Earth Day Event: Resilient Community Challenge
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Come celebrate Earth Day and learn how, together, we can make every community a circular, sustainable and zero-waste community! April 20th, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fairfield Arts and Convention Center Event Schedule: *Speakers* National Heroes 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. • 11 a.m. -11:30 a.m.: David Levine, President of the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) “ASBN’s Circular Economy Working Group” Interview by Faith Reeves, Fairfield’s Sustainability Coordinator •11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Alden Wicker - Author of 'To Dye For - How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick—and How We Can Fight Back’ “The True Cost of Modern Fast Fashion” •11:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Martin Wolf - Chief Sustainability Officer of 7th Generation eco-friendly cleaning products “The successes and challenges of creating a truly circular household products line” •12 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Amber Lasciak CEO of ReDu sustainable furniture “Scrap rescue and re-purposing into furniture and interior decorating products” • 12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - QnA with our National Heroes Local Heroes 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. • 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Francis Thicke, Radiance Dairy “A Circular and Regenerative Dairy Model” • 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Cheyanne Holiday, Golden Magnolia Sanctuary “A farm to table to farm circular model” • 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Terry Philips, Mill Seed CO. and TK Enterprises “Reusing, repurposing and reimagining in building design” • 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - QnA with our Local Heroes • 3:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m. - Maharishi School Global Solutions Class AND MORE!
