{"id":857,"date":"2017-12-01T09:57:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2017-2018\/?p=857"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:57:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:57:33","slug":"guatemalas-march-towards-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2017-2018\/2017\/12\/01\/guatemalas-march-towards-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala’s March Towards Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Katherine Conner and Caeley Sacher<\/span><\/p>\n

Producer and Director Alvaro Argueta and Executive Producer Anna Pollock will explore Guatemala\u2019s polluted watersheds in order to create a documentary that raises awareness and evokes solutions towards Guatemala\u2019s lacking waste management system.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Argueta is native to Guatemala and is familiar with the effect of the increasing pollution on the beaches, Pollock was appalled by the amount of waste in the water when she visited Guatemala in 2011. Since then, she has been determined to find a solution. \u201cYou go on the beach and you feel overwhelmed by the amount of trash,\u201d said Pollock. Since Argueta and Pollock met in 2012, they have passionately worked to prevent the degradation of Guatemala\u2019s beautiful coasts. \u00a0Pollock received a Masters in Public Health in 2011, afterwhich she moved to Guatemala to work on community health initiatives. Argueta has a background in audio and visual media and is familiar with the documentary process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock and Argueta will combine their skills in the creation of their documentary <\/span>Disposable Addiction<\/span><\/i>. \u201cOur goal is not to make another sad documentary, but instead to make an upbeat, feel-good film highlighting innovation and ingenuity in Guatemala,\u201d said Pollock and Argueta on their website. Because of this, Pollock and Argueta aim their film\u2019s awareness not at American viewers to stimulate sympathy, but at Guatemalan communities that seek reform.<\/span><\/p>\n

They hope that <\/span>Disposable Addiction<\/span><\/i> will be, \u201ca film that leaves our audience feeling excited about what the future holds,\u201d they said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A child enjoys a day in the sun (Photo credit by Kickstarter).<\/p><\/div>\n

While many of the watershed\u2019s community members have proposed solutions to reform Guatemala’s waste management system, a lack of communication between these local organizations has caused weak results.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to bring all this knowledge to Guatemala and bring collective organizations together,\u201d said Argueta. By uniting these existing groups, Pollock and Argueta can \u201cmake a menu of solutions that are already happening in Guatemala,\u201d said Argueta. Furthermore, Pollock and Argueta will highlight projects, non-profit organizations, and social groups that have begun improvement within their polluted local communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to stimulate enthusiasm about waste management in Guatemala\u2019s communities, as they film, Pollock and Argueta will learn about the recycled materials that local non-profit organizations use to build schools and community buildings. Additionally, Pollock and Argueta will explore and film social enterprises that take landfill plastic and recycle it into another material, such as spools of thread. Pollock and Argueta will also visit and film communities that have created local government regulations on waste, including trash barriers and bans on plastic bags.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pollock and Argueta hope that the awareness <\/span>Disposable Addiction<\/span><\/i> raises will unite these sustainable organizations, and members of surrounding communities will adopt these practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to uniting the local communities, they will \u201cengage with local authorities to support the development of appropriate, concrete solutions for implementation, and with business leaders to promote long-term sustainable alternatives to single-use products,\u201d Pollock and Argueta said. They hope that this cooperation will provoke reformative environmental policies. As a result, the amount of clean fresh water will increase, which 95% of is polluted by industrial waste due to neglect from corrupt political officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Creating <\/span>Disposable Addiction<\/span><\/i> will bring knowledge to communities that are ignorant to the dangers of the lacking waste management, resulting increased receptivity to change.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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