This weekend, Ocean Plastic Forum attended this year’s Folkemøde to listen, engage in debates, and talk with both long-time and new partners about the future of our oceans – and how we can make a difference together.
Among other things we listened to a debate on marine national parks, hosted by WWF Verdensnaturfonden / WWF Denmark, where the focus was on biodiversity and protecting marine environments. We were also inspired by the session “From the Blue Planet to the Plastic Planet”, featuring our member Plastindustrien. It became clear that tackling plastic pollution requires technology, behavioural change, political will – and most importantly, strong cross-sector collaboration.
We also hosted our own debate titled: “Do Crisis Attract New Skilled volunteers?” moderated by Søren Linding. The panel included:
– Helle Hygum Espersen, Senior Analyst at VIVE – Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd
– Peter Horne Zartsdahl, Secretary General at Engineers Without Borders Denmark
– Hans Andersen, Commissioner for Hjemmeværnet / Member of Parliament for Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti
– Ida Holmgaard, Project Manager at Ocean Plastic Forum.
Vi talte om, hvilke opgaver de fagligt engagerede frivillige løser, hvad der driver dem og hvordan vi sikrer, at engagementet varer ved, også når krisen lægger sig. Det blev tydeligt, at det for mange handler om at mærke, at deres viden og erfaring faktisk gør en forskel, og at de får lov til at bringe deres kompetencer i spil.
Tak til alle jer, vi mødte, lyttede til og samarbejdede med. Vi er taget hjem med rygsækken fuld af nye idéer, inspiration og lyst til mere!
