Zero Waste UGA Film Screening: The Cigarette Surfboard
Wednesday, April 23 from 5 to 7:30 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
Join Zero Waste UGA for a free screening of “The Cigarette Surfboard” and panel discussion with the filmmaker in a conversation about ocean stewardship and strategies to reduce single use plastics. The evening will include Regarding the Discarded, a temporary exhibition of art that engages material reuse and reduction.
https://www.thecigarettesurfboard.com
After a young designer realizes that a surfboard — which he crafted from thousands of littered cigarette butts picked up off California beaches — could captivate the eyes of millions across the globe, he decides to use it as the impetus to do something more. The Cigarette Surfboards become a platform to spark ocean stewardship and the symbol of a campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic, plastic waste. Surfing is the medium, but the message is universal.
Zero Waste UGA is an interdisciplinary experiential learning initiative to foster a culture of sustainability through waste reduction. The UGA campus will function as a living laboratory to support teaching, research, service and outreach, student engagement, and operational innovations toward a circular economy.
Event sponsors: UGA Office of Sustainability, UGA Sustainability Certificate, UGA Marine Extension / Sea Grant, UGA Arts Collaborative, UGA Department of Anthropology