This is a sample schedule, and there will be some changes.
BREAKFAST, 8:00 am
WELCOME – Emily Sanborn, Rohnert Park City Council Member, 8:30 am
OPENING KEYNOTE – Colin West, Clean Up the Lake
STATE & LOCAL POLICY IN ZERO WASTE
- 9:10 Nicole Kurian, Californians Against Waste, New State Legislation 2023
- 9:25 Xinci Tan, Zero Waste Sonoma – SB 1383 Update
- 9:40 Keith Abeles, Resource Conservation District – Carbon Farming and Planning
- 9:55 Joanne Brasch, California Product Stewardship Council – Textile Recycling
BREAK, 10:10 am
COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATION
- 10:30 Cathy Taylor – Mobilizing WeAct, Windsor’s Citizen Action Committee
- 10:45 Brad Baker, SOMO Village, One Planet Development
- 11:00 Kelly Conrad – Farm to Pantry
- 11:15 Whitney Reuling – Sonoma Family Meal
- 11:30 Derek Trowbridge – Soil Carbon Management
LUNCH, 11:45 am
MIDDAY KEYNOTE – Heidi Sanborn, Recycling Policy, California and Nationwide
REUSE
- 1:40 Caren McNamara, Reusable glass bottles
- 1:55 Nicole Tai, Greenlynx, C&D Materials Recovery
- 2:10 Ben Schleifer, Center for Environmental Health, Reusable Foodware
- 2:25 Dawna Mirante, Jana Wang, Kim Neal – Refill Shops in Sonoma County
BREAK AND TRASHION SHOW, 2:40pm
ZERO WASTE EVENTS
- 3:20 Marie Kneemeyer, Recology, Waste Zero Events
- 3:35 Shelley Brown, Alan Siegle – Gravenstein Apple Fair’s Zero Waste Success
- 3:50 Sloane Pagal, Zero Waste Sonoma, 2023 Zero Waste Week & Sparkl Reusable Foodware Pilot
HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIALS
- 4:05 Brian Bauer, Resynergi, Advanced Local Community Recycling
- 4:20 Courtney Scott, Zero Waste Sonoma, Solar Panel Recycling
CLOSING KEYNOTE – Markus Eriksen, Co-Founder, 5 Gyres
RAFFLE, 5:05 pm
SOCIAL GATHERING – SALLY TOMATOES, 5:15 pm