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Screen in love with a problem for free for Earth Day 2026!

For Earth Day 2026, organize your own screening of in love with a problem, a powerful short documentary about youth innovation, science, and solutions to one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time: plastic pollution.

If plastic pollution were a country, it would be one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation on the planet, clogging waterways, harming wildlife, and entering our food systems and bodies. Yet this film reminds us that bold, science-driven solutions are needed and our use of plastics needs to be reduced, if not eradicated.

in love with a problem (directed by Julie Kim) follows teenage innovators Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao as they journey from high school in Vancouver to Silicon Valley, developing bacteria-based technology to break down plastic waste.Their story invites us to explore biomimicry (learning from nature) and to imagine more circular systems where waste becomes a resource.

Simply register using the form below: you can organize a personal viewing, a staff screening, or a public facing event.

On this page, you will find:

  • Film Trailer

  • Registration form

    • We review these registrations and email your link to watch. The film package is available between March 13th and May 1st, 2026. Register now to get access to our resources. We suggest organizing your film screenings around Earth Day (April 22, 2026)!

  • Coordination one-pager to help you vision and plan your screening

  • Screening Kit Overview

  • This year’s partners and funders

 
 
 
REGISTER FOR SCREENING LINK
The Screening Kit
Previous Earth Day Campaigns
 
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in love with a problem trailer

Trailer: 2 minutes | Film: 22 minUTES

In love with a problem is about two innovative teens that discovered a plastic-eating bacteria in Vancouver’s Fraser River. Passionate about the problem of plastic pollution, these two best friends are now on an inspiring journey to solve it. Their dedication has taken them from bacteria to cutting edge chemistry, originating in Vancouver all the way to the Silicon Valley. Their story has illuminated one of our earth’s biggest eco disasters.

 
 

Earth Day Registration

 

Please fill out the form below. We will review it and then send you an email with instructions on how to watch in love with a problem and share resources for your screening.

The film is available between March 13 and May 1, 2026. You will receive a link to the film as well as the screening kit upon registration.

The screening kit includes:

  • Discussion guide to help you organize your own post-screening panel or intimate discussion circle

  • Educational resources to help high school students and teachers

  • Images, posters, social media assets, and other materials you can use to promote your event

  • Calls to action to directly support plastic reduction in your region

 
 
Complete the form
 
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The Screening Kit

Upon registration, you will have access to the following resources

 
 

Coordination Cheat Sheet

Coordinating an event can seem like a huge task. Our team has distilled all the major choices into this handy checklist. Let us walk you through it!

Learn more

Educator Discussion Guide

Guide designed to help facilitate meaningful and engaging discussions after watching in love with a problem, even when a moderator or guest speaker isn’t present.

Resources

Delve into this topic deeper through a glossary, videos, podcasts, and organizations you can support.

Promotional Materials

Copy for newsletter and social media to share about Earth Day and  in love with a problem. Plus, posters and stills from the film. Use these to create your own social media assets, posters, or in your newsletter advertising your screening!

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

As a 1% for the Planet Environmental Partner, SMI is eligible to receive donations from 1% for the Planet members, on behalf of their annual 1% commitment. Members give directly to Environmental Partners and 1% for the Planet certifies these donations. Click here for the SMI profile.