From Disposable Culture to Disposable People: The Unintended Consequences of Plastics

We cannot solve the problem of plastics simply by recycling more. The plastic in the oceans the soil and our bodies is a symptom of the broader problem of disposable culture. We are not just treating objects as disposable--we are treating ourselves and each other as disposable too. The story of plastics parallels the story of my life from my childhood living aboard a sailboat to graduate work on plastics and endocrine disruption and ultimately teaching about plastics not only as a complex set of chemicals but as a spiritual poison.