NEWS
AN EDA MOVIE SCREENING
THE STORY OF PLASTIC
Our social events are back and we had a great turnout from those who made it to our November EDA Movie Screening in which we screened The Story of Plastic with Deep Dive Dubai for the very first time on the 10th of November. For our members not able to attend the screening event in person, we were able to provide them with a private link to watch the documentary online. EDA has shared the documentary with the young Eco-Warriors from Jumeirah Primary School (JPS) aged between 8 and 11 as part
of their educational programme in order to prepare them for their beach clean-up school activity.You can follow their clean-up results on page 22 to see what they are doing with their school to help our environment. As always, these documentaries give us so much to think about especially where we live, and addresses the situations in the other parts of the world we are not always aware of. The war on plastics is a global issue and one we need to solve together as it is us combined that affect our entire planet.
Be the change you want to see. SYNOPSIS The Story of Plastic takes a sweeping look at the man-made crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and the people who inhabit it. Spanning three continents, the film illustrates the ongoing catastrophe: fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash, rivers and seas clogged with waste, and skies choked with the poisonous emissions from plastic production and processing. With engaging original animation, archival industry footage beginning in the 1930s, and first-person accounts of the unfolding emergency, the film distills a complex problem that is increasingly affecting the planet’s and its residents’ well-being. WANT TO JOIN OUR EVENTS? Our social events and online EDA Movie Screenings are only accessible to current EDA members and their families. Our screenings have limited spaces and registration to join them is necessary in order be to on the guest list to join the physical event or to receive the special link to view the films online. You can register for EDA membership or renew it on our website: www.emiratesdiving.com/membership-form
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DIVERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT | DECEMBER 2021
