Anna spent much of her early youth playing in Santa Monica storm drains, beaches, and her backyard compost pile, experiences that sparked her interest in the land-sea connection. Anna Cummins received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her Masters in International Environmental Policy from the Middlebury Institute for International Studies. She has spent the … Read more
Independent environmental consultant specializing in zero waste, recycling, organics and climate enhancement http://stuclarkconsulting.comContinuing Environmental Enhancement
Nicole Tai is currently the CEO of GreenLynx, reclaimed building materials company based in Santa Rosa, CA. Nicole has been working in the field of deconstruction since 1998 when she began reclaiming materials on jobs of her family’s commercial tenant improvement company. She has managed over 60 deconstruction and reuse logistics projects around the Bay … Read more
The Sonoma County Waste Management Agency, formed in April 1992, is the joint powers authority of the nine incorporated cities and the County of Sonoma. The mission of the agency is waste diversion required by State law AB939 to reduce the amount of landfilled waste in the following areas: municipal yard debris, wood waste, household … Read more
Sip It Sonoma Card Join the Sonoma County Zero Waste Symposium in eradicating BILLIONS of straws discarded annually. Straws and single-use plastics may be used for a minutes but last for a lifetime. Do we really need straws for drinking? Over 500,000,000 plastic straws are used each day in the United States. While using one straw doesn’t seem like a big problem, these non-recyclable, … Read more
Started with Goodwill Industries of the Redwood Empire in September of 2014 as the Community Donation Manager and shortly after promoted to the Director of Operations. JoAnn is driven and passionate about making the world a cleaner place for future generations. Goodwill Industries of the Redwood EmpireDirector of Operations
Kevin Drew is the Senior Residential & Special Projects Zero Waste Coordinator, San Francisco Department of Environment. Kevin has been involved in coordinating recycling, reuse and composting in SF since the 1980’s. The City of San Francisco set a goal in 2003 of getting to Zero Waste by 2020, this means no material to landfill … Read more
Dan Noble is Executive Director of the Association of Compost Producers (ACP) since 2002, and has over 25 years of environmental market research, publishing and strategic consulting experience. ACP is a non-profit association of public and private organizations dedicated to increasing the quality, value and amount of compost being used in California. They do this … Read more
Leslie Lukacs is a sustainable materials management specialist at SCS Engineers and has over 18 years experience providing sound environmental and zero waste consulting services for the private and public sectors. Leslie serves on the Board of Directors of the Zero Waste International Alliance and is an advisor to Zero Waste USA and California Resource … Read more