Rachana Shah (she/her) Zero Waste Consultant at Common Ground Compost LLC Rachana is a systems thinker, zero waste consultant, activist, public speaker, and mother of 2 young children. Her current consulting work centers on planning and launching successful organics collection programs for corporate, retail, and institutional clients, conducting zero waste audits, educating audiences about the … Read more
Adriana is a licensed Professional Engineer in British Columbia and a Senior Project Engineer at Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Services. As part of her role at Metro Vancouver, Adriana works collaboratively with member jurisdictions and industry stakeholders on programs and policies to reduce, reuse and recycle waste, currently sent for disposal, with the goal of … Read more
Fredrika Syren is an environmental activist, writer and book author of “A practical Guide to zero waste for families”. In 2011, she founded the website Zerowastefamily.com where she shares her family’s journey of living zero waste. Originally from Sweden, she lives in San Diego, California with her husband James and their children Isabella, Noah, and … Read more
My personal and professional mission is to “Save the food. Feed the people.” I am the Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator at UC Merced where I do just that. I coordinate Food Connect, Bobcat Eats Food Waste Awareness and Prevention Program, No Food Left Behind, the Pop-Up People’s Pantry, the People’s Fridge and other related programs. … Read more
Nivi Achanta is the founder and CEO of Soapbox Project, a social enterprise that makes it easy for busy people to take fight climate change. Soapbox’s lightweight climate justice funnel starts with bite-sized climate action plans, scales up through monthly action hours, and engages people further through a membership community focused on local action. When … Read more
Mike Ewall is the founder and Executive Director of Energy Justice Network, a national network of grassroots groups fighting dirty energy and waste facilities, and primarily focused on ending incineration in all forms. He’s been fighting incinerators since high school in 1991, and has led winning campaigns stopping numerous biomass and waste incinerators, waste-to-fuel facilities, … Read more
Chef & founder at Santosha Nutrition, Liz has a passion for plant-based cuisine, regenerative agriculture and fighting food waste. After working in the hospitality industry for 10 years, it became clear that Liz needed to become part of the solution instead of the problem. Santosha provides zero-waste cooking classes, farm-to-table experiences and community events that … Read more
I retired on June 30, 2020 from the Population Education Resource Centre (PERC), Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension [DLLE, previously known as Department of Continuing & Adult Education & Extension Work (DCAEEW)], S.N.D.T. Women’s University (SNDTWU), Mumbai, India. I underwent training in demography, with award of Government of India Fellowship, during 1986-1987 from the … Read more
I grew up in Berkeley, CA back in the early ’70s, in a house where recycling was the norm. I am proud to say that I was educated in public schools from kindergarten all the way through California’s community college system (Merritt College), CSU (Sacramento State) and UC systems (UC San Diego grad). I took … Read more
Alison Mountford is a chef and entrepreneur. Alison teaches busy families how to reduce household food waste while managing their home kitchens through an online meal planning web-app, digital courses, and virtual presentations. She’s a recurring chef on her local morning show in Providence Rhode Island, has cooked for the Vice-President of the U.S., and … Read more