On Monday, September 23rd, at 6:00 PM, the exhibition Voices of the Territory will open to the public, an initiative of the Papacría association aligned with the International Micro 2024 Conference in its desire to raise awareness about the impacts of plastic waste on the environment. The exhibition can be visited in the morning and afternoon, from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, until Friday, September 27th, when the scientific congress also ends.
In addition to sharing space, the Atlántida multiplex cinema building, thanks to its free cession for this purpose, both events work on parallel levels of reflection on plastic pollution and its harmful effects on human and planetary health and the individual and collective responsibilities that must be faced.
According to one of the members of the organizing entity, Gara Goñi, “Lanzarote, with its history of struggle and resilience in the face of adversity, is an ideal place to value the fragility of our environment and the urgent need to change course towards more sustainable practices and behaviors.”
The exhibition offers a journey through the different stages linked to this threat, from the mass production and consumption of plastic and the consequences of its proliferation, to the results of action and inaction, with a sample of some of the numerous initiatives that have emerged in Lanzarote to face this challenge by pioneering social movements and institutional projects that seek to reduce plastic pollution. Finally, the tour concludes in a space for reflection, where visitors are invited to stop and think about the future we want to build.
The Voices of the Territory room, through the collaboration of different social actors, aims to emphasize the need to act collectively to face this global problem.
Collective involvement
During the process of preparing materials, adapting the room and installing the pieces made for the occasion, a Papacría team has interviewed the restaurants in Charco de San Ginés, to learn about and propose sustainable practices to be carried out in their restaurants. “It is a quid pro quo, whereby, in exchange for this adoption of good practices, we will recommend to the nearly one thousand participants in the Congress that they consume in the establishments adhering to this campaign,” explains Gara Goñi.
The participants in this exhibition invite the public to come to the room “and join this shared struggle, where the voices of citizens intertwine with those of science to protect a common future.”