[Lapg] SBCC Center for Sustainability Waste & Recycling for a Better World Presentations on Vimeo/Facebook

[Margie Bushman, Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability]

SBCC Center for Sustainability "Cities As the Solution" series,
Waste & Recycling for a Better World Workshop on Video (click on live 
links below to view)
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As a part of the ongoing "Cities As the Solution" series, the Santa 
Barbara City College(SBCC) Center for Sustainability presented
"Waste & Recycling for a Better World" on March 25 & 26, 2011.

We are happy to be able to share with you three presentations from 
the event workshop: Albe Zakes of Terracycle, Nikhil Arora of BTTR 
Ventures, and Janet Unruh from the Institute of Material 
Sustainability (IMS). They all hold the unique view that nothing is 
trash, but instead see waste as a resource, as nature and ecosystems do.
                                         In nature, there is no such 
thing as "waste," but as humans, we produce nearly 220 million tons per year.

Stay tuned for more "Cities As the Solution" programs next year, and 
please follow us on Facebook.
View on Facebook:
Center for Sustainability Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SBCC-Center-for-Sustainability/195585370466944?v=wall

or
View On Vimeo:
Waste & Recycling Workshop/Albe Zakes of TerraCycle/SBCC Center for 
Sustainability
http://www.vimeo.com/25581801
Albe Zakes, the 25 year-old Global VP Media at TerraCycle, Inc., the 
world's leading 'upcycling' company. Trash to cash, TerraCycle 
recognizes the massive potential in garbage, diverting millions of 
pieces of non-recyclable trash going to landfills each year by 
"upcycling" into eco-friendly products. Featured in National 
Geographic's "Garbage Moguls" TerraCycle gives new meaning to eco-capitalism.
Terracycle: <http://www.terracycle.net>terracycle.net

Waste & Recycling Workshop/Nikhil Arora, BTTR Ventures/SBCC Center 
for Sustainability
http://www.vimeo.com/25493318
Nikhil Arora, 23, of BTTR Ventures, is a recent grad of UC Berkeley, 
who with business partner Alex Velez, gave up careers in investment 
banking to start an urban farm growing gourmet mushrooms from coffee 
waste. Their newest product, the Easy-to-Grow Mushroom Garden kit, is 
carried in over 90 Whole Foods Markets. Since starting BTTR Ventures 
they have diverted more than 10,000 pounds of coffee grounds per week 
from the waste stream. Turning waste into a resource, they are proud 
of being eco-entrepreneurs and providing jobs in their inner city 
community. <http://www.bttrventures.com>bttrventures.com

Waste & Recycling Workshop/Janet Unruh of the Institute for Material 
Sustainability (IMS)
http://www.vimeo.com/25440376
We've all heard of peak oil, but what about peak hafnium, or peak 
terbium? Janet Unruh, author of "Recycle Everything, Why We Must, How 
We Can", believes that everything can be recycled 100% - provided we 
learn how to design things properly and set up the right systems for 
materials recovery. Please join Janet, as she spends a Saturday 
workshop with co-presenters, students & community members exploring 
in depth the question, Can everything be recycled? She says with good 
engineering, imagination and innovation, yes it 
can...<http://www.rebk.org>rebk.org
(special thanks to Logan Nevitt of Commongood Media, for filming & 
editing the workshop)
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