Author: Bonnie Betts

Webinar: What’s the Secret Sauce? 7/25

 

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Join the NCRA Schools Committee for: “What’s the Secret Sauce? How Castro Valley schools achieve such high diversion rates”

Castro Valley has an award-winning Schools Program!
  • Average school diversion rate is 91% and 15 out of 17 schools have achieved 90% or more.
  • Support includes: Green Ribbon school program, custodial recognition, 4Rs field trips, refresher presentations, donations & supples.
  • Learn how they do it and how you can support schools on the path to Zero Waste!
Speaker: Jordan Figueiredo, Zero Waste Specialist, Castro Valley Sanitary District
July 31st at 1-2PM

Bonnie Betts

Bonnie Betts, Environmental Content Creator, Mission Driven Marketing & Social Media Consultant. Bonnie is thrilled to be the Social Media Coordinator for the Northern California Recycling Association since 2020. As a project manager, Zero Waste Advocate, and environmental content creator, Bonnie enjoys the opportunity to create and lead projects within the resource recovery and Zero Waste space. In 2019 Bonnie joined Zero Waste Youth USA to lead community engagement and content development for their annual youth convergence. For the past 3 years, Bonnie’s focus has been to support programs that build leadership skills and empower youth to advocate for Zero Waste in their communities.

Chris Sparnicht

Chris Sparnicht, Web Maestro, Laughter On Water
Chris Sparnicht provides program management, technical and website support to environmental and citizen-science nonprofits throughout the US and Canada. A certified Zero Waste Associate, he is NCRA’s IT consultant and a valued member of NCRA’s webinar and conference production team. Chris has degrees in biology, horticulture and landscape architecture, and is interested in music and video production. He has been involved with the Bear Hollow Zoo in Athens, Georgia for six years and on the board for three.

Juliana Gerber

Juliana Gerber, Financial Coordinator since 2022, and previously NCRA’s Administrative Coordinator from 2015 – 2021. In 2015, she began managing projects at Envirolutions Consulting, LLC, serving as both Project Lead and Associate Director during her tenure. She now also works as a life coach, and offers pro-bono coaching to small non-profit teams that serve the environmental justice, animal welfare, and social services sectors.