The Festival of Urgent Reinventions: Why will your idea be impactful? Can it grow and scale?

February 7, 2021 Collective action as a by-product of collective consciousness permeates boundaries beyond our imagination. Consistent effort creates compound interest. Showing up on the days to call the companies creates both an internal and external push that will create a dent in the system. When Nestle gets 20 calls and then 200 calls and then 2000 calls a month asking them to change their packaging, Nestle not only has the data necessary for the people who are in charge of changing the packaging, they have direct input from their customers asking them for a change. This initial initiative will create momentum for the real life pod groups within the community. When people see that a community is committed to a cause and consistency is applied, people will be more willing to lend their time and energy to something that they see and feel has an impact and is creating change. The change might not happen all at once or even very quickly, but the germination process of this task grows every week. This movement has the ability to grow and scale because it is easy to set up zoom calls all over the world and to show up online now that most people are at home with extra time on their hands to make these types of calls which would have been seen as “redundant” or “unnecessary”. The global climate is showing us the significance of collective effort, especially during a time with incredible political upheaval. Using the model of precious plastics, we will be able to create similar blueprints for the plastic elimination movement. With the help of Notpla and the mentors and guides who we will encounter along the way, we will be able to grow and scale this venture in more ways that currently meets the eye. All it takes is the first step and consistency to get the ball rolling. People will want to lend a hand once they see it take flight to a certain stage and we get more and more people on these zoom calls with us. In Clubhouse talk, someone from the audience will take us up on the ask for a free space to create a precious plastics facility. From that one unit, we will be able to open our free kitchen and healing hub, and then more precious plastics facilities. Using New York City as a starting point, we will be able to grow and scale this idea into more cities across America and the world. Creating partnerships with as many people and organizations as possible, plastic production will slowly but surely, end forever.