of which is nondegradable plastic -- and everyday strategies to cut down the amount of plastic we use and throw into the environment. Plastic pollutes from extraction through manufacturing, use and incineration and dumping at end of use.

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