Dear Shelbizleee...

We need to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly about having YouTube’s top sustainability influencer being sponsored by the flexible plastics association, and I have a lot to say about it. Take a seat and grab your mop because I’m spilling all the tea about this situation as well as environmentalist activism and shady YouTuber stuff. Watch with the live chat (button in upper right corner on desktop) for more insights. @Shelbizleee #greenwashing

This is a RESPECTFUL FRIENDLY CONVERSATION so please don’t send Shelbi any hate.

Follow the money! Increase your media literacy skills (this is a resource for teachers, but it is good for self-study as well): https://cor.stanford.edu/

Exhibit A: Shelbi’s Flexible Plastic Association-sponsored video: https://youtu.be/veues-0iXYk
Exhibit B: Shelbi’s Flexible Plastic Association Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyeMuft8-J/
Exhibit C: Shelbi’s response livestream: https://youtu.be/uLmpCFYx51I

The one “study” that Shelbi referenced: https://www.bpf.co.uk/packaging/environment.aspx

00:00 Intro
01:29 We are all friends here
03:14 The good
14:38 The bad
20:16 The ugly
27:17 “I’m not an activist” and finding your why
32:16 Shady Youtuber stuff

Below are some links to easy ways to get involved, including pre-drafted letters addressed to representatives according to your location.
Find environmental protection bills and call or write your representatives to support: https://www.govtrack.us/congre....ss/bills/subjects/en
Surfrider has a range of national and local issues you can write about: https://secured.surfrider.org/action/
Citizen’s Climate Lobby makes it easy to write to Congress about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act: https://citizensclimatelobby.o....rg/write-your-repres
Greenpeace makes it easy to take action on a wide range of issues from fashion to wildfires: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/
350.org has campaigns for regions all over the world to tackle climate change: https://350.org/get-involved/#campaigns
The Nature Conservancy has petitions you can sign to back several different environmental initiatives: https://support.nature.org/sit....e/SPageNavigator/act
Earth Justice is the Earth’s best lawyer. Support their actions here: https://earthjustice.org/action/alerts
National Resources Defense Council has tons of actions you can take on federal policy: https://www.nrdc.org/actions
Environmental organizations and ways to get involved: https://greendreamer.com/journ....al/environmental-org
Sierra Club features ways to take action on federal climate policy: https://www.sierraclub.org/take-action
Auburn has actions related to birds, wildlife, and other environmental habitats: https://www.audubon.org/takeaction
Stand up for wildlife with the Wildlife Conservation Society: https://www.wcs.org/get-involved
Get resources including data driven talking points for fighting plastic pollution here: https://plasticpollutioncoalitionresources.org/
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