Zero Waste Behavior Change

October 3, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Speaker: Moderator: Daniela Ochoa González • Speakers: Sherry Bell Surrette, Adrian Hernandez, Samuel McMullen

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This session will focus on strategies for changing behavior and making it stick.

Prof. Sherry Bell Surrette will share the impacts of The Sustainable Home Program, which strives to make the connection between Zero-Waste living and improved financial well-being in underserved communities. The Sustainable Home Program was developed and uses social marketing to create long-term behavior change.

Adrian Hernandez will present the practical best practices that empower cities and counties to become waste-reduction leaders. By embracing these practical measures, local governments can significantly reduce their environmental footprint while leading the charge towards a more sustainable future.

ZeroWaste.Org has been working to understand how to best equip a small community of champions to affect change from within cities, institutions, and businesses. Samuel McMullen will present their theory of change and how they have used digital marketing, events, PR, and coalition building to grow a movement for Zero Waste in Ann Arbor that bridges individual and systemic action and marries top-down and bottom-up strategies.

Moderator: Daniela Ochoa González, Founder, Regenerative Solutions

  • Sherry Bell Surrette, Ph.D., Mississippi State University, “The Sustainable Home Program”
  • Adrian Hernandez, State of Texas Alliance for Recycling, “Walking the Talk: Local Government Best Practices”
  • Samuel McMullen, Zero Waste.Org, “Critical Mass: Building a Community of Zero Waste Champions”