The Ugly Truth about Big Oil, Plastics, and our Climate | Aarthi Ananthanarayanan | TEDxPortland

Aarthi Ananthanarayanan is passionate about the role plastics play in our climate crisis. More specifically, helping the world reduce plastic use and dispelling Big Oil’s myth that plastics are essential.
In this stirring talk, Aarthi posits that plastic is oil. With the reduction in use by the automotive industry and others, Big Oil has pivoted to plastic production in recent years and that is only projected to grow if we let it.
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With special thanks to the University of Oregon for presenting partnership, a world class stage design provided by Meyer Pro Inc, an incredible legacy bound Event Book provided by Premier Press and to the creative digital craft provided by Thesis. All of our Partners and event history can be found at TEDxPortland.com Aarthi Ananthanarayanan is the Director of Ocean Conservancy’s Climate and Plastics Initiative. She designs and promotes solutions that address two existential, interconnected threats to the ocean and coastal communities: climate change and plastic pollution. Before launching the Climate and Plastics Initiative, Aarthi was Ocean Conservancy’s POSEIDON Project Director, leading an interdisciplinary team of international researchers to advance innovation in fisheries. Additionally, she supported the launch of two Ocean Conservancy international plastics initiatives: Urban Ocean and Vietnam Plastics Initiative. Aarthi began her career working for the Chemical Strategies Partnership, a trade organization working to reduce chemical use, waste, risks, and cost by transforming the chemical supply chain. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@emilystutzman3067]

beautiful talk! thank you for sharing. We've got a long way to go! Here for the journey!

[@tojothatchenkery3873]

What a powerful presentation, Aarthi. Very inspiring!

[@lindajosendale8979]

Excellent talk!

[@meenakshisundaramananthana558]

Great talk, Aarthi. Congratulations

[@imuzbek17]

Were betful

[@sammavitae114]

Lululemon pants are from oil , your foam bed is a bed of oil, the oil industry is embedding its products everywhere.

[@sebastianmalotka]

Great, let's buy an new electric car, which will be powered by energy from coal. This for sure will save our climate :D And remember, use paper straws so celebrities can fly their planes in peace