CEC Webinar Series: Circular Economy 101: Closing the Life Cycle Loop
For several decades, our region has looked to recycling as a landfill diversion solution – but it's not enough. Even though recycling is a step up from a “take-make-dispose” linear economy approach, it still allows manufacturers to avoid responsibility for the end result of their products and packaging. Join us for an introduction to a new model – the circular economy – that requires producers to take responsibility, save energy, design waste out of the system, and create a market for re-use. Local experts across academia, government, and business sectors will share: >Local innovations >How a circular economy can benefit the Central Coast >Ways that we can all contribute to a system that reduces waste while creating new economic opportunities in our region SPEAKERS >Roland Geyer – Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara >Kathi King – Director of Outreach & Education, Community Environmental Council >Bryan Latchford – Public Information Officer, City of Santa Barbara Sustainability and Resilience >Penny Owens – Education and Community Outreach Director, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper >Sarah Palladino – Community Relations Manager and Culture Steward, Toad & Co. >Sarah Stark – Environmental Compliance and Outreach Coordinator, MarBorg Industries Learn more in advance of the webinar: >Visit author Kate Raworth’s website (www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/) to learn more about doughnut economics, a circular economy concept she developed – and read CEC’s review of her book, Doughnut Economics: 21 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist (www.cecsb.org/what-were-reading-doughnut-economics/). >Watch this four-minute video that explains the Circular Economy and how society can re-think progress (https://youtu.be/zCRKvDyyHmI). >Check out how Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (https://www.c2ccertified.org/) is helping to provide safer, more sustainable products made for the circular economy.
