{"id":8512,"date":"2017-07-01T12:21:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T16:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebay.org\/?p=8512"},"modified":"2019-02-08T12:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T17:06:05","slug":"michael-brown-winner-of-the-2017-environmental-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebay.org\/michael-brown-winner-of-the-2017-environmental-achievement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Brown, 2017 Environmental Achievement Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 Environmental Achievement Award (posthumous)<\/h2>\n

Michael Brown of Jamestown, R.I.<\/h3>\n

Founder and former president of Packaging 2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michael Brown of Jamestown was posthumously awarded the 2017 Environmental Achievement Award for his tireless work uniting the worlds of packaging and manufacturing with the world of recycling and sustainability.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michael Brown, who passed away in March, founded the environmentally responsible company, Packaging 2.0 Inc., in 2002 to bridge the worlds of plastics package design and manufacture, and reuse, recycling and sustainability.<\/p>\n

Mission 2.Ocean is his company\u2019s environmental initiative to help fund local and global programs that seek to reduce levels of plastic pollution in the world\u2019s waters and on its shores. With more than 20 years of experience in the plastic packaging industry, Brown\u2019s goal in forming Packaging 2.0 was to raise levels of awareness about plastic packing pollution, increase recycling rates, and connect activists, educators and scientists to the plastics industry and end users.<\/p>\n

In nominating Brown, Aidan and Kate Petrie and Victoria Valentine said that Brown \u201caligned his packaging business with a deep sense of accountability for how we treat our planet and its stewardship, and with his passion for the ocean, sailing and boating.\u201d Brown was a long-time Save The Bay advocate and supporter, an active conservationist in Jamestown and led many beach cleanups before losing his battle with cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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