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1. What is the purpose of the Poll?
2. How scientific is a simple poll like this?
3. What is the audience?
   

 

Please vote ASAP and forward to your networks!

Gary Liss

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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:29:31 -0800

To: crra_members@yahoogroups.com < crra_members@yahoogroups.com>

Subject: [CRRA] new poll at Waste Recycling News - Do you think zero waste is possible?

Do you think zero waste is possible? Vote in the Waste & Recycling News Poll.

To vote, go to: http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/headlines.html

Click on the poll on the right hand side.

 

 

 

Julie Muir

juliem@...

650-321-4236 ext 21

 

Gary Liss       
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• Annual Conference – Affiliate with Resource Recycling to hold a conference in the fall of 2010. This will also be an occasion to convene additional meetings on governance, organizational needs, and procedural issues, and offer networking opportunities.
• Advocacy - Form coalitions with affiliated and likeminded organizations on an issue by issue basis to influence policy makers at both the local and national level.
• Magazines and Digital Newsletters - Discounts to trade journals for members. Free Resource Recycling and BioCycle for one year to all RONA member organizations. Free E-Scrap News, Plastics Recycling Update and Resource Recycling e-newsletters to all member organizations.
• Bi Monthly News Letter to Executive Directors/Pres of Boards covering organizational development assistance such as membership recruitment and retention, conference organizing, fundraising, publications, websites, electronic communications, etc.
• Provide other tools to RO executives on:

  Board management

  Nonprofit management

  Provide speakers bureau for conferences

  MORE -

  Job Board - Promote job openings, and people looking for jobs in recycling.
  
  RONA-U - is the collegiate group, tasked by RONA to better connect higher education and the recycling industry.  A training center, job board, and discounts to publications and equipment are just a few of ways higher education and professional recyclers can connect through RONA-U. RONA-U is an EPA WasteWise endorser for universities and connects colleges to the compliment of resources the US EPA maintains. RONA-U promotes and contributes to AASHE's Campus Sustainability Discussion Forum and will partner with RecycleMania to help advance their waste minimization competition.  Responding to the groundswell of student interest, RONA-U is developing training and certification programs. The group is also firing up its advocacy role with a student-led " Zero Waste for Zero Warming" campaign and support for the national "Recycling Works" campaign. A short interest survey is available at www.recyclingorganizations.org/rona-u .
  
  Develop other councils for businesses, government, industry and other topic groups. This might include:
  
  Markets Council – to address processing, market, commodity and market development issues
  
  Business Council – to represent the interests and address the concerns of businesses and industry
  
  Community Recycling Council – for local government, non-profits, program managers and collectors
  
  Organics Council – will bring composters and other organic material recyclers together to facilitate networking and information exchange as part of a comprehensive material diversion strategy
  
  Policy Council – to advocate RONA’s positions on legislation, policy and practices
  
  Professional Development Council – to support professional development efforts among member organizations by facilitating sharing of program resources and establishing standards for training programs
  Listservs - Organize interactive listservs for members to join by categories of interest. Organize announcement listserv to send to all members of all affiliated organizations for promoting affiliate events. Free web hosting on servers powered by renewable energy sources for RONA members as long as they are members.
  We hope that you will help us in building a strong coalition throughout North America by joining RONA, participating in governance, programs or councils, and sharing your knowledge and experience with others through meetings, seminars, teleconferences, webinars, email groups, newsletters and any of the other many ways RONA will facilitate communication and education. It is absolutely vital to recycling that we work to re-establish broad industry representation on the national and international level that will represent the interests of recycling professionals and advocates.
  
  Please join us in making this happen. Please visit us on the web at www.recyclingorganizations.org.
  
  

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From: "Lacaze, Skip" <skip.lacaze@...>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:54:47 -0800
Subject: [CRRA] Single-use Bag MEA released today --  FW: Green Cities CA Releases Report on Single-Use Bags

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From: Green Cities California on behalf of Green Cities California
Sent: Mon 3/8/2010 8:41 AM
To: Lacaze, Skip
Subject: Green Cities CA Releases Report on Single-Use Bags


Dear Friend,

Today Green Cities California (GCC) released a Master Environmental Assessment (MEA) on the impacts of single-use and reusable bags.

The report - commissioned by GCC with the support and collaboration of multiple partners - was completed by ICF International. Set within the context of the California Environmental Quality Act, it will help jurisdictions prepare environmental impact reports, a critical step in the process to promote the use of reusable bags.

The MEA is available now for free on http://greencitiescalifornia.org/mea

Kind regards,

Carol Misseldine, Coordinator
Green Cities California


For Immediate Release                                                        

 

Contacts:

Carol Misseldine, Coordinator                                                                         

Green Cities California                                                                                     

(415) 388-5273                                                                                                          

 

Terry Rivasplata

ICF International

(916) 231-9537

 

Paper or Plastic? Neither!

New report will help cities promote reusable grocery bags

 

March 8, 2010 - Green Cities California (GCC) announced today the release of its Master Environmental Assessment (MEA) on Single Use and Reusable Bags. The MEA, commissioned by GCC and developed by ICF International's Sacramento office, summarizes existing studies on the environmental impacts of single use plastic, paper, compostable and reusable bags, as well as the impacts of policy options such as fees and bans on bags.

 

"This is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive compilation of existing studies on bags aligned within the context of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), which makes it useful in the preparation of local Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)," said Terry Rivasplata of ICF International.

 

"All Environmental Impact Reports must begin with a survey of existing scientific literature," said Carol Misseldine. "For those jurisdictions that must prepare an EIR in order to adopt ordinances that promote the use of reusable bags, this MEA will provide essential assistance."

                                                               

The MEA reviewed studies that document environmental impacts from the use of all four types of bags studied, including greenhouse gas emissions, persistent litter problems, marine life impacts, water consumption and ozone formation.  The report also examined the impact of fees and bans and noted that bag use drops dramatically - up to 90% -- when stores charge for them.

 

Further studies referenced in the MEA indicate that reusable bags, on a per use basis, have substantially lower environmental impacts than single use bags.  The study finds that even with a minimum of three uses, reusable bags can result in less atmospheric acidification, ground level ozone formation, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions.

 

"I'm getting calls from jurisdictions throughout California and even from other parts of the country interested in the information contained in this document," said Misseldine. "There seems to be a lot of interest nationwide in reducing single bag use."

 

"We're not going to recycle our way to a sustainable society," said Dean Kubani, GCC Steering Committee member and Director of Santa Monica's Office of Sustainability. "We need to orient away from single use and towards durable products. We are confident that this report will provide the documentation local governments need to adopt policies that encourage the use of reusable bags and phase out single use bags."

 

The full report, an executive summary and background information on the MEA will be available on Green Cities California's website on Monday March 8^th at www.greencitiescalifornia.org/mea.

 

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CRRA Zero Waste classes in San Francisco, March 29-30

Rick Anthony and I will be teaching a class on March 29 on
Introduction to Zero Waste, the Foundation for Resource Management.
See description below. For more details on this class, go to:
http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/101B_expanded.shtml

Stephanie Barger will be teaching a class on March 30 on Beyond
Recycling: How Businesses Get to Zero Waste. See description below.
For more details on this class, go to:
http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/beyond_recycling.shtml

I hope that you or a colleague may be able to join us for one of
these classes to help move California forward towards the State's
adopted goal of Zero Waste.

These classes are part of a CRRA program aimed at training and
certifying recycling and resource management professionals. For more
details on the overall certification program, please go to:
http://www.crra.com/certifications/index.shtml

>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:20:10 -0500 (EST)
>From: "Judi Gregory, CRRA Certification Manager" <info@...>
>Subject: Resource Management: Certification and Training in San Francisco
>
>Mark your calendar to join CRRA on March 29 - 30, 2010 in San
>Francisco.  CRRA will be providing a training series for individuals
>enrolled in the Resource Management Certification Program, as well
>as for those seeking additional training in the fields of Zero
>Waste, Recycling, Composting and Resource Management.
>
>Register by March 15, 2010 and save $25 on each course (see
>earlybird rates below). Check the schedule of courses below for more
>information.  See you in San Francisco!
>
>Location:
>EPA Buidling
>75 Hawthorne St.
>San Francisco
>
>Introduction to Zero Waste the Foundation for Resource Management
>Monday, March 29, 2010 - 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
>Instructors: Gary Liss & Richard Anthony
>This workshop is intended to provide a solid foundation of
>understanding the broad features and issues of zero waste, the
>foundation to resource management. The impetus in the industry is
>towards zero waste management, and practitioners need to know and
>understand the history, technology, socio-economics, communications,
>ecology, and application of zero waste principles to real world
>problems of wasting. Zero Waste Businesses are leading the way for
>Zero Waste and have diverted over 90% of their waste from landfill
>and incineration. Zero Waste Communities have adopted Zero Waste
>goals and plans to implement those goals. Join us to understand how
>Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business
>sustainability plans and help contribute to reducing greenhouse
>gases and global
>cooling.
><http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/101B_expanded.shtml>Click
>  Here for More Information on this Course
>
>Beyond Recycling
>Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
>Instructor: Stephanie Barger
>"Beyond Recycling: How Businesses Get To Zero Waste" class (aka
>"Zero Waste Business" class) will build on the introductory
>information provided in the CRMTI Clean Production class and
>Introduction to Zero Waste courses. In particular, this class will
>review the Zero Waste Business Principles, then go into detail on
>how to implement those principles for a particular business to
>achieve Zero Waste. Examples will be given of how different
>companies have addressed different issues that have come up in
>pursuing Zero Waste.
><http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/beyond_recycling.shtml>Click
>Here for More Information on this Course
>Course Credit: 4 Hours  -  Prerequisites: Intro to Zero Waste or
>Clean Business
>
>Registration Info:
>To register, go to:
>http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=827248
>
>2010 Course Fees
>The following fees will apply.
>Earlybird Rates: Register by March 15, 2010
>    * Member 4-hour Course: $125
>    * Member 6-hour course: $195
>    * Non-member 4-hour Course: $155
>    * Non-member 6-hour Course: $250
>    * Testing & Certification fee $15 per course
>  Late Registration: After March 15, 2010
>Add $25 to each course.
>
>The current cost to complete certification is $980 for CRRA members
>and $1210 for non-members.
>
>Save 20%
>Membership in CRRA has its' benefits.  Become a member of CRRA and
>automatically save 20%  on all certification courses.  Members also
>receive discounts to the Annual Conference, access to the members
>listserv, a membership directory, and MUCH, MUCH more.
>
>Registration Opens 30 minutes prior to the course starts. Please
>plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of your
>class.  NO ON-SITE PAYMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE EPA
>BUILDING.  PRE-PAY REQUIRED.
>
>About Our Program
>CRRA has developed a program aimed at certifying and training
>recycling and resource management professionals.  This program is
>one that will benefit individuals working in the recycling,
>composting, reuse, resource management and solid waste management
>fields.  The coursework will provide individuals with training
>valuable for enhancing employable skills.  Whether a person is new
>to the industry, or a seasoned professional, this program is
>designed to give an in depth understanding of the skills and
>technical expertise required for success in the recycling and
>resource management fields.
>
>For More Information
>Contact:
>Judi Gregory
>Certification Manager
>916-441-2772 ex 1
><mailto:judigregry@...>judigregry@...
>
>Other Classes Also being Held in San Francisco:
>Business Recycling Tools
>Monday, March 29, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
>Instructors: Richard Gertman & Tracie Bills
>Integrated Resource Management (IRM) has replaced Integrated Waste
>Management (IWM) as the way of managing materials use, from
>purchasing practices, through use to finding alternate uses for
>no-longer-wanted materials. By using resources efficiently,
>businesses can achieve significant savings and reduce the amount of
>waste generated. Business systems should be designed and implemented
>that reduce the amount of resources used to deliver a given amount
>of products or services to their customers. This course will
>evaluate how Cities can design and implement programs to help
>businesses, and how businesses can take advantage of the systems
>available to them.
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>Course Credit: 4 Hours  -  Prerequisites: NONE
>
>Introduction to Organics Management and Composting
>Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
>Instructor: Matthew Cotton
>Introduction to Organics Management & Composting is designed as an
>introduction to the organic components of the waste stream and how
>to manage them. Over 50 percent of what is landfilled is generally
>comprised of organic materials and may be appropriate for composting
>or other diversion. There are important differences in the
>collection, processing and economics of organic materials (leaves,
>grass, brush, food scraps, etc.) and inorganic materials (i.e.,
>bottles and cans). Concepts to be covered include the organic
>components of the waste stream, the basics of separating and
>collecting organics, the basic principles of composting, and markets
>for diverted organic materials. The course will cover the importance
>of beneficial reuse of organics, reasons for diverting organics,
>principles and practices of composting, and other organic waste
>diversion methods, and a review the major markets or diverted
>organics.
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cXRU64xxnQ_eUN5RY-n-7r7IB_sK7kH9ZMClshwGTpbt73fbhOdVhvSeTlveBdh4oh8-h8LjMWm3rYQL\
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>CA Resource Recovery Assoc | P.O. Box 607 | Clovis | CA | 93613

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        Fostering Sustainable Behavior <fsb@...>, soc-mktg@...,
         greengov@..., JTRProfessionalRecyclersNetwork@yahoogroups.com
From: Kelley Dennings <kdennings@...>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:46:08 -0400
Subject: [JTRProfessionalRecyclersNetwork] New Social Marketing Technical Assistance Web Page from NC

Thanks to lots of hard work by our interns, we now have a Web site dedicated to social marketing as it relates to recycling ( http://www.p2pays.org/socialmarketing/index.asp). Not only is the site an update of the REACT manual, but we also have lots of new local government examples scattered throughout the pages.

For example -
- What other communities have conducted surveys or focus groups? < http://p2pays.org/socialmarketing/barriers.asp>
- Want to know which local governments use incentives, check it out here < http://p2pays.org/socialmarketing/incentives.asp>.
- What exactly is a block leader? < http://p2pays.org/socialmarketing/norms.asp>
- Looking for good sample prompts, click here < http://p2pays.org/socialmarketing/prompts.asp>.
- Does your local government brochure have "all the right stuff?" <http:/ p2pays.org/socialmarketing/communication.asp>

Please feel free to email me with your comments.
--
Kelley Dennings, Education and Outreach Project Manager
Certified Environmental Educator, NC State Project Management Certification
NC DENR, Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
1639 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1639
919-355-8102
Check out our campaigns: http://www.RecycleGuys.org, http://www.RE3.org, http://recyclemorenc.org/
 Other ways to get a hold of me:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kelleydennings
http://re3org.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/re3org

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:55:34 -0400
Subject: [GreenYes] Free Training via Reuse Alliance (Launch of Master Reuser)
From: MaryEllen Etienne <maryellen@...>
To: GreenYes@googlegroups.com

Dear Colleagues,

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of Master Reuser®, Reuse Alliance's "train the trainer" certificate program. This webinar-based training program allows us to support reuse sector organizations from around the country in cost-effective, time-efficient, and eco-friendly manner. Master Reuser® encompasses two separate modules of training: Reuse Sector Training (recruiting now) and Community Advocate Training (coming soon).

The Reuse Sector Training Module is expressly designed for senior managers of reuse enterprises (non-profit or for-profit). The technical assistance provided not only improves individual skills in strategic thinking, marketing, and project development, it can also improve the effectiveness of the participant's organization by allowing them to take the skills gained from the program to help train staff and volunteers. The series includes (8) 2-hour interactive webinars featuring a professional facilitator and guest speakers. Topics covered include Project Planning and Evaluation, Board & Volunteer Management; Risk & Liabilities, Budgeting, Traditional & Social Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, and Warehousing. The training is free for our members (current or new), but space is limited. Due to the subject matter this training module is only appropriate for, and open to, RA members within our Partner category (1 person per member can participate). Support for Master Reuser® is being provided by the US EPA. 

To apply for the Reuse Sector Training Module, please submit a completed application by March 29, 2010 (this includes your application and your supervisor’s recommendation). You will be notified of your application status by April 5th, and the first workshop is scheduled for April 21st (mark your calendars). 

Please visit our website for more information. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.

Regards,
MaryEllen

MaryEllen Etienne
Executive Director
Reuse Alliance
www.reusealliance.org
maryellen@...

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October 18-20, 2010 in Raleigh/Durham, NC.

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From: "Bill Sheehan" <bill@...>
To: <PS_Coordination@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Put Products and Packaging into US Greenhouse Gas Inventory -- Comments by April 8th
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:16:43 -0400

Submit Comments on the Draft US Greenhouse Gas Inventory

EPA’S draft update of the US Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990 – 2008) is open for comment. This is a great opportunity to get the systems -based, greenhouse gas accounting view added to the US Inventory.

While the US Inventory is required to follow international protocols (for the sake of consistency with other nations), EPA does have the latitude to include additional analysis, and to more clearly explain what the inventory is – and isn’t – portraying.  

Both an EPA report and a Product Policy institute White Paper issued in September 2009 showed that products and packaging (or goods and materials) are responsible for the largest share, by far, of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions – 44% when you include global emissions of products produced abroad and consumed in the US.  Links to both PPI and EPA reports and a New York Times article are at http://www.productpolicy.org/content/climate-change-epr

Comments are due by April 8.  

To view the draft and submit a comment online, go to http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport_comment.html .

Please ask EPR (in your own words) to consider the following:

1.    The US Inventory should integrate the systems-based view and present it alongside the traditional sector-based view.  EPA recently published a “ systems-based view”
< http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ghg_land_and_materials_management.pdf > see chart, p. 11, of GHG emissions.  Coupled with the traditional sector-based view, the systems-based view offers a much more comprehensive perspective on how the US contributes to GHG emissions.  The general public and local policy makers find the systems-based view to be very informative and instructional in developing personal and policy actions to address climate change.  

2.    Consumption-related emissions should be formally acknowledged in the US Greenhouse Gas Inventory.  The US Greenhouse Gas Inventory should be much more explicit in stating that the inventory is limited to emissions that physically originate within the national borders of the US.  It should explain that the US also contributes to emissions that are counted in the inventories of other nations, as a consequence of imports.  The emissions associated with US exports are less than those associated with US imports.  When viewed from the perspective of consumption, the greenhouse gas impact of the US is higher than suggested by the traditional IPCC accounting standard.  This is of great importance: consumption is the root cause of emissions, and failure to at least acknowledge the impacts of consumption exposes EPA to unnecessary criticism that the US Inventory is providing an incomplete picture of how the nation contributes to emissions (and indirectly, rewarding off-shoring of emissions and associated jobs).  

3.    Given the need to reduce the short-term impacts of greenhouse gases, it would be very helpful if the US Inventory portrayed results using both 100-year, and 20-year GWPs.  While the IPCC standards require the use of 100-year Global Warming Potentials (GWPs), the Inventory correctly points out that other GWPs are also available, and including that analysis would be helpful to planners, policymakers, and the public.

Thank you!


Bill Sheehan • Executive Director
Product Policy Institute
P.O. Box 48433 • Athens, GA 30604 • USA 
706-613-0710 • bill@...
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Gary Liss       
916-652-7850    
Fax: 916-652-0485
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Apologies for Cross-Postings.  Please help get EPA to adopt improved
protocols for GHG inventories!

>From: "Bill Sheehan" <bill@...>
>Subject: [GreenYes] Sign-on letter to USEPA -  Include Products &
>Packaging in
>         US GHG Inventory - by April 8th
>Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:40:09 -0400
>
>EPA has published a draft update of the US Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990 -
>2008).
>
>This is a great opportunity for your voice to make a difference and get
>systems/ consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions  -- the impacts of
>consumption of products and packaging -- added to the US Inventory! Please
>encourage US EPA to include products and packaging in the
>
>Sign on at http://www.productpolicy.org/sign-on/greenhouse-gas-analysis
>
>SIGN ON BY APRIL 8, 2010!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Bill Sheehan
>Product Policy Institute

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As part of our continuing commitment to inform members about best thinking on recycling and materials management, NRC has launched a monthly series of Learning/Briefing Webinars with thought leaders.  We hope you can join us and let your colleagues know of this rare opportunity to learn about an emerging issue from a recognized leader in the field.   What is the role of recycling in an era of Extended Producer Responsibility?   Join us on April 15!     Space is limited for this Free Webinar -- Register Now. Reserve your Seat at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/847911424   Looking at current trends in Europe and Canada, state and local governments across the nation are considering policy-based approaches as a way to deal with the full environmental and waste costs of manufacturing decisions. Following the wildly successful launch of our free webinar series with a session on LCA, the NRC has once again secured a national expert to discuss an emerging issue affecting the recycling world:  Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Join NRC in a rare opportunity to learn more about EPR from one of the top leaders in the field.  What is it?  How does it differ from Product Stewardship?   How does it relate to your recycling program?  What are its challenges and successes? Speaking on the subject will be Sara Hartwell, a Senior Policy Advisor to the US EPA, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.  Sara is a highly respected analytical chemist focused on materials management issues. She manages EPA’s Waste Reduction Model (WARM), a life-cycle perspective tool for estimating the energy conservation and greenhouse gas emissions reduction benefits of five alternative materials management scenarios. She developed a derivative tool, the individual Waste Reduction Model (iWARM), a consumer-aimed life-cycle perspective tool for estimating the energy conservation benefits of recycling over landfilling for individual products. Sara is on the Executive Committee of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and the Steering Committee for Wal-Mart’s Packaging Sustainable Value network.  Currently, much of her work is focused on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) discussions with State governments and producers of consumer packaged goods. We hope you'll join us in this free opportunity to hear from one of the thought-leaders in EPR and packaging.   Title:   What is the Role of Recycling in an Era of Extended Producer Responsibility?   Date:   Thursday, April 15, 2010   Time:   1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT   After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.      System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000   Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

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April 23-25 - Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability

Woodbury University and the Arid Lands Institute

April 27 - San Francisco, CA
Ode Salon Series, Fort Mason Center

April 29, Stevenson, WA
Social Venture Network

Sept. 13-17, Honolulu, Hawai’i
The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives Launching The Blue Economy, http://www.zeroemissionshawaii.org/index.php
 
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Background on The Blue Economy

• Reviewed 2,231 best nature-inspired technologies that could effect the economies of the world, while sustainably providing basic human needs - potable water, food, jobs and healthy shelter
• The Blue Economy, the book, explores 100 innovations, many of them benchmarked around the world
• Inspired by the Blue Sphere of Earth seen from space
• Blue Economy offers a roadmap to a new economic paradigm that enfolds business, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship
• Utilize renewable materials and sustainable processes to create multiple cash flows, increase social capital, and shift us from an economy of scarcity to an economy of abundance

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From: Erin Sanborn <joy_n_divinity@...>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:00:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ZERI_Practitioners] Gunter Pauli's schedule in the US - April 2010

Dear colleagues,

I wanted to let you know that Gunter Pauli of ZERI will be in the US for many different events. I hope you will pass the word and attend one of the events if you live on the west coast or the southwest. Gunter's new book will be available at www.TheBlueEconomy.com. You can read the books sampler now. Click on the upper right hand corner and download the pdf.

Erin Sanborn

**Building the Blue Economy, with Gunter Pauli**
~ April 23, 24, 25, 2010 ~
Santa Barbara City College Campus, Santa Barbara, California
Hosted by the SBCC Center for Sustainability

~Evening Talk & Book-Signing, Fri, April 23, 7:30 - 9:30pm, SBCC Fe Bland Auditorium $15~

~Building the Blue Economy Workshop with Gunter Pauli, plus guests*** ,
SBCC Campus, Sat, April 24, 9am - 5pm, $120 ($100 early registration/April 3)~

~Retreat with Gunter Pauli, Sunday, April 25, 10am - 4pm  $300 ($250 early registration/April 3)~

How a new generation of entrepreneurs can bring innovations to the marketplace, secure basic needs for all, and make sustainable businesses competitive.

***Saturday Workshop with Gunter Pauli/Afternoon break-out sessions with:

 Woody Tasch, President of Slow Money Alliance

 Kreigh Hampel, City of Burbank , Public Works, Recycling Coordinator

 Randy Grissom, Director of the Santa Fe Community College Sustainable Technologies Center

Sponsored by the Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability
Co-sponsors: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & SBCC Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Event Info, www.sbpermaculture.org, margie@..., (805)962-2571
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**April 26, 2010 – Burbank , CA**

Arid Lands Inst @ Woodbury University

Woodbury University and the Arid Lands Institute will host a reception, talk and book signing for Dr. Gunter Pauli, April 26, 2010, starting with a reception at 5:30 pm, talk at 6:30 pm, and a book signing at approximately 7:30 pm.

7500 Glenoaks Boulevard Burbank , CA 91510

http://aridlands.woodbury.edu/

Please contact Kreigh Hampel at (818) 238-3900 for more information.

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**Ode presents the launch of the Ode Salon Series:

An evening with Dr. Gunter Pauli, author of the book, The Blue Economy: Cultivating a New Business Model for a Time of Crisis, with special guest: Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics and The Science of Leonardo.

Dr. Gunter Pauli will speak about the world beyond green and sustainability: The Blue Economy.  He will explain how a new generation of entrepreneurs can bring innovations to the marketplace, secure the basic needs of all, and make sustainable businesses competitive.  

Fritjof Capra will comment on Dr. Pauli’s findings and Ode's Editor-in-Chief, Jurriaan Kamp, will moderate while taking questions from the audience on this very interesting and perfectly timed subject.

We invite you to join us for the first in a continuing series of Ode Salon’s throughout the year. 

WHEN: Tuesday, April 27th - 5-8PM
WHERE: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
COST: $35*
*This fee includes a free copy of the The Blue Economy 
(retail value of  $29.95) and organically grown wine and food supplied 
by our generous sponsors. Gunter Pauli will be on hand to personally sign your copy of his book.

******************************
Social Venture Network Spring Gathering
The 2010 SVN Spring Member Gathering will bring together a vibrant community of social entrepreneurs to explore new ways to create a just economy, strengthen our collective impact, and share resources and experiences in leading sustainable enterprises. We invite you to share your ideas and gain insights and support from fellow entrepreneurs.
April 29, 2010 - Opening Plenary Session: The Blue Economy - 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs with Gunter Pauli, author and founder of Ecover and ZERI (Zero Emissions Research Initiative) 7:15 pm
 
The Blue Economy began as a project to find one hundred of the best nature-inspired technologies that could effect the economies of the world, while sustainably providing basic human needs - potable water, food, jobs and healthful shelter. Starting with 2,231 peer-reviewed articles Dr. Pauli found 340 innovations that could be bundled into systems that function the way ecosystems do. Further reviews by corporate strategists, expert financiers, public policy makers, entrepreneurs, financial analysts, business reporters and corporate strategy academics reduced the list to one hundred. Many of the innovations inspired by nature are so interesting by themselves it is easy to forget that the key is their integration with real world economies as ways to provide sustainable benefits to the commons.

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**Oahu, Hawaii, Sept. 13-17, 2010 Please check out the conference, Launching The Blue Economy, at http://www.zeroemissionshawaii.org/index.php

THE WORLD CONGRESS ON ZERO EMISSIONS INITIATIVES
LAUNCHING “THE BLUE ECONOMY�
HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER
HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I FROM SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2010

Erin Sanborn

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Dear Friends of Reuse,

The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments on the definition of a "green collar job". This definition will be used to measure green jobs and the industries that support them (see official notice). The resulting data will help decision-makers to create public policy that relates to the protection of the environment and the development of green collar job marketplace.  Unfortunately, their current documentation doesn't include terms that are vital to the reuse industry (e.g. repair, reuse, remanufacture).

While the Reuse Alliance will be submitting an official letter to the BLS on behalf of the reuse industry, we encourage you to tell the BLS why reuse must be part of this official definition.

Help us make them understand the triple bottom line benefits of reuse:

• Reuse is central to the green economy and must be included in their definition of Green Collar Jobs!
• Reuse should be mentioned whenever the terms of waste prevention and recycling are mentioned in order to acknowledge the significance reuse has within the EPA's waste/materials management hierarchy
  
• Reuse is good for the environment - it reduces greenhouse gas emissions, saves energy, cuts waste associated with mining/manufacturing
• Reuse is good for the economy - it creates jobs, generates tax revenues, offers waste disposal savings
• Reuse is good for our society - it provides low cost, high quality goods for individuals, families, and organizations working with limited budgets

Please submit your comments by April 30 to:

Richard Clayton, Office of Industry Employment Statistics,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4840,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212
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This workshop is intended to provide a solid foundation of understanding the broad features and issues of zero waste, the foundation to resource management. The impetus in the industry is towards zero waste management, and practitioners need to know and understand the history, technology, socio-economics, communications, ecology, and application of zero waste principles to real world problems of wasting. Zero Waste Businesses are leading the way for Zero Waste and have diverted over 90% of their waste from landfill and incineration. Zero Waste Communities have adopted Zero Waste goals and plans to implement those goals. Join us to understand how Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business sustainability plans and help contribute to reducing greenhouse gases and global cooling.
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Sierra Club has drafted a PROPOSED Composting Policy, which is cut
and pasted below.  If you have any comments on this, please send
comments by June 2, 2010 to Ann Schneider at
<SchneiderAnn@...>.  She will compile comments to submit to
Sierra Club for their consideration.

Sierra Club


Proposed Policy on Compost and Composting

In 2009, an estimated 30% of compostable organics (1) ended up in the
nation's landfills.  This green waste could instead be converted into
high quality compost that can safely be used to restore and maintain
healthy farmland, vegetable gardens, parks, playgrounds, and urban landscapes.

The Sierra Club supports:
     * Reducing food waste and reusing grass clippings before they are
composted.
     * Small-and medium size composting of organics, such as home
composting, on site composting on family farms and nurseries.
Small-scale composting operations minimize the use of fossil fuel and
adverse health and environmental impacts. Backyard composting is
layered, watered, and stirred to encourage the growth of
oxygen-loving (aerobic) decomposers.  These aerobic organisms release
CO2 rather than methane; methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas
which is released under the oxygen-starved conditions created by land
filling organic waste.
     * Large commercial composting facilities that are sited and
designed to protect public health and the environment, located within
50 miles of where feedstock is generated, minimize truck traffic, and
fully address community / host concerns, especially in underserved,
disadvantaged neighborhoods.
     * Where composting is not feasible, processing organics in
anaerobic digesters to create methane as a renewable source of
non-fossil fuel energy.
     * Developing national statutory compost standards designed to
ensure a no net degradation of soils and groundwater and prevent
adverse impacts on human and livestock health.
     * Accurate and complete labeling of all compost products.
The Sierra Club opposes:
     * Using contaminated toxics-containing or pathogen-containing
waste as a compost ingredient. Such wastes would include, for
example, coal ash, spent foundry sand, industrial sludges, and
municipal sewage sludges.
     * Decreasing the potential for environmentally responsible
composting by mixing clean compostable waste streams with
contaminated waste streams.
(1)"Organics" refers to food scraps, grass clipping, leaves, brush,
branches, other landscape trimmings, clean wood, and some plant
derived food processing by-products and food-soiled paper products.

Rationale for New Policy

More communities are considering composting or need to include
composting as part of their municipal waste management plans and
consistency in addressing this Club wide is important.  Global
warming impacts of failing to compost properly are significant.

Primary Supporting Data & References

The most comprehensive reference is the
<http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html>Cornell
University web site (http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html).


Background

The <http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html>Cornell
website (http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html) is
a good summary of information related to composting. Further
information can be found there.

There are a multitude of uses for clean compost material and
eliminating organics from landfills resolve numerous issues such as
creating global warming gases, the need to expand landfills, depleted
soil, properly managing toxics  addressing energy related issues and
community concerns such as odors, truck traffic, etc.

Home composting can be done in a small amount of space and there are
many sources of easy to follow information including
<http://www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/videos/sierra-club-composting-video2/>http:/\
/www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/videos/sierra-club-composting-video2/

For getting carbon nitrogen ratio's right and dealing with any
problems like odor, see Home Composting Brochure
<http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/factsheets.htm>http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/factshee\
ts.htm

The US has no statutory compost standards. Instead, 40 CFR Part 503,
the regulations governing the land application of sewage sludge, are
used to regulate all  residuals that are land applied or used as composts.

Milorganite is a compost made from sewage sludge and is not
considered suitable for certified organic agricultural production by
the US Dept of Agriculture.

AEROBIC digestion occurs in the presence of oxygen.

ANAEROBIC digestion occurs in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic
processes can create odors (hydrogen sulfide) and methane, a potent
greenhouse gas.


Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com

Apologies for Cross-Postings

Report Shows Recycling, AB 32 Are Driving Green Jobs In CA

The State Economic Development Department recently completed a study on clean tech jobs in California, and the preliminary results show that shows AB 32 [the Global Warming Solutions Act] and recycling are driving green jobs growth. Currently, there are 500,000 jobs in the green jobs sector, which 3.8% of California's total employment. A quarter of these green jobs (approximately 125,000) can be attributed to recycling (including employees at recycling centers and manufacturers who produce products from secondary materials).

The study also found that companies listed recycling and using recycled products as their top sustainable business practice, citing it is environmentally beneficial and cost saving to being sustainable. There is room for improvement, however, with many businesses identifying a need to target waste minimization efforts.

Sierra Club has drafted a PROPOSED Composting Policy, which is cut and pasted below.  If you have any comments on this, please send comments by June 2, 2010 to Ann Schneider at <SchneiderAnn@...>.  She will compile comments to submit to Sierra Club for their consideration. 

Sierra Club

Proposed Policy on Compost and Composting

In 2009, an estimated 30% of compostable organics (1) ended up in the nation’s landfills.  This green waste could instead be converted into high quality compost that can safely be used to restore and maintain healthy farmland, vegetable gardens, parks, playgrounds, and urban landscapes.

The Sierra Club supports:

• Reducing food waste and reusing grass clippings before they are composted.
• Small-and medium size composting of organics, such as home composting, on site composting on family farms and nurseries. Small-scale composting operations minimize the use of fossil fuel and adverse health and environmental impacts. Backyard composting is layered, watered, and stirred to encourage the growth of oxygen-loving (aerobic) decomposers.  These aerobic organisms release CO2 rather than methane; methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas which is released under the oxygen-starved conditions created by land filling organic waste.
• Large commercial composting facilities that are sited and designed to protect public health and the environment, located within 50 miles of where feedstock is generated, minimize truck traffic, and fully address community / host concerns, especially in underserved, disadvantaged neighborhoods.
• Where composting is not feasible, processing organics in anaerobic digesters to create methane as a renewable source of non-fossil fuel energy.
• Developing national statutory compost standards designed to ensure a no net degradation of soils and groundwater and prevent adverse impacts on human and livestock health.
• Accurate and complete labeling of all compost products.

The Sierra Club opposes:

• Using contaminated toxics-containing or pathogen-containing waste as a compost ingredient. Such wastes would include, for example, coal ash, spent foundry sand, industrial sludges, and municipal sewage sludges.
• Decreasing the potential for environmentally responsible composting by mixing clean compostable waste streams with contaminated waste streams.

(1)“Organics” refers to food scraps, grass clipping, leaves, brush, branches, other landscape trimmings, clean wood, and some plant derived food processing by-products and food-soiled paper products. 

Rationale for New Policy

More communities are considering composting or need to include composting as part of their municipal waste management plans and consistency in addressing this Club wide is important.  Global warming impacts of failing to compost properly are significant.

Primary Supporting Data & References

The most comprehensive reference is the Cornell University web site ( http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html).

Background

The Cornell website ( http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html) is a good summary of information related to composting. Further information can be found there.

There are a multitude of uses for clean compost material and eliminating organics from landfills resolve numerous issues such as creating global warming gases, the need to expand landfills, depleted soil, properly managing toxics  addressing energy related issues and community concerns such as odors, truck traffic, etc.

Home composting can be done in a small amount of space and there are many sources of easy to follow information including http://www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/videos/sierra-club-composting-video2/

For getting carbon nitrogen ratio’s right and dealing with any problems like odor, see Home Composting Brochure http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/factsheets.htm

The US has no statutory compost standards. Instead, 40 CFR Part 503, the regulations governing the land application of sewage sludge, are used to regulate all  residuals that are land applied or used as composts.

Milorganite is a compost made from sewage sludge and is not considered suitable for certified organic agricultural production by the US Dept of Agriculture.

AEROBIC digestion occurs in the presence of oxygen.

ANAEROBIC digestion occurs in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic processes can create odors (hydrogen sulfide) and methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Gary Liss       
916-652-7850    
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com

We're losing the poll as of 1:15 pm on 6/2/10:

Should the state of California ban free plastic shopping bags?
Votes            Percentage of 2368 Votes
Yes 975                           41%
No 1393                  59%

KCRA is an influential TV station in the Sacramento area.  Please go to the link and vote ASAP in favor of the ban: http://www.kcra.com/news/23761997/detail.html

Thanks!

Gary Liss

From: "Stephen N Weisser" <stevew@...>
To: <GreenYes@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [GreenYes] vote: Should the state of California ban free plastic
        shopping bags?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:31:43 -0400
Organization: GreenLine Paper Co

Gary Liss       
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Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com