We can achieve a world without plastic pollution but we need to build a bigger, more powerful grassroots movement to do it.

How can you help? That’s easy! Just register for the upcoming Beyond Plastics Trainings for Local Groups and Affiliates to learn practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community.

This online training is divided into two sessions that are each two hours long. You must complete both sessions, but you can attend them in any order you wish, and they are both offered twice to ensure you can find a time that works with your schedule.

We will cover the following: 

  • Plastics 101 – Your background and guide to the plastics crisis, how it evolved, and what changes are necessary to solve it (spoiler alert: those changes are regulatory!);

  • Ready, set, action! – How ordinary people can make legislative change. Figure out who your elected representatives are, what powers they hold, and how to meet with them;

  • Essential media skills, such as how to hold a press conference, draft a strong news release, and write a letter to the editor that will get published;

  • Grassroots organizing skills, including organizing constituent meetings and call-in days;

  • Community education, such as how to host a virtual panel event; and

  • Many more skills and strategies you can use to make any campaign more effective. 

Are you in?

Please choose the two dates below that work best for you and click below now to register via Zoom, then add the log-in information Zoom provides to your calendar.

¡Atencion hispanohablantes!

Si necesita una traducción al español, envíe un correo electrónico a Megan a meganwolff2@bennington.edu.

Session 1: Laying the Foundation

Please choose whichever one of the two dates below works best with your schedule and register now via Zoom. PLEASE CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE OPTIONS BELOW.

Session 2: The ABC’s of Activism

Please choose whichever one of the two dates below works best with your schedule and register now via Zoom. PLEASE CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE OPTIONS BELOW.

Each session uses a different link. Once you’ve registered via Zoom, don’t forget to add the two trainings to your calendar.

Please note: These trainings are geared toward people in the United States, where Beyond Plastics has deep experience with policy change. People from other countries are welcome to take part, but we most likely will not be able to support you in seeking regulatory change in your own country. We also regret that we cannot offer translation in languages other than Spanish at this time.

Join Our Local Groups & Affiliates Network

After the training, we hope you will join the growing grassroots movement to end plastic pollution by starting your own Beyond Plastics Local Group, or, if you are already part of a like-minded organization that would like to organize around plastic pollution, by adding your existing organization as an Affiliate. We’ll support you in running local campaigns to reduce wasteful and polluting plastics in your own community as well as in coordination with Beyond Plastics activists all across the country.

If you’re curious about what the difference is between a group and an affiliate, how they’re structured, how to either start or join one, or anything else, please click here to read our frequently asked questions.