Category: ZWAC Show

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. 

Miami-Dade County’s New Zero Waste Master Plan, 8/26

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NCRA is chatting with Nick Ciancio, project lead for the new Miami-Dade County Zero Waste Master Plan. Nick is currently the Resilience Division Director for the Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management. The Zero Waste Master Plan aims to divert 90% of waste from landfills through expanded recycling, organic composting, and biochar pilot programs.

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

What is Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)? 3/25

 

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The ZWAC Show is interviewing Baani Behniwal, the Carbon Drawdown Director at The Climate Center! 🌎✨ We’re especially curious about Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)—a process that involves injecting carbon dioxide into deep underground reservoirs. Could this be a real climate solution? Has the Climate Center explored its potential?

Get the latest insights from Baani and bring your questions!

Tonight’s Recycling Archive Reading from program director Susan Kinsella of late Kathy Evans, a Berkeley native who fought for its nationally recognized recycling program.

Agenda:

5 PM – Networking

5:30 PM – Interview

6:15 PM – Recycling Archive Reading

Professor Discusses Recycling In Ancient Cultures, 2/25

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The ZWAC Show is hosting Prof. Allison Emmerson of Tulane University to explore recycling in ancient cultures! A Roman archaeologist, she studies waste, urban margins, and marginalized communities in ancient cities. Professor Emmerson is particularly interested in the “marginal” aspects of ancient urbanism, not only literal city edges and the activities they attracted, such as waste management and the treatment of the dead, but also the people who have been marginalized both in ancient life and in modern reconstructions of it, including women, the enslaved, and the subelite.

Professor Emmerson’s first book, Life and Death in the Roman Suburb, was published by Oxford University Press in 2020 and was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America’s James R. Wiseman Book Award in 2022. Emmerson directs the “Pompeii I.14 Project,” an excavation that examines the development of the city prior to the catastrophic eruption of 79 CE, focusing especially on issues of social interaction and civic infrastructure.

Agenda:⁠ 5:00 PM Networking⁠ 5:30 PM ZWAC Show begins⁠