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The Sustainable Arts and Green Ecosystems (SAGE), is organizing a field trip on Thursday,
<b>September 24 (1:30 to 3:30 pm)</b>, to Ocean Legacy, a Canadian non-profit dedicated to harvesting ocean plastic for reuse and transformation. The tour will discuss their work and encourage conversations about how museums can make use of Ocean Legacy's products
and engage with their EPIC program: Education, Policy, Infrastructure, and Cleanup.</div>
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<b>The Museum of Vancouver is coordinating SAGE's field trips, and would like to extend the invitation to museum professionals/BCMA members -
</b><span class="spanWithBackgroundColor" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>we have 6 spots left! </b></span></div>
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If you're interested in attending, please email viviane gosselin directly @ <span class="spanWithBackgroundColor" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<b>vgosselin@museumofvancouver.ca</b></span></div>
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<b>SAGE</b> is a cross-sectoral research and design initiative led by the Museum of Vancouver, bringing together local museum and theatre professionals, designers, students, material innovators, and sustainability researchers to advance low-waste, low-carbon
approaches to museum and theatre productions.</div>
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<b>More detailed info on this field trip (below and attached): </b></div>
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Join SAGE's next field trip to <a href="https://oceanlegacy.ca" id="OWA66dabe5a-3e28-db95-e568-f9a64fbc14bd" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://oceanlegacy.ca" data-auth="NotApplicable">
<b>Ocean Legacy Foundation</b></a> in Steveston (<b>3300 Chatham St, Richmond -suite #61</b>), a Canadian non-profit ending ocean plastic pollution through its EPIC program: Education, Policy, Infrastructure, and Cleanup. Co-founders will share the organization's
mission and its work transforming recovered marine plastic into circular-economy solutions from cleanup expeditions and recycling depots to Legacy Plastic products and lab testing. We'll explore how museum professionals can collaborate with and make use of
Ocean Legacy's products & services.</div>
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Come learn, get inspired, and support a plastic-free ocean.</div>
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<b>What:</b> SAGE FIELD TRIP to Ocean Legacy, Steveston <br>
<b>When:</b> Thursday, September 24, 2026 1:30 PM-3:30 PM.<br>
<b>Where:</b> 3300 Chatham St, Richmond -suite #61</div>
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<b>Cost</b>: Free</div>
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Any questions, let me know.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Viviane Gosselin, PhD </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(she/her/elle)</span></div>
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1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9<br>
Office 604-730-5318 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><i>We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)
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