Single-use food containers made from styrofoam have become part of our "modern" lifestyles and consumption patterns.
The negative impact of these products on health, the environment, the economy, society and neighbourly relations between Caribbean countries is well established.
The territories are tackling the issue according to their means and their vision of development. Some have strictly banned it, others are in the process of banning it with appropriate strategies, while others have not yet mobilised against this scourge.
The problem transcends borders; it concerns public authorities and citizens alike. With this in mind, the Groupe d'Action Francophone pour l'Environnement is organising a regional conference on 17 and 18 November 2023 to encourage exchanges and synergies between the players involved, to pool strengths and knowledge, and to consider the most effective strategies for combating single-use food containers.
Karibe Convention Center, Pétion-Ville, Haïti.
Specialist in digital communication and pedagogical engineering, Director of LANBI éducatif, Haiti
Engineer,
Centre de documentation, de recherches et d’expérimentation (CEDRE).
Executive Director, Groupe d'Action Francophone pour l'Environnement, Haiti
Sea Shepherd France.
Groupe d’Action Francophone pour l’Environnement, France
Engineer-Agronomist, Master in Environmental Sciences, Doctor in Environmental Chemistry. Lecturer at Quisqueya University, Haiti
Member of Réseau Environnement Humanitaire, France
Plastic Campaigner and movement strengthening officer for Break Free From Plastic Latin America and the Caribbean
Member Support Program Coordinator for GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean / GAIA & Break Free From Plastic
Lecturer,
Université de Bretagne Sud.
Anthropologist and professor
Université Paris Cité.
Environmental Governance Specialist, United Nations Environment Programme, Haiti
Acting Director of Programs for Sea of Life, Senior Policy Advisor to The 5 Gyres Institute
Journalist,
Actu-Environnement.
Project Manager Ocean Governance and Fisheries Programme, OECS.
Read more...Project Manager for Marine Litter, Plastics and the Circular Economy, United Nations Environment Programme, Jamaica.
Groupe d’Action Francophone pour l’Environnement /Alternatiba, Haïti
Friday, november 17th, 2023 | Karibe Convention Center | Speakers | Modalities |
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9:00 am - 9:30 am EDT (UTC-5) |
Opening |
Speakers : |
Presential |
9:30 am - 10:15 am EDT (UTC-5) |
Presentation #1 : Presentation of the United Nations Environment Programme report on the status of styrofoam and plastic bag bans in the wider Caribbean region, 2019 Summary: |
Speaker: |
Online In English Simultaneous translation in French and Spanish |
10:15 am - 11:15 am EDT (UTC-5) |
Round Table #1 : Coastal pollution by foamed polystyrene Summary: |
Speakers: |
Online French Simultaneous translation in English and Spanish |
11:15 am - 11:45 am EDT (UTC-5) |
Break | ||
11.45 am - 12.45 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Round Table #2 : Banning expanded polystyrene containers: myth or reality? Examples from Bonaire and Antigua & Barbuda Summary: |
Speaker: |
Online English Simultaneous translation in French and Spanish |
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Workshop on innovative alternatives and initiatives Summary: |
Moderator: |
Presential |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Lunch break | ||
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Feedback from workshops |
Moderator: |
Presential |
Saturday, november, 18th, 2023 | Karibe Convention Center | Speakers | Modalities |
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9:00 am - 9:30 am EDT (UTC-5) |
Summary of the previous day |
Speakers: |
Presential |
9:30 am - 10:30 am EDT (UTC-5) |
Round Table #3 : The oceans in agony; humanity on borrowed time. Citizen engagement to raise awareness. Summary: |
Speakers: |
Online French Simultaneous translation in French and Spanish |
10:30 am - 11:15 am (EDT UTC-5) |
: The anthropology of leftovers, or the relationship between leftovers, waste and memory Summary: |
Speakers: |
Online French Simultaneous translation in English and Spanish |
11:15 am - 11:45 am EDT (UTC-5) |
Break | ||
11:45 am - 1:15 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Round table #4 : Prospects for concerted regional action Summary: |
Speakers: |
Online English and French Simultaneous translation in French, English and Spanish |
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Presentation #2 Summary: |
Speaker: |
Online French Simultanous translation English and spanish |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Lunch Break | ||
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (UTC-5) |
Recommendations and resolutions |
Moderator: |
Presential |
OECS fostering a circular economy approach, by Susanna Debeauville-Scott, Project Manager, Ocean Governance and Fisheries Programme, Portfolio Management Office, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
12c02f_a0b39b86b53f48e2b7e06f51f67247be.pdf (cleancoastbonaire.org)
12c02f_a42c83e64ac74ad98271877c02001fe9.pdf (cleancoastbonaire.org)
12c02f_bb79c1b27f9e4d9cadb3a426e11a38cf.pdf (cleancoastbonaire.org)
cleancoastbonaire.org/_files/ugd/12c02f_568c04bbbc7b4ba6b5778f1d16fdb1fb.pdf
real-cost-of-styrofoam_written-report.pdf (greendiningalliance.org)
Microsoft Word - CWA polystyrene litter fact sheet March 2011 Revised.doc (west-chester.com)
Morbihan. Quand le polystyrène devient un sujet d'études (ouest-france.fr)
Les impacts néfastes du styrofoam sur les écosystèmes marins et le littoral en Haïti - YouTube
Impacts de la contrebande de styrofoam sur l'économie en Haïti - YouTube
Corruption et contrebande de styrofoam en Haïti: Même combat! - YouTube
Styrofoam en Haïti: Vers une action citoyenne contre l'inaction de l'Etat - YouTube
Le styrofoam déstructure le milieu rural Haïtien - YouTube
Journée de mobilisation contre le styrofoam en Haïti - YouTube
Men kisa ki ka rive'w lè w'ap manje nan bwat manje! - YouTube
L'ambassadeur d'Allemagne en Haïti, Manfred Auster dit NON au styrofoam en Haïti - YouTube
Dites non au styrofoam en Haïti - YouTube
ReMLit Project: More Than Just Islands (music video) - YouTube