Friday, December 4th in Room 1113 Van Munching Hall from 12:00 - 1:30pm
Five hundred million plastic bags are used each year in Panama, and many wind up as litter in the streets and sewers of the capital city, along roadsides in the rural countryside, and in the marine environment. Reusable bag initiatives in Panama have attempted to address this problem but have had limited success thus far. Utilizing behavior change theories to design reusable bag campaigns and policies may lead to greater success.
Jenny Kane is a third-year dual degree student in the CONS/Environmental Policy program. She spent seven months in Panama last year where she interned with a Panama City-based sustainable development and conservation organization with the support of the School of Public Policy’s Schaefer Internship Program. During this time she developed and ran a research survey on plastic bag and reusable bag use at grocery stores in Panama with the environmental group Panamá Más Verde. They are currently preparing recommendations to policymakers, environmental groups, and businesses in Panama based on the findings of their study.
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The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinaryenvironmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
ALL ARE WELCOME. Please join the EESG Seminar Series as we strengthen transdisciplinary education at the University of Maryland. Food provided by the Roy F. Weston Chair of Natural Economics from the Maryland Food Collective.
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