Minneapolis-based Eureka Recycling is hosting an event that brings together leaders from the zero-waste movement Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The Zero Wate Summit is at the Brave New Workshop in downtown Minneapolis. General tickets are $20 ($10 for students). Admission includes locally made, light fare. Sponsorship tickets, which cover entry, two drink tickets and a scholarship for another attendee, are available for $100. Attendees who arrive by bus, light rail transit or bike receive a free pass to a future Brave New Workshop.
Eureka Recycling says it is on a mission to demonstrate that waste is completely preventable. In bringing together people whose ambitions align with this goal at the summit, Eureka seeks to advance the conversation and strengthen the growing zero-waste movement.
Speaker panels address themes relevant to the issue, and individuals present their ideas in five minutes or less, providing the background and launch point for attendees to share ideas.
“We want attendees to get information and thoughts from the people who really live the vision of zero waste,” says event organizer and Eureka’s Chief of Community Engagement Lynn Hoffman. “But equally important will be the time to connect and collaborate so we can take action while inspiration is still fresh in our hearts and minds.”
The event will feature 18 speakers, including:
- Monica Wilson, U.S. and Canada program director for Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA);
- Ahmina Maxey, community outreach coordinator, Zero Waste Detroit;
- Olga Lyandres, research manager, Alliance for the Great Lakes;
- Amanda LaGrange, marketing director, Tech Dump St. Paul;
- Tracy Sides, director, Urban Oasis;
- Susan Hubbard, principal, Nothing Left to Waste;
- Andres Salinas, membership services coordinator, Latino Economic Development Center;
- Jeff Freeland Nelson, YOXO Toy Co.; and
- Eartha Bell, executive director, Frogtown Farm.
“Zero waste is more than an empty garbage can,” Hoffman says. “The way we consume accounts for almost half of the CO2 that threatens the things we hold as most important: healthy food, abundant resources, clean air and water, safe and reliable products and healthy families and communities. It is the crisis of our time, and zero waste is the ready solution. We need as many people as possible to be part of the movement. That’s why we’re hosting the summit.”
Eureka Recycling is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Its mission is to demonstrate that waste is preventable, not inevitable.