Protect Our Future (POF) will be holding a Youth Climate March for a Plastic Free Cayman on November 4th in George Town. The march will begin at 2:45pm, by Dairy Queen, and move through George Town, ending outside the Government Administration Buildings at 4:00pm. POF will partner with Plastic Free Cayman, Nauti Nomad and students from several schools on island to raise awareness about single use plastic use, as well as the planned single use plastic ban. 

Sadly, Cayman has a huge environmental footprint, much of which comes from consumption of single use plastic – the most obvious example being the dump, or ‘Mount Trashmore’. The impacts of single-use plastic on the island, from on beaches and roadsides to the dump, are impossible to ignore, and it becomes more obvious each year that the only solution to our plastic pollution problem is by targeting the source of plastic production and shipping to our islands.  

POF and PFC continue to push for a plastic ban policy similar to what has been seen on other Caribbean islands. This has been discussed in government for some time, and POF is hopeful that soon real change will be made in regards to plastic bans. 

Quote: Evie Sweetman (16), Protect Our Future Leader— “Youth voice is an incredibly important and powerful factor in generating change, big or small, in the community. Such an outpouring of community support and youth empowerment is an incredible thing to see, and we are hopeful that some real changes will come from this march.”