In July 2008, I took a full-time job as the Zero Waste Event Specialist for the City of San Jose, CA. Although I am no longer actively operating my business, I will continue to contribute content and resources to this website as time allows. I am also available to present information on reuse, recycling and composting programs and infrastructure. A list of speaking engagements to date is included below.

Ongoing Workshops 2009 – San Jose, CA

http://www.sjrecycles.org/events-venues/default.asp

- How to Green Your Own Event – 3 hour workshop

- Green Team Training – 8 hour workshop

33rd Annaul California Resource Recovery Association Conference (CRRA) 2009 - Rancho Mirage, CA

http://www.crra.com/2009conf/index.shtml 

- San Jose Zero Waste Event Program Overview - Received CRRA Award

City Hall Tuesday Farmers Market - San Jose, CA

http://www.pcfma.com/markethome.php?market_id=59

- Recycling, Composting, and Waste Reduction

Organics in the Rockies - Jackson, WY

http://www.tetonconservation.org/index.cfm?id=waste-diversion-conference

Moderator

BioCycle International Conference 2009 - San Diego, CA

http://www.biocycle50.com/over.html

- Organics Recycling in the Food Service Sector

- Collecting Food Scraps and Compostables at Events & Venues

Go Green School Conference 2009 - San Jose, CA

http://www.sjrecycles.org/gogreen/GoGreenSchoolConference.asp

Greening School Events

14th Annual Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA) Recycling Update 2009 - Oakland, CA

http://www.ncrarecycles.org/ru/ru-promote_active.html

- Visuals for Recycling at Events and in New Zealand

Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) Conference 2009 – Pittsburgh, PA

http://www.greenmeetings.info/conference.htm

- Waste Management for Events

Plan Green Conference 2009 – University of California – Davis, CA

http://plangreen.ucdavis.edu/plangreen/index.cfm

- Is That Venue Really Green?

BE-Pro Conference 2009 – San Jose, CA

http://www.be-proconference.com/

- Greening Your Event

SFSU Extension Class – San Francisco, CA

Green Meeting Planning

- Making Sustainable Product Choices

- How to Select a Green Venue

- Timeline for Greening Events

32nd Annual California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) Conference 2008 – Burlingame, CA

http://www.crra.com/2008conf/pdf/08Program_view.pdf

- Special Event Recycling – Large Venue and Special Events

Restaurant Boot Camp 2008 – San Francisco, CA

- How to Green Your Restaurant