[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: [SALT] Plastic forever next TUESDAY, May 22 (for forwarding)

[Stewart Dickson]

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Subject: 	[SALT] Plastic forever next TUESDAY, May 22 (for forwarding)
Date: 	Wed, 16 May 2012 11:22:16 -0700
From: 	Stewart Brand <sb at gbn.org>
Reply-To: 	services at longnow.org
To: 	SALT list <salt at list.longnow.org>




We throw most plastic things away.  Most plastic lasts nearly forever.

Plastic is a miracle material that needs better time management.  To do 
that, we need to examine what plastic has been superb at and what it's 
lousy at.  We need to understand how its highly stable giant polymer 
molecules really work, and how some toxicities play out.  From there we 
can sort out how to get the benefits of plastic's amazing durability 
while reducing the harm from its convenient disposability.  The matter 
requires close and respectful coordination between short-term experts 
(businesses) and long-term experts (governments and nonprofits).

Managing plastic well is a microcosm of managing civilization well.

Susan Freinkel is the author of /Plastic: A Toxic Love Story/ and 
/American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree/.

    *"**Eternal Plastic: A Toxic Love Story**," **Susan Freinkel**,
    Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center,* San Francisco, *7pm, **Tuesday,
    May 22**. *The show starts promptly at 7:30pm.

    To be sure of a seat:
    *•* Long Now Members <https://longnow.org/membership/> can use the
    discount code on the Freinkel Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats
    <http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/may/22/eternal-plastic-toxic-love-story/>.
    *•* You can purchase tickets for $10 each
    <http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/may/22/eternal-plastic-toxic-love-story/>.
    *•* Tune into the live audio stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for
    Long Now Members at 7:30 PST - become a member
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    Share this talk: Susan Freinkel, "Eternal Plastic: A Toxic Love
    Story" Long Now talk on 5/22*http://goo.gl/41B23*


Talks coming up:
June 5 (Tue.) - Benjamin Barber, "If Mayors Ruled the World" 
<http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/jun/05/if-mayors-ruled-world/>
July 31 (Tue.) - Cory Doctorow, "The Coming Century of War Against Your 
Computer" 
<http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/jul/31/coming-century-war-against-your-computer/>
Aug. 20 (Mon.) - Elaine Pagels, "The Truth About the Book of Revelations"

High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority 
tickets) are available to Long now members.  Membership, which starts at 
$8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now 
projects.  Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>.

This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking 
(SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation.  Free audio and my 
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You are welcome to forward this notice to anyone you think might be 
interested.

                                      --Stewart Brand


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