Creator Lunch: Exposing Plastic Propaganda in Schools
Are you a creative person who cares about the world? Do you like free food? Do you want to know how to help stop the plastic industry from spreading propaganda in kids’ classrooms? Then come to our Climate Week creator lunch!
Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) just launched Plastic Expelled: Exposing Industry Propaganda in U.S. Schools, a landmark new report about the plastic industry's strategies for targeting children—and, importantly, how to support industry-free education.
To celebrate the launch, we will dive into some (purposeful) misconceptions we grew up with due to plastic marketing, identify where and how this propaganda still shows up in classrooms, and spread the word to educators and parents everywhere.
Hosted by chilli, Plastic Pollution Coalition, and Suzie Hicks.
About chilli
chilli is a digital action platform for climate and social justice, designed to make it easy to take action on what matters. Every action on the platform takes under two minutes, we act as a hub for petitions, open letters, pressure campaigns. chilli exists to close the gap between your audience knowing something is wrong and actually doing something about it.
About Plastic Pollution Coalition
Plastic Pollution Coalition is a non-profit communications and advocacy organization that collaborates with an expansive global alliance of organizations, businesses, and individuals to create a more just, equitable, regenerative world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts.
About Suzie Hicks
Suzie Hicks is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, and performer specializing in climate communication for kids, currently consulting with Plastic Pollution Coalition. With a masters in Climate and Society from Columbia University, Suzie combines music and playful learning to highlight climate solutions, emotions, and role models.
Suzie is a TEDx Speaker, Aspen Institute Future Leader, Grist 50 Fixer, a Pique Action Creator to Watch, and a North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) 30 under 30 award recipient. Their show Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick recently won the inaugural Seeds of Hope award at the 2025 Climate Film Festival and is available on Youtube Kids.
About Hannah Testa
Hannah Testa is an award-winning environmental advocate, author, and international speaker specializing in plastic pollution and climate action, and founder of the nonprofit Hannah4Change. Hannah combines grassroots organizing and youth education to advance environmental justice and mobilize communities into action.
Hannah is a TEDx Speaker, Teen Vogue 21 Under 21 honoree, and People Magazine 10 Girls Changing the WOrld, among other honors. Her book, Taking on the Plastics Crisis, chronicles how she led a grassroots campaign to pass state legislation on single-use plastics.