[greenyes] Speakers Confirmed for GRRN Zero Waste Conference, 8-28-04, Oakland, CA

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

Apologies for Cross-Postings

Interested in making Zero Waste a reality in your community or 
business?  Come to the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN)

ZERO WASTE NETWORK ACTION CONFERENCE
August 28, 2004
Oakland, CA, USA

Zero Waste: Once an idealistic vision, then a realistic goal and now a 
planning framework for communities and sustainable enterprise.  If you are 
an advocate working for Zero Waste, curious, or even skeptical about this 
new movement, this conference is for you!

Conference Agenda with Confirmed Speakers

8:00  Registration
8:30 ? 8:45 Welcome remarks, overview of agenda
   * Rick Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates, Conference Chair
   * Resa Dimino, President, GRRN
   * Mayor Jerry Brown, Oakland, CA
8:45 ? 10:00 Opening plenary
   * Eric Lombardi, EcoCycle (What is Zero Waste?)
   * Von Hernandez, Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives 
(International Initiatives for Zero Waste and Environmental Health)
   * Pat Costner, Greenpeace (Environmental Impacts of Wasting)
   * Omar Freilla, Green Worker Cooperatives and Sustainable South Bronx 
(Zero Waste, Jobs, economic development and environmental justice)
10:00 ? 10:15 Break
10:15 ? 11:45 Essential Elements of Zero Waste (panel to the full audience)
   * Producer Responsibility and product redesign (Sheila Davis, Silicon 
Valley Toxics Coalition)
   * End landfilling and incineration (Brenda Platt, Institute for Local 
Self-Reliance; and Peter Anderson, RecycleWorlds Consulting)
   * Jobs and community economic development (NCRA 12 min. Video)
   * End subsidies for wasting (Dr. Jeffrey Morris, Sound Resource 
Management)
11:55 ? 12:40 Lunch and ?Pieces of Zero? (Dr. Paul Connett, St. Lawrence 
University, Professor of Chemistry)

12:50 ? 1:50  Obstacles and Opportunities An interactive, facilitated 
discussion for all attendees to discuss the concepts of Zero Waste and the 
opportunities and challenges to implementing Zero Waste in the U.S.

2:00 ? 3:00   Zero Waste in Action Breakout Sessions (across the street in 
City Hall)
   * Zero Waste Community Plans and Programs (Rick Anthony, Moderator; 
Kevin Drew (City/County of San Francisco), Resa Dimino (Citizens Plan for 
Zero Waste, NY, NY)
   * Zero Waste Businesses (Alison Wise, Sea Change/Future 500, Moderator; 
Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates; Muna Lakhani, EarthLife Africa (on ZW @ 
WSSD) and Mary Tkach, Aveda)
   * EPR in Practice (Anne Peters, Moderator; Von Hernandez; Karen Asp, 
Gartner-Lee; Sheila Davis, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition)
   * Resource Recovery Parks  (Toral Jha, GRRN, Moderator; Dan Knapp, 
Urban Ore and Rick Anthony)
3:10 ? 4:30 Moving to action ? Planning groups will meet to discuss primary 
focus issues for GRRN and the U.S. Zero Waste movement
·        Zero Waste Community Network (Resources: Rick Anthony, Gary Liss, 
Dan Knapp, Brenda Platt,  Kevin Drew)
·        Plastics & Packaging Campaign (Resources: Miriam Gordon, 
California Coastal Commission; Stephanie Barger, Earth Resource Foundation; 
Resa Dimino, GRRN)
·        No New Landfills Campaign (Resources: Eric Lombardi, EcoCycle; 
Peter Anderson, GRRN)
   * No New Incinerators, Pyrolysis or Gasification (Resources: Manny 
Calonzo, GAIA; Monica Wilson, GAIA; Bradley Angel, Green Action)
 4:45 ? 5:15 Closing Remarks (Randy Hayes, City of Oakland)

Hosted at the
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building
1301 Clay Street, North Tower,
3rd Floor Auditorium
Oakland, CA

This one-day event is a gathering of Zero Waste experts and advocates from 
across North America and around the globe. GRRN, as the U.S. affiliate of 
the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA), is working to organize this 
nation to become an international leader in advancing Zero Waste policies, 
planning and practices. Attendees will be collaborating to move the ideas 
of Zero Waste into action.

The agenda is built around three interrelated objectives:

·       Articulate a shared vocabulary and commonly understood policy 
framework around Zero Waste;
·       Provide a forum for networking to increase cohesion and facilitate 
on-going collaboration;
·       Develop an action plan to further advance our framework in the 
realms of public policy and corporate practice.

Who should attend?
·       Long-time GRRN participants
·       New recruits, including students and youth
·       Community activists fighting landfills or incinerators and 
advocating the Zero Waste alternative
·       Allies in GRRN campaigns
·       Anyone interested in learning more about Zero Waste

GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) is a North American network of 
recycling professionals and waste reduction activists pushing public policy 
and corporate practice beyond recycling.

Recycling is one of America's great success stories, but we can only do so 
much managing waste "at the end of the pipe." In order to preserve 
resources, protect our environment and public health, and create robust 
local economies, we must change who pays to manage products at the end of 
their useful life and focus on the way products are designed and 
manufactured - without toxic materials and with reuse, recycling and 
composting in mind.

GrassRoots Recycling Network
210 N. Bassett St
Suite 200
Madison WI  53703

Thanks to our event sponsors:

Event Sponsors [top]
GRRN heartily thanks all of our generous sponsors and cooperating 
organizations who are making this conference possible:

AVEDA CORPORATION
HUGO NEU CORPORATION

Eco-Cycle, Inc.
CA Integrated Waste Management Board
Mitchell Kapor Foundation
Gary Liss & Associates
Green Business Network
Institute for Local Self Reliance
Richard Anthony Associates

Alameda County Recycling Board
Algalita Marine Research Foundation
Berkeley Ecology Center
Californians Against Waste
City of Oakland
Clean Production Action
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Global Recycling Council, CRRA
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
Northern CA Recycling Association
Urban Ore

REGISTER TODAY!SPACE IS LIMITED!
Registration Price: $95
Scholarship Rate: $35 (If you are in need of the discounted scholarship 
rate, please include a brief note with your online registration providing 
an explanation of your special circumstances.)

All conference proceeds go towards supporting the mission and future of GRRN.

HOW TO REGISTER
1.      Visit www.grrn.org and register online, OR
2.      E-mail your name, organization name, mailing address and phone 
number to registration@no.address and GRRN will send you an invoice.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Go to: http://www.grrn.org/conference2004/index.html or email questions to 
<mailto:registration@no.address>registration@no.address


Gary Liss
Gary Liss & Associates
4395 Gold Trail Way
Loomis, CA  95650-8929
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
gary@no.address
www.garyliss.com