Tag: Zero Waste Advocacy

Keeping It Cool: Best Practices for Developing Community Fridges, 10/26

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Featuring:
-Robin Martin, with Joint Venture Silicon Valley, will describe their Environmental Health-approved community fridge program developed and operating in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

-Monica Ravizza with Extra Food, a Food Recovery Service, will talk about their program and how it interacts with community fridges.

-Ernst Bertone Oehninger with Freedge, an organization that began in Davis, will share their resources on how to start and maintain community fridges.

Sponsored by
NCRA Zero Food Waste Committee Solid Waste Association of North America Gold Rush Chapter
California Resource Recovery Association Edible Food Recovery Technical Council
Zero Waste USA

Dying to Compost: A Conversation on Sustainable Deathcare, 10/26

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Dying to Compost: A Conversation on Sustainable Deathcare: Terramation, Natural Burial & More

What if our final act could give back to the earth?

Join the ZWAC Show for a timely conversation with Braeden Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO of LifeSource, exploring sustainable alternatives to conventional deathcare. Drawing on more than a decade of experience in composting, organics recycling, and healthy soils, Braeden will introduce us to Terramation (Natural Organic Reduction, or human composting), natural burial, and other lower-impact deathcare options that rethink how we can return to the earth.

We’ll explore how Terramation works, what makes natural burial different from conventional burial, and the environmental considerations behind these emerging and traditional practices. Braeden will also discuss the evolving landscape of Natural Organic Reduction in California, including AB 351, the state’s developing regulations, and how California’s approach compares with states such as Washington, where Terramation is already practiced.  

Just in time for Halloween, we’re digging into a topic that touches compost, climate, culture, and the ultimate return to the soil. 

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

Zero Waste Entrepreneurs Lessons Learned, 4/25

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Join us for a compelling conversation with three SF Bay Area Zero Waste entrepreneurs — Matt, Amy, and Nikki — as they reflect on the struggles, lessons, and adaptations that came with the COVID-19 lockdowns. From brick-and-mortar shops to online school supply sales, these local changemakers share how they weathered the storm and what the future holds for businesses rooted in Zero Waste values. 🌱

Let’s learn from their journeys and support the success of businesses that are building a better, waste-free world. ♻️

Agenda:

5 PM – Networking

5:30 PM – Interview

6:15 PM – Audience Q&A