Empower in Our Ocean 2019
The level of threat facing the ocean and the need for action are being spotlighted like never before. Our Ocean conference is a part of the solution in this pivotal time. This year the conference was in Oslo and Empower was in the panel facing the challenges Part II: Taking action on ocean pollution. We also had a week long exhibition near the Oslo Central station. Did you know that through our Empower ocean quiz participants we collected 2000 kgs of plastic waste? How you say? Keep reading to know all the fun details!
Our CEO Wilhelm Myrer represented Empower in the panel facing the challenges Part II: Taking action on ocean pollution along with the French Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Brune Poirson, Chief Sustainability Officer of PepsiCo Simon Lowden and Environmental Investigation Agency’s Tim Grabiel. Their discussion gave insights to the different needs in the various sectors and regions in the world, all the while reflecting the need for transparency and traceability in all stages of any solution. Great that Empowers digital solution provides exactly that, right? We are very happy to see the demand and the follow up on the path to how we can help solve some of the challenges.
Sitting on the panel was not our only affair during our ocean 2019. In collaboration with Keep Norway Beautiful, Ocean Conservancy, the Oslofjord Outdoor Recreation Council and Prestgaard Andersen we had a week long exhibition at the Oslo Central Station.
The international marine litter exhibition Marine Litter: A Global Challenge was inspired by the world coming to Oslo for the Our Ocean 2019 conference. The main aim of the exhibition was to highlight the serious global environmental problem of marine litter and educate more while letting people explore the possibilities.
The exhibition had over 2000 visitors! The climate- and environment minister Ola Elvestuen visited the exhibition on wednesday and H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon was one of the many visitors on thursday!
One of the highlights in the exhibition was theEmpower quiz. The quiz gave people the opportunity to contribute in cleaning up waste globally. This was very popular among the visitors and 300 people participated which contributed to cleaning of 2000 kg around the world where it was needed.
A quiz that cleans-up plastic waste on a global scale and supports areas where there is no (functioning) waste management system? What can be more simple yet awesome?! If you are impressed and moved by the neccessity to take action and want to prevent marine litter exterminating life on land and in our oceans- join the movement and take action here!
