tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76579366961412616412024-03-14T05:55:42.006-04:00BronzicornSustainability for Society, the Environment, and the Economy
SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-90053407877869433202019-08-18T10:44:00.000-04:002019-08-18T10:47:39.021-04:00Circular Economy Network (CEN) Event: Waste Not, Want Not: Rethinking Value in the Circular Economy 28 Nov 2018<div class="g-group l-lg-mar-bot-6 l-md-mar-bot-4 l-pad-bot-6 " style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">
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Join us on Wednesday November 28, 2018, from 6:30-8:30pm<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"> </span>for the <a href="https://twitter.com/circeconomynyc?lang=en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Circular Economy Network's</a> latest event: <em><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Waste Not, Want Not: Rethinking Value in the Circular Economy. </span></em>We'll hear from three thought leaders about the innovative and exciting ways they're redefining value in the circular economy.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Jennifer Russell,</span> Ph.D., Assistant Professor Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain at Bard College and Author of UNEP IRP report <a href="http://www.resourcepanel.org/sites/default/files/documents/document/media/re-defining_value_-_the_manufacturing_revolution_summary_english_web.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Re-defining Value - The Manufacturing Revolution'</a><em><br style="padding-top: 0px;" /></em></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Austin Lee,</span> Founder and CxO of <a href="https://bettercorp.nyc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">bettercorp</a><em></em></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Peter Schon, </span>Industrial Designer, Chair of <a href="http://www.idsa.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">IDSA-NYC</a><em></em></div>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">“Value” is one of the most important concepts in the discussions on circular economy. You will find it in the definitions of a circular economy: “A circular economy is restorative and regenerative by design, and aims to keep products, components, and materials at their highest utility and value at all times.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/null" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="padding-top: 0px;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="padding-top: 0px;">[1]</span></span></span></a>”. A 3,5min podcast on circular economy by McKinsey & Co, mentions value 36 times<a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/null" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: var(--eds-control,#3659e3); cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="padding-top: 0px;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="padding-top: 0px;">[2]</span></span></span></a>. But do we all have a shared understanding of what value means? What do we value in the products we use? What do we value about the businesses that deliver the products and services that satisfy our needs?</span></div>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">In this event organized by the <a href="https://twitter.com/circeconomynyc?lang=en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Circular Economy Network</a> (CEN), speakers of diverse backgrounds will make us rethink our notion of value, changing our perspective on the economics of a circular society.</span></div>
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7:40-8:15 pm - Small Breakout Discussion Groups</div>
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Jennifer Russell teaches Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain in the Bard MBA in Sustainability program. Her primary research involves innovation in Circular Economy through market transformation and market access, including the barriers and enabling mechanisms that may affect a firm’s decision to engage in more sustainable and circular manufacturing processes, including remanufacturing. Jennifer received her PhD in Sustainability from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She also holds B.S. and MBA degrees, and has more than 10 years of consulting experience in corporate sustainability programming and policy, and material diversion program design, throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe.</div>
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Peter is a product designer with over 16 years of experience researching, designing and developing products for the healthcare market. As the NYC chapter Chair of Industrial Designer’s Society of America he has worked to engage the NYC design community in building a more sustainable New York. In 2017 he co-developed Hack:Trash:NYC, a hackathon style event challenging a diverse array of New Yorkers to develop innovative waste reduction solutions using the theme of “reuse”. He’s also worked with the DSNY to develop the current BetterBin competition which has engaged designers from around the world in developing a next generation litter basket for the streets of New York.</div>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">Austin: "At bettercorp we connect systems of aligned capital. We do this by guiding businesses along the path toward B Corp Certification and through outreach of impact investing; what it is and how to get involved. Both of these act as levers on the economy, allowing us to contribute to the future through informed choice, while also signaling to others how to earn our business and a place in a fair and equitable future.'</span></div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-57366255346065074902018-07-06T18:44:00.002-04:002019-08-18T10:48:09.076-04:00Circular Economy Network (CEN) Event: "Closing the Loop" Film Screening 17 July 2018<div style="background-color: white; color: #666a73; font-family: "benton sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, roboto, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://twitter.com/CircEconomyNYC" target="_blank">Circular Economy Network (CEN)</a> -- co-founded by </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessavlaanderen/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3BlXzTwaRWQC2b2QScPWzPLg%3D%3D" style="color: #2d1eb8; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Tessa Vlaanderen</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbloomquist?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3BlXzTwaRWQC2b2QScPWzPLg%3D%3D" style="color: #2d1eb8; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Sarah Bloomquist</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666a73; font-family: "benton sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> -- is pleased to announce our summer event! </span></span>J<span style="font-size: 15px;">oin us </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday, July 17, 6:30-9:00pm</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">, at WeWork</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> in Manhattan to view <a href="http://www.closingtheloopfilm.com/" target="_blank">Closing the Loop</a>, the first feature-length documentary on the #CircularEconomy, and get inspired by numerous examples of game-changing businesses and cities! After the film we'll break into small groups to discuss the film and we'll rejoin as a full group to share our thoughts. Light refreshments will be served. Please bring your own cup if possible! </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/closing-the-loop-film-screening-pioneers-of-the-circular-economy-revolution-tickets-47619005728" style="font-size: 15px;" target="_blank"><b><i>Registration is required.</i></b></a></div>
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.novamont.com/eng/" target="_blank">Novamont</a> – an Italian bio-plastics company, renowned for making the Lavazza compostable coffee capsule</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quito City – with solutions ranging from Tetrapak up-cycling and zero-waste car assembly to sustainable farming and eco-tourism in the tropical cloud-forests</span></li>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-79827567464324898462018-03-30T11:31:00.000-04:002019-08-18T10:47:05.357-04:00Circular Economy Network (CEN) Event: "Atoms & Bits: Tracking Materials and Data In the Circular Economy" 10 April 2018<div style="background-color: white; color: #666a73; font-family: "benton sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, roboto, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="text-align: justify;">Circular Economy Network (CEN) co-founders, </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessavlaanderen/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3BlXzTwaRWQC2b2QScPWzPLg%3D%3D" style="color: #2d1eb8; font-family: "Benton Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Tessa Vlaanderen</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbloomquist?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3BlXzTwaRWQC2b2QScPWzPLg%3D%3D" style="color: #2d1eb8; font-family: "Benton Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sarah Bloomquist</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666a73; font-family: "benton sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">, are excited to announce our next event! </span></span>J<span style="font-size: 15px;">oin us </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday, April 10, 6:30-8:30pm</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">, at </span><a href="https://grandcentraltech.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; font-size: 15px;" target="_blank">Grand Central Tech</a><span style="font-size: 15px;"> in Manhattan for the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/circeconomynyc?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; font-size: 15px;" target="_blank">Circular Economy Network's</a><span style="font-size: 15px;"> latest event: </span><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/atoms-bits-tracking-materials-and-info-in-the-circular-economy-tickets-44470815406" target="_blank">Atoms & Bits: Tracking Materials and Data In the Circular Economy</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px;">. We'll hear from three thought leaders about their work in using data and information technology to stimulate a circular economy. Speakers include:</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpcooke/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Christopher Cooke</a>,</span> Director of Technical Development at <a href="https://www.sustainabilityconsortium.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Sustainability Consortium</a> -- <em>Speaking on metrics and the circularity of supply chain</em></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-durkin-940973135/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Louisa Durkin</a>,</span> Co-Founder of <a href="http://futureculture.how/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Future Culture</a> -- <em>Speaking on blockchain for a circular economy, it’s potential & current limitations</em></div>
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The urgency and opportunity of shifting from a linear take-make- dispose economic model to a circular economy in which value is created utilizing existing and renewable goods and materials is on the rise. This transition comes with a broad range of changes. Changes in culture; in how companies, supply chains, and markets are organized; in how consumer needs are addressed; in how value creation opportunities are identified; and in how people, machines, and goods are interconnected and interact. While these changes can seem daunting, digital tools enable achievable and manageable solutions through:</div>
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Platform technologies to enable marketplaces, sharing, product-as- a-service</div>
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Data Analytics to increase supply chain transparancy</div>
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Track and trace technologies to enable identification and monitoring of goods through the value chain and through their lifetime (sourcing, usage)</div>
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Big data and AI to identify new potential demand and supply connections in secondary markets, or uncover underlying needs and ways to create value</div>
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Blockchain to enable data security in digital interactions and transactions, increasing trust</div>
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This event, brought to you by the <a href="https://twitter.com/circeconomynyc?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Circular Economy Network</a>(CEN), will dive into a few of these digital solutions and explain how they address the challenges of transitioning from a linear to a circular economy. The speakers will present their vision of a circular economy and the practical implementation of it, after which participants will build on these perspectives in small break out groups.</div>
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7.40-8.15 pm -- Creative workshop</div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-84257073159873714612018-01-31T19:00:00.002-05:002019-08-18T10:49:20.221-04:00Circular Economy Network (CEN) Event: "Circularity in the Built Environment" 8 Feb 2018<div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;">The CEN was founded in 2017 by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessavlaanderen/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3BlXzTwaRWQC2b2QScPWzPLg%3D%3D" target="_blank">Tessa Vlaanderen</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbloomquist?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3BlXzTwaRWQC2b2QScPWzPLg%3D%3D" target="_blank">Sarah Bloomquist</a> to convene a multitude of stakeholders to actively engage in discussing solutions to transition towards a more circular, regenerative world. Follow the CEN on Twitter for the latest on our monthly events. The CEN aims to convene a multitude of stakeholders to actively engage in discussing solutions to transition towards a more circular, regenerative world. Follow the </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://twitter.com/CircEconomyNYC&source=gmail&ust=1517528910077000&usg=AFQjCNH3gwwtC5dyWE1JX3SrGOxFPT0Pnw" href="https://twitter.com/CircEconomyNYC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: #0278b8; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Circular Economy Network (CEN) Twitter">CEN</a> on Twitter for the latest on our monthly events.</div>
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Catherine Bobenhausen, Certified Industrial Hygienist and Senior Consultant with the health, safety and environmental firm of Colden Corporation, has delved deeply into the chemical composition of building products. She conducts air monitoring in manufacturing facilities and offices. Catherine consults with architects, sustainability consultants and manufacturers on sustainable design, including LEED, Living Building Challenge and WELL, integrating chemical restrictions, certifications and test protocols, for informed selection of lower impact building products. Through Clean Production Action, Catherine achieved accreditation as an Authorized GreenScreen PractitionerTM for chemical hazard assessments. She has collaborated with Building Product Ecosystems, and serves on the Technical Committee of the Health Product Declaration Collaborative, committed to continuous improvement through transparency, openness and innovation in the product supply chain.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"></span>Marc Gee is a principal at GLUCK+, an architecture, construction and development firm in New York City. The practice is committed to crafting bold and conceptually unique architecture, with most work constructed by the firm’s unique Architect Led Design Build (ALDB) approach. Consistently recognized through national and international design awards and publications, GLUCK+ has been featured in Architectural Record’s “The New Master Builders,” by The Architect’s Newspaper with “Inside Architecture’s One-Stop Shop” and named by Fast Company in 2014 as one of “The World’s Top 10 Innovative Companies in Architecture,” ‘for taking control of the entire building process.’ Mr. Gee has been involved in projects as architect and on-site construction manager including the recent award-winning Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning, a $26 million public/private initiative in Crotona Park, Bronx, which The New York Times architecture critic, Michael Kimmelman hailed in April 2017 as "one of the city's best new works of public architecture;" The Stack, New York’s first prefabricated steel and concrete modular residential building development, which received a 2015 AIANY/BSA Housing Honor Award; and currently, 150 Rivington, a luxury condominium development in the Lower East Side. He was also on-site construction supervisor for The East Harlem School, which won an AIA Architecture Honor Award in 2010, and received a Citation of Excellence from BusinessWeek/Architectural Record’s ‘Good Design is Good Business’ Award in 2009. Mr. Gee earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic University and State University. Website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.gluckplus.com/&source=gmail&ust=1517528910078000&usg=AFQjCNGQQBHTUuQ1LK-pWK5NJwNeyC5Itw" href="http://www.gluckplus.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.gluckplus.com</a>. Twitter & Instagram: @gluck_plus</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We're excited to announce the lineup for the next <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circular-economy-network-december-event-sharing-economy-product-design-ce-in-developing-countries-tickets-39921892455&source=gmail&ust=1512613916373000&usg=AFQjCNHAlSDqUTgIulZeUQXptNBnxeP2cA" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circular-economy-network-december-event-sharing-economy-product-design-ce-in-developing-countries-tickets-39921892455" target="_blank">Circular Economy Network (CEN) event</a> on December 12th in Brooklyn! Thanks to those of you who were able to join us for our kick-off event in October at the Danish Cleantech Hub where we heard from four thought leaders in the Circular Economy (CE). We're thrilled to continue the energy and momentum at our next event where we'll hear from three new speakers on "</span>Designing a Human-Centered Circular Economy<span style="font-family: inherit;">." As with our first event, we'll hear from each speaker then form breakout groups for small discussion, followed by brief report backs and Q&A with the speakers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Details below. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circular-economy-network-december-event-sharing-economy-product-design-ce-in-developing-countries-tickets-39921892455&source=gmail&ust=1512613916373000&usg=AFQjCNHAlSDqUTgIulZeUQXptNBnxeP2cA" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circular-economy-network-december-event-sharing-economy-product-design-ce-in-developing-countries-tickets-39921892455" target="_blank">Register here</a> and we look forward to seeing you soon!</span></div>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In this December gathering of the Circular Economy Network, three New York based thought leaders will cover three very different perspectives of a circular economy:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/Trebor-Scholz/&source=gmail&ust=1512613916373000&usg=AFQjCNHAWqPMk5ANYQCubwT0F8pIHjAZ8g" href="https://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/Trebor-Scholz/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Trebor Scholz</b></a>, Associate Professor of Culture and Media at The New School, and author of, among others, <em>Platform Cooperativism: Challenging the Corporate Sharing Economy.</em>Theme: business models for an inclusive sharing economy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-prommel-3942366/&source=gmail&ust=1512613916373000&usg=AFQjCNE6K2gAcvXTxhSy5_QtGyQtjBeN4Q" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-prommel-3942366/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mark Prommel</a>,</b> Design Director at Pensa, an industrial design and consultancy firm in NYC. Theme: product design</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjithkharvelannepu/&source=gmail&ust=1512613916373000&usg=AFQjCNE6XjsWJwxyvLUCEPpBh2wFhBhElA" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjithkharvelannepu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="padding-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ranjith Annepu</a>,</b> Co-Founder of Be Waste Wise and Waste Management consultant. Theme: circular economy in developing countries</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The event is open to all experience levels. The speakers will present their vision of a circular economy and the practical implementation of it, after which participants will build on these perspectives in small break out groups.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trebor Scholz, Associate Professor of Culture and Media at The New School</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="padding-top: 0px;">Trebor Scholz is a scholar-activist and Associate Professor for Culture & Media at The New </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/?id%3D4d54-5533-4d44-5534&source=gmail&ust=1512613916373000&usg=AFQjCNHFGtAFGFNWJcY5LRnr4SnnfxcXpg" href="http://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/?id=4d54-5533-4d44-5534" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">School in New York City</a>. His book <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.amazon.com/Uberworked-Underpaid-Workers-Disrupting-Digital/dp/074565357X/ref%3Dsr_1_1?s%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1470569339%26sr%3D1-1%26keywords%3Dtrebor%2Bscholz&source=gmail&ust=1512613916374000&usg=AFQjCNEhSCQvk3mOZV4IRaNdk5TvGe6jcQ" href="https://www.amazon.com/Uberworked-Underpaid-Workers-Disrupting-Digital/dp/074565357X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470569339&sr=1-1&keywords=trebor+scholz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i style="padding-top: 0px;">Uber-Worked and Underpaid. How Workers Are Disrupting the Digital Economy</i></a> (Polity, 2016) develops an analysis of the challenges posed by digital labor and introduces the concept of <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://platformcoop.net/about&source=gmail&ust=1512613916374000&usg=AFQjCNGl0G9sevo-orPkXOZV-utbzH-kFw" href="http://platformcoop.net/about" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">platform cooperativism</a> as a way of joining the peer-to-peer and co-op movements with online labor markets while insisting on communal ownership and democratic governance. His next book will focus on the prospects of the cooperative online economy. His edited volumes include <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Labor-Internet-Playground-Factory/dp/0415896959&source=gmail&ust=1512613916374000&usg=AFQjCNGgQqGALovt5pm3z00HY7OJPLTQGw" href="https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Labor-Internet-Playground-Factory/dp/0415896959" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i style="padding-top: 0px;">Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory </i></a>(Routledge, 2013), and <i style="padding-top: 0px;">Ours to Hack and to Own: Platform Cooperativism</i>. <i>A New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet</i> (eds. with Nathan Schneider, OR Books, 2016). In 2009, Scholz started to convene the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://platformcoop.net/events&source=gmail&ust=1512613916374000&usg=AFQjCNFWbvSBEew2110LIpQ8ova600TXbw" href="http://platformcoop.net/events" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">influential digital labor conferences</a> at The New School. Today, he frequently presents on the future of work, solidarity, and the Internet to media scholars, cooperativists, lawyers, activists, designers, developers, union leaders, and policymakers worldwide. Scholz is a member of the Barcelona Advisory Council on Technological Sovereignty. His articles and ideas have appeared in <em style="padding-top: 0px;">The Nation</em>, <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education</em>,<em>Le Monde</em>, and <em>The Washington Post.</em></span></div>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mark is a partner and the design director at Pensa where he leads and mentors a diverse group of multi-faceted designers working at the crossroads of design and invention. Throughout his 19+ years in product design, he has followed his passion for shaping the physical products that enhance everyday life. Mark has received numerous design awards including IDEA awards, CLIO, Fast Company Innovation by Design, Core 77 Design Awards, and Good Design Awards. He is also an inventor on dozens of design and utility patents. In addition to his many years of successful client-based work, he has led the design teams on Pensa’s award winning internal efforts such as Street Charge and the Merge Urban Bicycle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ranjith Annepu, Co-Founder of Be Waste Wise and International Waste Management Consultant</span></span></div>
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<span style="padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ranjith Annepu is a Co-Founder of <i style="padding-top: 0px;">be Waste Wise</i> and an International Waste Management Consultant. He builds tools, systems, and institutions which can foster and support long-term improvement in well-being on our rapidly changing planet. He holds a Master’s degree in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. He works in South and South-East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Middle East. He consults for the World Bank Group, and the Earth Engineering Center at Columbia University to improve decision making in investments and governance through technology and policy analysis, life cycle analysis, capacity building and knowledge dissemination. He also manages a grant for waste management organizations in India and is the India Coordinator for the Global WTERT Council.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">The Circular Economy Network (CEN) is a new collaborative brought to you by circular economy catalysts Sarah Bloomquist and Tessa Vlaanderen. We aim to advance regenerative systems locally and globally through our monthly interactive forums comprised of CE pitches followed by small breakout group discussions. All experience levels welcome and a desire to learn and collaborate is required.</span></div>
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So you've heard about the Circular Economy, but what's it all about? Join us for the newly formed <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/CircEconomyNYC" href="https://twitter.com/CircEconomyNYC" target="_blank" title="Circular Economy Network (CEN) Twitter">Circular Economy Network's (CEN)</a> kick-off event to hear from four thought leaders actively implementing circular principles and solutions:</div>
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The event is open to all experience levels. Please come prepared to participate in small breakout groups before we report back to the larger group. The CEN aims to convene a multitude of stakeholders to actively engage in discussing the issues of a linear economy as well as solutions to bring us towards a more circular, regenerative world. Please join us at the Urban Future Lab, hosted by the Danish Cleantech Hub in Brooklyn on Thursday 10/26/17 from 6-8pm to get things rolling! And stay tuned for future programming from the <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/CircEconomyNYC" href="https://twitter.com/CircEconomyNYC" target="_blank" title="Circular Economy Network (CEN) Twitter">CEN</a>.</div>
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Michael Rinaldi is the Sustainability Officer at DLL, a global provider of asset-based financial solutions in the Agriculture, Food, Healthcare, Clean Technology, Automotive, Transportation, Construction, Industrial, and Office Technology industries. Michael manages the Sustainability Engagement Initiative to actively generate discussions with DLL's business partners on their current performance and ambitions in the areas of sustainable solutions, societal impact, and responsible business operations. In this role, he identifies and develops opportunities to collaborate with partners to implement new life cycle asset management (LCAM), used equipment financing, and servitization solutions. Michael also passionately leads DLL's Microleasing projects in Kenya, Rwanda, and Zambia. When implemented by community banks, microleasing is a tool that expands access to credit, stimulates economic growth, and enables entrepreneurs in emerging markets to acquire low cost assets to start or expand their business. Prior to joining DLL, Michael received his BA degrees in Biology and Economics from the University of Virginia and his Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University.</div>
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Since 2000, Clare Miflin has worked at Kiss + Cathcart, Architects —helping craft their philosophy of “productive” architecture. She considers buildings within the larger systems of which they are part, integrating energy production, vegetation and even agriculture. Clare realizes the importance of rigorous metrics, but knows that inspiration, hope and vision also have a crucial role to play. In developing the AIANY Zero Waste Design Guidelines for NYC, Clare applied biomimicry and learnings from ecosystems to develop a coherent vision and specific solutions that are resilient, comprehensive, and inherently connected to place.</div>
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A nationally recognized leader in green remanufacturing and an expert in sustainable office furniture solutions, Bill has not only made Davies a pioneer and leader in its field, but he also expanded opportunities for organizations industry wide. Under Bill’s direction, Davies has grown to be the nation’s largest office furniture remanufacturer and was the first remanufacturer to earn level® sustainability certification from the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association (BIFMA). Bill was instrumental in creating standards that allow remanufactured furniture to contribute points to the LEED certification process, and he is often called upon to speak at industry events, write for industry publications and represent the industry before the U.S. Trade Commission. Bill is also Board Chairman for The Remanufacturer’s Industry Council, a legacy member of the U.S. Green Building Council and a BIFMA member. When he can spare an hour or two, Bill enjoys fly fishing. He earned a marketing degree from Siena College.</div>
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Conor is currently Senior Manager, Public Policy at Rubicon Global, where he is helping to build RUBICONSmartCity—a technology platform for municipal fleets. Prior to Rubicon Global, Conor served as Director of Cities and Data Product Innovation at CDP, an international environmental non-profit, based in London. Under Conor’s leadership, CDP’s cities program achieved global recognition as the premier platform for city governments to report their climate change data. More than 600 global cities now report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental data using CDP’s platform. Prior to his role at CDP, Conor served in various roles at the Clinton Foundation in New York, including Foreign Policy Fellow and as an early employee of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI). You can follow Conor on Twitter at @c_riffle.</div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-84562990148451643852017-03-31T01:08:00.000-04:002017-03-31T06:48:34.970-04:00Sustainable Food Systems Forum - GreenHomeNYC - April 19, 2017 @ Project Farmhouse<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Food waste. Food surplus. Whatever term you use, we throw away a lot of food! In total, New York City’s waste stream is roughly <a href="https://www.biocycle.net/2017/01/12/big-apple-goes-big-organics-recycling/" target="_blank">one-third organic material</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">According to the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/food-recovery-hierarchy" target="_blank">food hierarchy from the EPA</a>, the highest and best use for food is human consumption and the least preferable option is landfill or incineration. As concerned citizens and active sustainability practitioners, what can we do to improve how food cycles through our city, keeping it at its highest and best use? What’s being done to develop regenerative, closed loop systems consisting of local resources? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Join us at this month's <a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/" target="_blank">GreenHomeNYC</a> forum I'm planning with fellow GHNYC volunteer and sustainability advocate, Tamanna Virmani. This month's Forum is targeted to those who are interested in the food and organics issues that cities are facing amidst a trend toward zero waste goals and sustainable materials management. Five experts will discuss how they’re designing and implementing more sustainable urban food systems that will help NYC achieve it’s <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/zerowaste/residents.shtml" target="_blank">“0x30” goal </a>to send zero waste to landfills by the year 2030.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><strong>Clare Miflin</strong> - <em>Associate Principal, Kiss + Cathcart; Leader, AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory Committee</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><strong>Christina Grace</strong> - <em>Principal, Foodprint Group; Co-leader, <em style="font-size: medium;">AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory Committee</em></em></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><strong>Michael Hurwitz</strong> - <em style="font-size: medium;">Director, Greenmarket Program, GrowNYC</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Michael Hurwitz" height="200" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/michaelhurwitz.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; float: right; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" />Michael Hurwitz is the Director of Greenmarket, a 40 year-old program of <a href="https://www.grownyc.org/" target="_parent">GrowNYC</a> that operates 53 producer-only farmers markets throughout the five boroughs of New York City, as well as the Wholesale Farmers Market located in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Michael has an MSW from UPenn and a JD from Yeshiva University, NYC. He came to food from a social work perspective, when in 2000 he discovered the power of agriculture through a community garden in Red Hook, Brooklyn. His favorite food policy book is <em>Stolen Harvest</em> and his favorite food is brussel sprouts after the frost has hit them a few times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><strong>Thomas McQuillan</strong> - <em style="font-size: medium;">Director of Food Service Sales and Sustainability, Baldor Specialty Foods</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thomas McQuillan is a transformational executive with 25+ years of successful business leadership experience and a demonstrated skill for turning around underperforming organizations and spearheading acquisition and business integration initiatives. In 2015, Thomas joined <a href="https://www.baldorfood.com/" target="_parent">Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc</a>. located in the Bronx, New York. Tasked with creating a strategic plan to make Baldor more Sustainable, Thomas spearheaded the SparCs (scraps spelled backwards) initiative to reduce food waste throughout the company. Baldor’s sustainability initiatives are also focused on overall waste reduction throughout the organization and the company has launched a number of initiatives to become more energy efficient, as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><strong>Clare Miflin</strong> - <em style="font-size: medium;">Associate Principal, Kiss + Cathcart; AIA, LEED AP, Certified Passive House Designer; Leader, AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory Committee</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Clare is an architect at <a href="http://www.kisscathcart.com/" target="_parent">Kiss + Cathcart</a>, Architects -- a firm well known for their philosophy of “productive” architecture in terms of human, environmental and economic benefits. She considers buildings within the larger systems of which they are part, integrating energy production, vegetation and even agriculture. She is currently working on a large mixed use passive house project and design guidelines for architects to aid NYC’s goal of zero waste. She is active in the local green building community, being part of Urban Green Council’s Monthly Programs Committee, NYC Living Building Collaborative, and Sustainability Coordinator for her local food cooperative. Fascinated by natural systems, she is also studying for her Masters in Biomimicry. Kiss + Cathcart, Architects, along with <a href="http://www.closedloops.net/" target="_parent">ClosedLoops</a>, <a href="http://www.foodprintgroup.com/" target="_parent">Foodprint Group</a> and the <a href="http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=committees&prrid=20" target="_parent">AIANY COTE</a> are developing Design Guidelines for Zero Waste. This project, an initiative of the <a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=center-for-architecture" target="_parent">Center for Architecture</a>, is made possible with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, and will include multidisciplinary workshops to develop guidelines to be issued in Fall 2017, followed by a symposium and exhibition at the Center for Architecture in 2018. The guidelines will help building owners / managers, developers and architects modify existing buildings and design new buildings to reduce waste, improve diversion rates and reduce recycling contamination. The Advisory Committee for the effort includes staff from DSNY and other city agencies, architects, developers, building managers, sustainable and recycling consultants, product designers and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><strong>Christina Grace</strong> - <em style="font-size: medium;">Principal, Foodprint Group; Co-leader, <em>AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory Committee</em></em><strong><br /><em style="font-size: medium;"><em><img alt="Christina Mitchell Grace" height="200" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/christinamitchellgrace.jpeg" style="border: 1px solid black; float: right; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" /></em></em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Christina Mitchell Grace is a “farm to food waste” food systems consultant with over 20 years of management experience including 14 years dedicated to developing sustainable and healthy food infrastructure. Christina has participated in regional food systems projects in New York, Oregon, California and Virginia as well as local and national food policy development and advocacy. Prior to launching <a href="http://www.foodprintgroup.com/" target="_parent">Foodprint Group</a>, Christina managed the Urban Food Systems Program for the New York State Department of agriculture. Christina helped institutionalize local food procurement in New York City. She was responsible for promoting New York State farm products to the metro-NYC marketplace, managing the state’s Farm to School program, and launching its Community Gardens and Urban farms program. Before entering the food and agriculture sector, she was a marketing executive for First Call, a Thomson Reuters Company and AMR Research (now Gartner Group). She works and lives in Brooklyn, NY, where she is raising her two daughters to cook and eat healthy delicious food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><strong>Maya Shenkman </strong>- <em style="font-size: medium;">Director of Hotel Services, Great Forest; Member, Hotel Association of NYC Sustainability Committee</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maya Shenkman is the Director of Hotel Services at <a href="http://greatforest.com/" target="_parent">Great Forest</a> (a NYC based sustainability consulting firm), and a graduate of The New School NYC. Sincer 1992, Maya has worked on promoting numerous environmental initiatives in New York. She joined Great Forest in 1995 and in her role as Director, Maya is responsible for overseeing all aspects of sustainability, waste management and recycling compliance for hotel clients. In addition, Maya has assisted Pure Earth, the nonprofit that Great Forest helped to establish and continues to support, through coordination and administration of various projects in Eastern Europe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.projectfarmhouse.org/" target="_parent"><img alt="Project Farmhouse" height="100" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/projectfarmhousesnapshot.png" style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" />Project Farmhouse</a> is a state-of-the-art sustainability center and event space that allows New Yorkers to explore environmental issues through the lens of food, horticulture, the arts, and more. Operated by <a href="https://www.grownyc.org/" target="_parent">GrowNYC</a> and steps from their iconic Union Square Greenmarket, Project Farmhouse hosts workshops, galas, speakers, community meetings and interactive exhibits. </span></div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-25136894646940574522016-11-29T16:49:00.003-05:002017-03-31T06:49:47.994-04:00BuildingEnergy NYC 2016 conference <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I had the honor of attending the BuildingEnergy NYC 2016 Conference in early November as a scholarship recipient from <a href="http://greenhomenyc.org/" target="_blank">GreenHomeNYC</a>, along with fellow recipients <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-urrutia-b116b744" target="_blank">Jennifer <span class="gI">Urrutia</span></a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorynathanielthomas" target="_blank">Gregory Thomas</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryandhughes" target="_blank">Ryan Hughes</a>. The conference deepened my understanding of
the latest building energy issues especially as they pertain to how NYC
will work to achieve its <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/site/sustainability/codes/80x50.page">80x50 goal</a> set forth in Mayor De Blasio's
<a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/index.html">OneNYC sustainability plan</a>. Resiliency was a common theme throughout the
sessions, highlighted by recent <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/index.page">NYCHA</a> addition, <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/about/executive-team/joy-sinderbrand.page">Joy Sinderbrand</a>, and
her discussion of how her agency is working towards preparing their
inhabitants and the buildings they occupy so that they are better prepared
for negative environmental impacts from global warming and storm surges. The
conference is a great place to meet with leaders in the field from
established <a href="http://www.swinter.com/">environmental consultancy firms</a>, to startup <a href="https://www.radiatorlabs.com/">energy hardware firms</a>, as well as <a href="http://fentrend.com/">companies experimenting</a> with novels ways to use
technology to alleviate the burden our buildings place on the world. I highly recommend attending the next conference in <a href="http://nesea.org/conference/buildingenergy-nyc">2017</a>!</div>
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<br />SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-61690888622846438582016-10-22T18:53:00.003-04:002016-10-22T19:31:36.990-04:00Rubbish by William Rathje and Cullen Murphy (book) / What's Wrong with Our Trash?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm finally getting around to writing book reviews for three staple books on the topic of garbage that I read earlier this year. They're all must-reads for those interested in the wonderful and appalling world of waste. The first of the three books, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rubbish-Archaeology-Garbage-William-Rathje/dp/0816521433">Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage</a></i>, was written over 15 years ago by William Rathje and Cullen Murphy. Rathje was an <a href="https://sbs.arizona.edu/news/william-l-rathje-1945-2012">archaeologist at the University of Arizona</a> and a forerunner on the science of waste. With his students, he started the <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/the-garbage-project.html">Garbage Project</a> in 1973 to see what information they could glean from analyzing trash based on different populations and demographics. My key takeaway is that most things we throw away end up in a landfill and do not decompose, or if they do it can take hundreds of years and leave behind a dangerous trail of toxin-laden leachate in the process. For the unitiated, here's a suitable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leachate">explanation of leachate</a>: "In the narrow environmental context leachate is [therefore] any liquid material that drains from land or stockpiled material and <b>contains significantly elevated concentrations of undesirable material derived from the material that it has passed through</b>." Yummy stuff, right? Modern <a href="http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/urbanenvironment/sectors/solid-waste-landfills.html">sanitary landfills</a> aim to keep leachate from reaching groundwater supplies by using expensive pipe systems and heavy plastic sheeting. For older landfills that are <i>not </i>lined and lack piping systems to collect the leachate, leakage into the groundwater is a serious risk. Even the best designed landfill using the latest and greatest technology will eventually experience a compromised boundary between the leachate and the surrounding soil.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newspaper from 1960 at Pitsea landfill in England that was in a dry pocket in the landfill cell. (<a href="http://gwri.calpoly.edu/cgi-bin/complex2/showPage.plx?pid=82">Photo by Dr. Jim Hanson</a>)</td></tr>
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Why doesn't trash break down and decompose? The lack of oxygen and exposure to the sun prevents the breakdown of the bulk of what's dumped in a landfill. This scenario is perfectly illustrated by the Garbage Project's excavation of decades-old newspapers that are still legible, and food scraps that are still identifiable and not far decomposed beyond their original state. We should all know and understand that when we throw things away they are basically being piled up like <a href="http://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci407su01/students/north/kristy/Project/K-Poem-Net.html">Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout's</a> garbage in Shel Silverstein's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Cynthia-Sylvia-Stout-Garbage/dp/B0013CWLWO" style="font-style: italic;">Where the Sidewalk Ends</a>, only in a landfill instead of in her house.</div>
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What needs to change? How we dispose of and process organic materials needs to change. It's a relatively easy win that many cities are ramping up or beginning to implement if they haven't already. (Check out these leading <a href="http://zwia.org/">zero waste</a> programs in the US: <a href="http://sfenvironment.org/zero-waste">0X20 in San Francisco</a> and <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/site/sustainability/initiatives/zero-waste.page">0X30 in New York City</a>.) Most estimates say that anywhere from <a href="https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/sustainable-management-food-basics#what">20-40%</a> of our waste is organics. Keeping organic material out of landfills would decrease landfill disposal by roughly one third! That's a lot of vegetable peels and coffee grinds that we could save from senseless landfill disposal and instead process it through <a href="http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/fundamentals/biology_aerobic.htm">aerobic decomposition</a> (composting) or <a href="http://energy.gov/eere/energybasics/articles/anaerobic-digestion-basics">anaerobic digestion</a>. These two processes are generally considered to be more sustainable than landfill disposal and they allow the material to be processed into a useful resource: a soil additive or biogas, respectively. If your city doesn't currently offer organics processing, you could reach out to see if they're planning on it and in the meantime you can keep your scraps in your freezer and either compost them in your <a href="https://www.nrdc.org/stories/composting-way-easier-you-think?gclid=CNevgqGw788CFYckhgodJzYOqg">backyard</a>, use a <a href="http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/vermicomposting/vermiculture-under-sinks.htm">worm bin</a> in your kitchen, or drop them off at a participating greenmarket (see <a href="https://www.grownyc.org/compost/locations">map</a> of GrowNYC's drop-off sites).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cradle to Cradle cycle from <a href="http://epea-hamburg.org/en/content/about-cradle-cradle-0">EPEA</a>. "The Cradle to Cradle® design concept distinguishes between the biological and the technological cycles for materials. The waste materials in an old product become the "food" for a new product."</td></tr>
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Rethinking Product Lifecycle. There's a desperate need for a shift in production and consumption if we want to reclaim and preserve a natural, healthy and beautiful environment for ourselves and future generations to enjoy. Products need to be designed 'cradle to cradle' (C2C) rather than 'cradle to grave'. This means designing products with the end in mind and considering the full lifecyle of the product, including all phases from design, to production, distribution and eventually rebirth into a new product. C2C products are based on durability and recyclability and are comprised of benign materials. In an ideal world the materials would be <i>better than</i> benign, they'd be <b>regenerative</b>, bringing sustainability to a whole new level. I'll save the topic of regenerative healthy materials for another posting. In the meantime, check out the great work being done by the Seattle-based <a href="http://living-future.org/">International Living Future Institute</a> and their 2015 <a href="https://living-future.org/sites/default/files/LPC_Standard_web.pdf" style="font-style: italic;">Living Product Challenge 1.0: A Visionary Path to a Regenerative Future</a> among their other amazing forward-thinking programs.</div>
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The goal of C2C is to optimize the usefulness of materials and minimize the waste generated during the product lifecyle. The C2C model achieves this by keeping products and materials in a closed loop system that is based on regeneration where the outputs of one process become the inputs of another process, rather than a useless waste product. Architect and designer <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/">William McDonough</a> is generally considered the father of the cradle to cradle concept, having co-authored <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Remaking-Way-Make-Things/dp/0865475873/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=">Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</a></i>, as well as co-founding the <a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/about"><i>Cradle to Cradle Certified</i>™ Product Standard</a>. You can watch his 2005 Ted Talk on the topic <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design?language=en">here</a>.</div>
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This, in a nutshell, is the problem and the solution. Consume less. Consume smarter. Waste less. It's a noble goal that can be achieved with tweaks in behaviors and choices. It's scalable too for those who aren't willing to commit to a complete lifestyle overhaul; something is better than nothing and overtime I believe more sustainable behaviors will be adapted as people see them demonstrated by their friends, their community and in media. These choices then send signals to the producers and eventually incentivize them to modify their products to be more sustainable. Thanks for listening and remember, <b>#CompostIsTheNewBlack</b>!</div>
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<li>Amanda Kaminsky, <i>Founder</i>, <a href="http://www.buildingproductecosystems.org/" target="_blank">Building Product Ecosystems</a></li>
<li>Benjamin Miller, <i>Co-founder and Managing Member</i>, <a href="http://www.closedloops.net/" target="_blank">ClosedLoops</a></li>
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"One of the most challenging sustainability questions facing large urban centers such as New York City is how to handle all the waste that is produced here on a daily basis. New York City has struggled with this question long before the last landfill shut down on its soil in 2001. With no spare land to speak of and an ever-growing population of consumers, the city has had to step up to the challenge and propose novel solutions to handle the millions of tons of trash that are collected and processed annually. At our August forum, we will hear from specialists working in the field who will discuss their plans for decreasing the quantity and toxicity of materials sent to landfills, working towards Mayor De Blasio’s ambitious <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/site/sustainability/initiatives/zero-waste.page">OneNYC</a> goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2030 (“0x30”)." </div>
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<br />SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-67765374939948467832016-07-07T01:34:00.002-04:002016-07-07T01:39:54.192-04:00Concentrated Natural Shampoo with Zero Waste Packaging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-33995768242125705382016-06-26T12:19:00.002-04:002016-07-21T18:40:19.218-04:00Sustainable Food Storage: Plastic Cling Wrap Substitute!<br />
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-63617796285928317302016-05-16T14:26:00.001-04:002016-10-22T19:07:35.948-04:00We Hate to Waste's Jacquie Ottman Presents at Materials for the Arts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
As discussed in my <a href="http://bronzicorn.blogspot.com/2016/04/earth-month-celebration-at-materials.html">previous post</a>, <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/mfta/html/home/home.shtml">Materials for the Arts</a>, held their Third Thursday Earth Month celebration a few weeks ago at their sprawling non-profit art supply complex in Queens, New York. It was an exciting event for those who love to learn about waste and resource management issues. Nelson Molina, former DSNY worker, and NYU professor and author <a href="https://robinnagle.com/">Robin Nagle</a> held a Q&A after a screening of a <a href="http://www.onemanstrashfilm.com/">short film</a> on Mr. Molina's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/nyregion/in-new-york-sanitation-dept-garage-an-art-gallery.html?_r=0">mongo museum</a> in East Harlem, filled with 20 years worth of New Yorker's discards moonlighting as treasures.</div>
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Jacquie Ottman, founder of <a href="http://wehatetowaste.com/">WeHateToWaste.com</a>, presented on the state of waste in New York City, with a focus on the 8 Zero Waste initiatives under Mayor Bill de Blasio's <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/index.html">OneNYC</a> sustainability plan. According to Ms. Ottman, 74% of NYC's waste can be recycled or composted but currently isn't. Hopefully the 8 initiatives, as outlined below, will help NYC reach our <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/visions/sustainability/goal-2.html">"0x30" ("zero by thirty") landfill diversion goal</a>. The "zero" of zero waste is a bit of a misnomer. Most zero waste advocates measure zero waste as a 90% diversion from landfill. Will we get there by 2030, or optimistically, can we get there sooner?</div>
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<li>Organics collection for all NYers by 2018</li>
<li>Single stream recycling by 2020</li>
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<li>Expand recycling to NYCHA</li>
<li>Make all schools zero waste</li>
<li>Expand reuse and recycle of textiles and electronics</li>
<li>'Save as you throw'</li>
<li>Reduce commercial waste disposal 90% by 2050 (recycle at work what we recycle at home)</li>
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<br />SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-90843913778908004062016-04-10T17:43:00.001-04:002016-04-10T17:54:13.678-04:00Materials for the Arts Earth Month Celebration 4/21/16 (Queens, NYC)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Come to </span><a href="http://www.materialsforthearts.org/event/16719/" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Materials for the Arts</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> (MFTA) in Queens, New York, on Thursday, April 21, 2016, to hear <a href="https://robinnagle.com/">Robin Nagle</a> and other experts in the field speak on an exciting agenda of waste and materials management topics. Jacquie Ottman of </span><a href="http://wehatetowaste.com/" style="text-align: justify;">WeHateToWaste.com</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> will be speaking on zero waste and waste reduction. To top if off there will be a screening of </span><a href="http://www.onemanstrashfilm.com/" style="text-align: justify;"><i>One Man's Trash</i></a><span style="text-align: justify;"> which highlights the life and work of Nelson Molina, a DSNY employee who created an ad-hoc museum of discarded treasures. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Don't miss this rare chance to see such a diverse and intriguing group of waste specialists and practitioners from the field! </span><span style="text-align: justify;">RSVP on the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1556468087979919/" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">MFTA Facebook page</a><span style="text-align: justify;">. </span></div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-69811292180115095332016-04-10T17:20:00.001-04:002016-04-11T15:06:57.913-04:00Picking Up by Robin Nagle (book)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWaJUX9YavIeHH7weTJDmR9IhCwOs0WZ3UVsZgHuztDqPR6UoS21mUtnvIpmzbjj0BMvp2SpSJyAH-SX3z1kyPhFXXsrRBbQEeUvFsxWd-h7V2wnqPX6d88PdkvwK3W2Tag2p2DC5b5NX/s1600/20160323_170628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWaJUX9YavIeHH7weTJDmR9IhCwOs0WZ3UVsZgHuztDqPR6UoS21mUtnvIpmzbjj0BMvp2SpSJyAH-SX3z1kyPhFXXsrRBbQEeUvFsxWd-h7V2wnqPX6d88PdkvwK3W2Tag2p2DC5b5NX/s320/20160323_170628.jpg" width="180" /></a><i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/books/review/picking-up-by-robin-nagle.html?_r=0">Picking Up</a></i> by Robin Nagle is a comprehensive insider's view of life as a (DSNY) sanitation worker in New York City. Perhaps the most dangerous and under-appreciated job that we all rely on for the health of ourselves and our cities. These men and women trudge through our streets at all times of day and in all types of weather in order for us to have our waste magically and reliably disappear from our curb without much of a second thought as to <a href="http://abc7ny.com/society/who-really-takes-out-the-garbage-where-does-it-go/1275453/">who's picking it up and where it ends up</a>. In New York City, as I'm guessing is the case in other pedestrian based cities, many of these workers have to deal with dog urine and other disgusting instances that could easily be avoided if citizens were to have a better understanding of the labor and effort involved in the daily tasks of a sanitation worker. Thank you to Robin Nagle for expanding my understanding of and appreciation for sanitation services. We'd be a <a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-what-new-york-city-looked-like-before-sanitation-565446786">big pile of disease-ridden muck</a> without them! </div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-40120500857503333412016-04-07T00:44:00.001-04:002016-04-10T17:53:53.160-04:00The High Line Sorting Bins, NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love taking pictures of recycling and trash bins throughout the U.S. and the world to highlight the extreme variety in bin design and labeling around the globe. No wonder there are contamination issues considering the lack of standardization. I hope that the designs of bins will become more standardized so that it's easier for people to understand how to use them and so that participation is increased and contamination is decreased. In New York City alone there are at least (at least!) 4 different design schemes. In the <a href="https://www.kab.org/sites/default/files/ImproveRecycling_ForAffiliates-Businesses-Teachers_Designing_Public-Space-Recycling-Programs_Guide.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Ten Tips For Designing Public Space Recycling Programs</i></a> published in 2013 by <a href="https://www.kab.org/resources/improve-recycling" target="_blank">Keep America Beautiful</a> they recommend, among other tips, to be consistent, that the cans should be different colors, that blue is most commonly used for recycling, and that a wide-mouth recycling bin invites contamination especially if it is distant from a trash receptacle. The picture in this post is of the sorting bins in the beautiful and peaceful <a href="http://www.thehighline.org/" target="_blank">High Line</a> park in New York City. I don't recall seeing this design scheme elsewhere in NYC so perhaps it is unique to the High Line? I think the design of the receptacles and the signage could be improved. NYC especially needs to have signage that functions independent of language to accommodate our multi-lingual citizenry and tourists. More bin posts to follow!</div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-4334067921505747222016-04-03T23:43:00.002-04:002016-04-04T14:16:35.685-04:005th Annual Zero Waste Business Conference in Beautiful Austin, Texas! June 1-4, 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;">If you've never been to Austin, now's your chance! The United States Zero Waste Business Council (USZWBC) is hosting its <a href="https://www.uszwbc.org/nzwbc2016/2016confregistraion/" target="_blank">5th Annual National Zero Waste Business Conference</a> -- <i>Tuning in to Zero Waste</i> -- in Austin, Texas, from June 1-4, 2016. See the <a href="https://www.uszwbc.org/nzwbc2016/program/" target="_blank">list of speakers</a> here including a keynote address from</span> Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response at the U.S. EPA.<span style="text-align: center;"> I'm proud to be a member of the Outreach team and the Marketing Committee so please contact me with any questions. Register before April 30th to receive the early bird discount!</span></div>
SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-83100741127103318292016-04-03T22:29:00.001-04:002016-04-10T17:03:50.008-04:00The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle by Alison Inches (book)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<i>The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle</i> by Alison Inches is an informative and clever children's book that depicts the life of a plastic bottle from petroleum refining and processing, through recycling into a new product. Gives a good overview of the life cycle of a plastic bottle. Hopefully this will help educate people on where plastic bottles come from -- oil! -- and that they require a lot of energy to be produced and recycled. Reusing your own container is the best way to reduce plastic bottle consumption, especially for water since most municipalities in the U.S. have good drinking water (not if you live in Flint, Michigan, unfortunately).</div>
SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-31601539936566338452016-04-03T22:14:00.001-04:002016-04-04T14:16:56.888-04:00New York City's 0X30 Zero Waste Signage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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New York City's <i>OneNYC</i> sustainability plan created under Mayor Bill de Blasio includes an ambitious "0X30" <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/zerowaste/residents.shtml" target="_blank">Zero Waste</a> goal to not send any waste to landfills by the year 2030. To achieve that goal the city is ramping up its organics collection for residential and commercial outlets among other avenues for waste reduction including: reduce, donate, swap, reuse, and recycle. This large poster advertising the goal was at a bus stop on Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood. Hopefully it makes people stop, read and reflect, if even briefly, on what they can do on a regular basis to decrease their waste output. You can follow the Department of Sanitation's Zero Waste twitter feed @NYCzerowaste.</div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-17810998215456612742016-04-03T21:56:00.002-04:002016-04-04T14:17:12.455-04:00Simple 3 Ingredient Homemade Toothpaste<div dir="ltr">
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Big thanks to the <a href="http://www.healthextremist.com/make-your-own-baking-soda-and-coconut-oil-toothpaste/" target="_blank">Health Extremist</a> for her simple homemade toothpaste recipe! It was easy to make and to scale up since the primary ingredients are in a 1:1 ratio. I'll definitely make it again! I made a small batch so I can test it out before committing to a larger one. I used 2 tablespoons each of baking soda and melted coconut oil. Melting the oil makes it easier to mix. Then I added drops of mint until I liked the taste. The taste is no surprise: coconuty, oily, salty, essence of mint. Some people add stevia or other sweetener to make it more palatable for children. All the packaging of the ingredients I used are recyclable in my area so this qualifies as a zero waste solution. Toothpaste tubes are generally not recyclable in most areas unless you have access to a TerraCycle drop off or similar program. I'm not a dentist or a chemist so do your own research if you have concerns. My dentist was entertained by the concoction but recommends fluoride so I plan to switch between the two: my homemade paste and store-bought Tom's of Maine with fluoride.</div>
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SarahBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04659974202116198396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657936696141261641.post-66185167959516850672016-03-08T14:33:00.004-05:002016-07-21T20:50:13.272-04:00NYC Single-Use Bag Fee Elevator Pitch Competition<div style="text-align: justify;">
Single-use bag fee advocacy at Manhattan Borough President <a href="http://manhattanbp.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml" target="_blank">Gale Brewer</a>'s office, hosted by Council Member <a href="http://bradlander.nyc/" target="_blank">Brad Lander</a><b> </b>and #BagItNYC officiando <a href="http://plasticbaglaws.org/contact/about-us/" target="_blank">Jennie Romer</a>. This bill will hopefully be passed by Mayor <a href="http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/index.page" target="_blank">Bill de Blasio</a> on Earth Day! FYI Ireland did this -- but as a tax not a fee -- over 10 years ago and soon achieved a 90% reduction in bag consumption!! <span data-offset-key="8drmo-2-0"><span data-text="true">Read more and sign the petition here: <a href="http://bagitnyc.org/" target="_blank">http://bagitnyc.org/</a></span></span></div>
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