Meetings & Events – RR Era

Atlanta, GA

Nationally renowned scientists, filmmakers, artists, and activists converged on Atlanta for The Plastic GYRE Symposium: Artists, Scientists and Activists Respond. The Symposium was an effort to raise awareness and discourse on the global crisis of plastic pollution. Ei Chair Scott Seydel presented on the Beyond Greenwash: Extended Producer Responsibility panel with a powerful presentation emphasizing plastic’s value in the global economy. The ZWA Blog article, Plastic GYRE Symposium: Artists, Scientists and Activists Respond, gives an event synopsis.

January 14, 2015
Atlanta, GA

Ei was a co-presenter for the Arthur Blank Family Foundation Film Series screening of Green Streets, a Citizen Film documentary, in Atlanta. The ZWA blog article Green Streets: grass roots social enterprise gives a recap of the empowering visit and screening while the Ei FB album, Green Streets Comes to Atlanta, gives a pictorial overview.

June 19, 2013
Royal Institution of Great Britain, London

The CE100 Summit brings together leading global-thought leaders, academics, companies, and practitioners to provide a global wrap-up of the most current thinking on key circular-economy topics. Ei Chair Scott Seydel attended the summit as a CE100 guest. The IMPACT Blog post, A Revolutionary Evolution – going from a linear to a circular economy, introduces the circular-economy platform along with a summit overview.

November 8 – 9, 2011
Atlanta, GA

With the SC operators on-board, the SC Hospitality Association came to Atlanta in November for a second tour focused on the destination of the food scraps source separated for composting by foodservice establishments. The November contingent consisted of trade association|non-profit executives, city & state officials along with two Columbia hotel associates. From Atlanta, EPA Region IV and GA Department of Natural Resources Sustainability Division staff joined the tour and meetings to share their experiences in the ZWZ program development.

The ZWA Blog post, An Encore ZWZ Performance, gives the two-day tour details. For the pictorial recap, see the Ei FB albums, DAY 1 – SCHA 2nd ZWZ ATL Tour and DAY 2 – SCHA 2nd ZWZ ATL Tour.

August 16, 2011
Atlanta, GA

The South Carolina Hospitality Association brought a group of Board members, local business executives, and City of Columbia staff and councilman to tour Atlanta’s Zero Waste Zones’ Participant sites. In addition, a National Restaurant Association executive attended the meeting and tours. Ei Founder Holly Elmore gave a ZWZ introduction at the Georgia Restaurant Association’s offices.

The ZWA Blog, ATL Zero Waste Team Hosts SC Hospitality Tour, gives an overview of the tour and the Ei FB album, 08-11 SCHA ATL ZWZ Tour, is a pictorial recap. Holly’s PPT presentation is available for download below:
08-11 SCHA ZWZ ATL Tour PPT (781 KB)

August 9 & 10, 2011
Washington D.C.

Ei Chair Scott Seydel and Ei founder Holly Elmore traveled to Washington D.C. for a multiple-day meeting marathon with complementary national non-profits and trade associations. Chris Moyer, National Restaurant Association Conserve Program Manager, joined most of the meetings and offered the NRA offices as home base.

The ZWA Blog post, Ei | NRA’s Meeting Marathon, is an overview of the meeting marathon; the Ei FB album, 08-11 Ei Washington D.C. Visit – A Meeting Marathon!, for the pictorial recap.

December 5 – 6, 2010
Atlanta, GA

Waste Management requested Ei Founder Holly Elmore to speak at the three consecutive area-director meetings on the Zero Waste Zones and materials management. The ZWA Blog post, Waste Management Educates on Zero Waste, gives an overview of the three powerful sessions.