Erica Cirino, author of Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis, joins us once again to help new parents (and all concerned!) with reducing plastic in their lives as they also welcome new life into their homes. As a new mom, herself, Erica will not only be sharing the knowledge she has of the plastic crisis in general, but her own personal story of how she found ways to reduce plastic in this new phase of her life.

Plastic items and pollution are especially harmful to unborn babies, children, infants, and pregnant people due to their sensitive hormones and immune systems, and developing bodies. Unfortunately, plastic is everywhere. With the usual plastic bottles, toys, clothing, diapers, and more, this material can feel particularly unavoidable when pregnant and parenting. Yet there are many simple steps you can take to minimize your family's exposure to plastics to better protect their health. Writer, author, artist, and mom Erica Cirino will show us how to eliminate plastic from pregnancy and parenting, providing evidence-based solutions, practical tips, and resources to make change.  She is a science writer and artist exploring the intersection of the human and nonhuman worlds. Her widely published photojournalistic works depict the numerous ways people connect to nature—wild creatures in particular—and shape planet Earth.

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Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program!