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What a fabulous evening we had at the screening event of X Trillion last week in London. Microplastics is a serious issue in the world today, much bigger than anyone of us can fathom, with threats to our oceans, marine wildlife, and human health.

But I can only say that the monumental challenges we face today are also opening new doors, new collaborations, new opportunities, and can give birth to very beautiful, meaningful and enjoyable gatherings like the one we had.

It was a real pleasure to meet and interview the film director of X trillion, Eleanor Church at this evening. I appreciated it even more knowing she made an exception just for us after travelling to a dozen countries over the past few weeks for a new film project.

Telling the story of an all-women expedition crew sailing to the Great Garbage Patch in the North Pacific, her approach to the film narrative was fresh and inspiring, playing on upbeat, human, emotional storytelling, rather than the depressive side of the situation (which is real too!).

A big thank you to our other panellists, Avril Greenaway for taking us through the plastic issue through her work at Cleaner Seas Group and Cleaner Seas Project, and Nick Doman for taking us through a tangible solution through their work at Ocean Bottle.

A big thank you too to my co-organisers, Rebecca Daniels from the Marine Diaries, Bailey Thomas, Deej Phillips, Loux Rutherford from x+why and to everyone who attended and was involved in the evening.

This event was a dream come true. A learning from the past five years when it comes to environmental and social change: it is through collaboration, forming new coalitions, and supporting each other that we can grow the movement and implement bigger and better solutions to the environmental crisis.

PS: sorry for the background noise during the interview, the event was indeed very busy!

Credits: X Trillion film trailer and expedition images - Eleanor Church / X Trillion Film

Leran more: https://www.xtrillionfilm.com

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