GRRN National Zero Waste Action Conference
Learn Globally; Act Locally

San Diego, CA - July 30, 2011
San Diego Urban Corps, near Old Town San Diego

Co-sponsored by: California Resource Recovery Association, Zero Waste International Alliance,
Sierra Club National Zero Waste Team, CRRA Global Recycling Council,
Zero Waste San Diego, San Diego Urban Corps

7:45 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome remarks, overview of agenda

• Rick Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates, GRRN President and Conference Chair
• Mayor or Councilmember, San Diego, CA (invited)

8:45 – 10:15 Zero Waste Around the World (Rick Anthony, Moderator)

• Joan Marc Simon, Zero Waste Europe and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
• Umo Lim, City of Manila, Philippines
• Rossano Ercolini, Zero Waste Italy
• Gustavo Abdalla, Zero Waste Brazil Institute
• Pal Martensson, Zero Waste Sweden
• Warren Snow, Envision New Zealand and founder of Zero Waste New Zealand Trust
• Participant Roundtables (15 minutes to discuss presentations and how to apply to own challenges)

10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Essential Elements of Zero Waste (Linda Christopher, Moderator)

• Zero Waste Brand (Gary Liss, Zero Waste International Alliance Planning Group)
• Producer Responsibility and product redesign (Robin Schneider, TX Product Stewardship Council)
• End landfilling and incineration (Monica Wilson, Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance; and Jim Stewart, CA Sierra Club Energy Climate Committee)
• Building the Infrastructure Beyond Recycling (Ruth Abbe, National Zero Waste Leader, HDR)
• New Rules, Incentives and Purchasing (Rick Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates)

• Participant Roundtables (15 minutes to discuss presentations and how to apply to own challenges)

12:15 – 1:00 Lunch 
1:00 – 1:45  Organizing for Zero Waste in Your Community (Rick Anthony, Moderator)

• Paul Connett, Zero Waste Visionary
• Anna Carvalho, City of San Diego, CA
• Portia Sinnott, Zero Waste Brain Trust
• Lynne Pledger, Solid Waste Director, Clean Water Action, Massachusetts

1:45 – 3:30   Zero Waste in Action (Monica Wilson, Moderator)

• Zero Waste Plans for Communities (Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates)
• Zero Waste Businesses (Stephanie Barger, Earth Resource Foundation)
• Bans of Plastic Bags and Styrofoam Containers (Bill Hickman - Surfrider Foundation Rise Above Plastics Coordinator)
• Focusing first on Reduce and Reuse (Mary Lou Van Deventer, Urban Ore)
• Resource Recovery Parks  (Dan Knapp, Urban Ore)
• Participant Roundtables (15 minutes to discuss presentations and how to apply to own challenges)

3:30 – 3:45 Break

3:45 - 5:15 Tools for Moving to Zero Waste (Gary Liss, Moderator)

• Zero Waste Communities (Ann Schneider, CA Sierra Club Zero Waste Committee)
• Stop Trashing the Climate and Compostable Organics out of Landfills - COOL2012.org (Linda Christopher, GRRN)
• Tools for Zero Waste & Climate Change (John Davis for West Coast Climate Change Initiative)
• Plastics & Packaging Campaign (Captain Charles Moore, Algalita Marine Research Foundation)
• Green Jobs (Genevieve Bertone, Santa Monica College and CA Works Alliance, invited)
• Facility Fighting (Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
• Participant Roundtables (15 minutes to discuss presentations and how to apply to own challenges)

5:15 – 5:30 Closing Remarks  (Rick Anthony, GRRN President)

NOTE:  All speakers provided 10 minutes for presentation. Speakers are not all confirmed as of 7-8-11.  All International Speakers are confirmed.

Register at http://zerowastetraining.eventbrite.com/ (old link - do not follow)