1. Sustainability & poverty alleviation through education
Plastic tap of Africa
Ikhaya lethemba
Tony Ribbink
09th May 2016
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How big is the plastic tap of Africa?
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Sustainable Seas Trust is placing a guiding hand on the plastic tap:
Launching a network of countries to
work together to enhance coordinated commitments around Africa to address both land and sea-based sources of plastic pollution in order to dramatically reduce leakage.
Clean, beautiful, healthy African seas: a a dream worth fighting for!
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Five of the barriers to closing the plastic tap in Africa are lack of:
knowledge
understanding
resources
commitment
capacity
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Use network to obtain and share knowledge
A Geographic Information System (GIS) maps data and lets us visualize, question,
interpret relationships and trends. GIS can predict and model consequences of
actions.
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6. GIS can move us from the unknown to the measurable known
We do not know
We cannot plan
We cannot measure change
This is our base-line
This is our strategic plan
We achieved 85% of target
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Promote understanding though education programmes for all, especially the youth, involving them in activities, including photographing schools before and after clean-ups as we move towards plastic free schools.
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Building resources through fund raising with
a vision of developing a substantial endowment trust fund and using the annual yield to support worthwhile initiatives.
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Building capacity
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10. COMMITMENT TO ACTION
Measure your plastic footprint and pledge to reduce it; set targets and
report on goal achievement
Measure your positive handprint, such as education in Africa, and
renew your targets; then report on goal achievement
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Incentives to ensure profitable livelihoods from
plastic litter
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In your framework, remember the oceans link all of us, so you, your colleagues and friends are welcome to join SST in driving this valuable initiative.
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13. Thank you Dr Tony Ribbink Sustainable Seas Trust a.ribbink@sst.org.za
Phone (+27)
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