Scientist for a day program with AUSMAP

Interested in learning more about microplastics around Australia & the impact on humans & the environment?

Come and participate in our AUSMAP Scientist for a Day program as part of National Science Week!

Hear from microplastics expert Dr Michelle Blewitt (Program Director) about the AUSMAP program and how they are trying to tackle the microplastic pollution problem in our local waterways!

It’s hard to solve a problem you can’t see - until recently, microplastic pollution presented scientists with a crisis that was invisible to the naked eye. Now we have AUSMAP - Australian Microplastic Assessment Project. By translating data into vivid maps of plastic pollution hotspots all over Australia, AUSMAP makes it easy for everyone to see the scale & nature of this growing problem. We need to know how much is out there before we figure out what to do with it and find effective ways to mitigate this issue!

AUSMAP is a nationwide citizen science program that aims to quantify microplastic pollution, with the primary goals of identifying litter hotspots and assisting in source reduction. The program educates, engages and empowers citizens of all ages to identify microplastic hotspots, finds effective remediation strategies.

What will you Learn?

• How microplastics affects our aquatic environment, wildlife and us.
  
• What are microplastics and where we can find them in our local community?
• How AUSMAP is helping to reduce this problem, along with your help!
• Gain hands-on experience and be a scientist for the morning -help collect a microplastic survey for AUSMAPs database.
  

Location: Port Adelaide Sailing Club, 43 George Robertson Drv, Largs North

10am - 11am presentation from Dr Michelle Blewitt and morning tea
11am - 12:30pm sampling on Snowden Beach!

All materials provided. Please wear weather appropriate clothes.

We will postpone the event if heavy rain is forecast but will go ahead in showers.

Bring your friends and your family - this community event is for people of all ages!

Please contact the Port Environment Centre if you have any mobility or access concerns or other event enquiries (0488 229 925 or email hello@portenvironmentcentre.org.au)

The Port Environment Centre is funded by Green Adelaide with additional support from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the Suzanne Elliott Charitable Trust.

Attendee information may be used for follow up evaluation, in order to assess the longer term impacts of our events. Follow up contact may be made (in the form of a survey) but participation in any evaluation is optional.

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