Take a Journey to Away
Join to learn about the global garbage crisis—and what YOU can do to create a cleaner and healthier home on our planet!
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About This Event
Young Explorer Sharona Shnayder seeks to raise awareness of the global garbage crisis and inspire individuals around the world to create a cleaner and healthier future for our planet. Sharona’s Tuesdays for Trash movement has made a powerful impact worldwide by empowering individuals to take action, resulting in the removal of over 90,000 pounds of litter from the environment in over 60 countries since it began in 2020. It also sparked the creation of her new children's book about trash called Journey to Away, educating future generations about the concept of where our garbage really goes.
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National Geographic Explorers are an international community of changemakers, who use the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world, while inspiring the next generation to do the same.
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