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Register Now! ?No Plastic Left Behind? Conference, 10/11/08, Costa Mesa, CA
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?NO PLASTIC LEFT
BEHIND?
A Campaign Against the Plastic Plague
Conference
Hosted by Earth Resource Foundation
and Orange Coast College Recycling Center
Saturday, October 11, 2008, Orange Coast College,
Costa Mesa, CA
At this day-long conference, respected environmental experts will
present the latest information about the serious detrimental
environmental effects of single-use plastics. Small-group workshops
will allow participants to interact and develop plans and strategies on
topics such as bans on plastic bags and Styrofoam, alternative food
service packaging, zero waste policies, recycling and much
more.
REGISTER TODAY AT
http://www.earthresource.org/campaigns/CAPP%20Conference/CAPPconference08.html
PROGRAM
7:45
am
Yoga and morning meditation
8:15 to
9:00
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Vendor Fair
9:00
Welcome and ?Zero Waste Policies: The answer to the plastic plague?
Stephanie Barger, Executive Director, Earth Resource Foundation
9:15 to
10:00
Keynote: Brenda Platt, Co-Director,
Institute for Local Self Reliance
Plastics and Healthy Communities: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Healthy communities require healthy materials. Today?s
fossil-fuel-based plastics threaten the environment, human health,
species maintenance, and the very life of the ocean. This
presentation will review the history of plastics, the problems they pose
today, the potential for bio-based plastics to mitigate the known health
hazards and environmental impacts of fossil-fuel-based plastics, and the
connection between disposable plastics and climate change. Brenda
will conclude by addressing the policies and strategies needed to effect
change and bring sustainable plastics materials to the
marketplace.
10:00 to
10:45
?Getting Down to Business? ? Helping businesses get the message
- Zero Waste Business - Martin Dietrich, Kean Coffee
- Plastic Reduction Ordinances Good For Business, Angela Howe,
Surfrider Foundation
- The Price of Recycling ? Mike Carey, Orange Coast College
Recycling Center
10:45 to
11:15
Break and Vendor Fair
11:15 to
12:00
Breakout Sessions (see below)
12:00 to
1:00
Lunch (in the beautiful outdoor OCC horticulture center) &
Vendor Fair
1:00 to
2:15
?Acting Out? ? How activism can make a difference
- One Person Can Start a Movement ? blogs and internet campaigns
Beth Terry, fakeplasticfish.com
- Day without a Bag, Sonia Diaz, Heal The Bay
- Tools for Change ? The Bag Monster, Videos,
YouTube
2: 25 to
3:10
Breakout Sessions (see below)
3:10 to
3:30
Break and Vendor Fair
3:30 to
4:10
Breakout Sessions (see below)
4:15 to
5:00
Closing Presentations from Breakout groups
Closure and summary - Stephanie Barger
5:00 to
5:30
Vendor Fair
BREAKOUT SESSIONS TOPICS (repeat 3 times):
Ø
Plastics Role in
a Zero Waste Economy - Laura Anthony,
Zero Waste San Diego
Ø
Alternatives to
Plastic - Beth Terry,
Fakeplasticfish.com and
TakeBacktheFilter.org
Ø
Environmental
Education - Michael Klubock,
Malibu Foundation
Ø
Current
Legislation - Angela Howe, Surfrider
Foundation
Ø
Day without a
Bag - Sonia Diaz, Heal the
Bay
Ø
Bioplastics and
Sustainable Plastics - Brenda Platt, Institute for Local Self
Reliance
Ø
Working with
Businesses - Earth Resource Foundation
Ø
Youth Activism
?Youth Against Styrofoam and others
Ø
The Truth about
Plastic Recycling - Mike Carey,
Orange Coast College Recycling Center
Stephanie Barger, Executive Director
Earth Resource Foundation
P.O. Box 12364
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-645-5163
www.earthresource.org
stephanie.barger@earthresource.org
Sustainability: To move ourselves with elegance and joy within certain
limits. Paolo Guarnaccia - Zero Waste Italy
REGISTER TODAY:
"No Plastic Left Behind" Saturday, October 11, 2008 Costa Mesa,
CA - A Campaign Against the Plastic Plague (CAPP)
www.earthresource.org
Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com