Transition Mill Valley presents:
Changing Our Relationship to Waste
Featuring Marin artists Richard Lang & Judith Selby-Lang, Bea Johnson of
The Zero Waste Home, Carrie Bachelder of The Away Station, and
Andy Peri, founding member of Green Sangha
November 16 at the Tamalpais Valley Community Center
Mill Valley, CA (Oct. 19, 2011) –Transition Mill Valley, a community-led initiative, and the Tamalpais Community Services District team up to present “Changing Our Relationship to Waste” on Wednesday, November 16, at the Tam Valley Community Center, starting at 6:30 pm. This event will include slideshow presentations from Marin County leaders on the issue of waste, followed by a facilitated panel discussion and Q&A. Presenters will give examples of the culture of waste that we live in; show effects of plastics on the environment; talk about how to reduce waste in our own homes; and offer resources for reuse and keeping unnecessary construction waste out of the landfill. Transition Mill Valley hopes to influence the daily choices of its audience members and to get to know others in south Marin who are concerned about waste issues.
About the Event
Doors open at 6:30 pm for food and socializing. Presentations from 7–9 pm will include slideshows, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A, facilitated by Andy Peri, founding member of Green Sangha. There is a $10 suggested donation.
About the Presenters
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Richard Lang & Judith Selby-Lang—Beach Plastic
Since 1999, Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang, as a collaborative team, have gathered plastic debris from Kehoe Beach, a remote stretch of the Point Reyes National Seashore, carrying the plastic away by the bagful. They combine their love of nature with their interest in science to produce an ongoing series of art works about the oceans and the environment. Their project, One Beach Plastic, has been included in some 40 exhibitions including shows at the SFMOMA Artist Windows, Thoreau Center for Sustainability in San Francisco, the Cummings Gallery at Stanford University, the Bay Model in Sausalito, and the University of San Francisco.
Bea Johnson—The Zero Waste Home
Bea Johnson and her family strive to live a Zero Waste lifestyle. Recently featured on the Today Show and Sunset magazine, she has appeared in several newspapers, radio shows, corporate events and university lectures. Through her blog, the Zero Waste Home, she shares waste reducing tips and inspires a growing international community to take a stance on needless waste and lead zero-waste lifestyles.
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Carrie Bachelder—The Away Station
As an environmental entrepreneur and businesswoman in Marin County, Carrie has witnessed firsthand the lack of recycling and reuse infrastructure, at both the household and construction levels. Through her moving company, Great Moves, she was often confronted with the problem of discarding goods and materials in a responsible way. She began to envision a “one-stop shop” that would handle such goods, many of which were high-value. It was through this vision and her determination that The Away Station came into existence.
Andy Peri—Founding member of Green Sangha
Andy was a founding member of Green Sangha, a spiritually-based environmental activist organization. It was there that he and Stuart Moody founded the Rethinking Plastics/Zero Waste campaign. Andy worked with local Fairfax businesses, the community and the Town Council of Fairfax to get Marin's first plastic bag ban passed. He worked with the late Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan to expand this effort countywide and continues to do so. Professionally, he has worked in several fields of environmental protection, and has lectured and taught geography at San Francisco State University and the College of Marin. He is also the Advocacy Director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition.
About the Transition Movement
The Transition Movement is a vibrant, grassroots movement that seeks to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and economic instability. It represents one of the most promising ways of engaging people in strengthening their communities against the effects of these challenges, resulting in a life that is more abundant, fulfilling, equitable and socially connected. For the past two years, Transition Mill Valley has hosted awareness-raising events, workshops, and study groups covering several issues, including climate change, peak oil, food, economy and waste.
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