Webinars
Learn about our Past webinars
January
Webinar: Beyond Energy Efficiency: Behavior Change Tactics for the Pollution Prevention Community
Join Susan Mazur-Stommen, Director of Behavior and Human Dimensions Program at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE),
to discuss what behavior change research tells us about how people make decisions and what motivates them to make changes. She will also examine how pollution prevention technical assistance providers can use that research to influence behavior change and improve implementation rates at the companies they work with.
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February
Webinar: Using Social Media Channels to Inspire Offline Action
Zoey Kroll is an Internet Communications Coordinator at SF Environment and a Social Media Strategist at Hayes Valley Farm. She will talk about using social media channels to inspire offline action. In the webinar, we’ll interact with and discuss how apps (RecycleWhere), activity clubs (Photo Adventure Club), and social media tools can inspire people to move from clicks to compost.
Presenters:
Zoey Kroll – Internet Communications for San Francisco Department of Environment – Download Presentation
Donna Walden (Webinar Overview) – Download Presentation
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March
Webinar: Embedding Sustainability In An Organizational Structure
Date/Time: Thursday, March 7, 2013 / 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
An Assistant Professor in Technology and Operations Management at SFU Surrey, Stephanie Bertels’ research interests include innovations related to sustainability, institutional change, inter-organizational collaboration, and resilience and reliability. Her current research bridges organization theory and the issues surrounding sustainable development to explore how organizations can develop and implement innovative strategies for a more sustainable future.
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Webinar: Hazardous Waste: the usual suspects and how to manage them
Date/Time: Thursday, March 28 – 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PDT
(Back by popular request, we are bringing back 90-minute hazardous waste training from the UNR-Business Environmental Program.)
Businesses may use a variety of hazardous products in their day-to-day operations, ranging from cleaning chemicals and pesticides to fluorescent light bulbs and batteries. When these items are discarded, they need to be
Roland Fornoff
managed as hazardous waste because of toxic, ignitable, or even corrosive characteristics. When these waste streams are not properly addressed, they often get thrown in the trash or poured down the drain. This webinar will provide a quick overview of common hazardous wastes, how to comply with the regulations, and prevention measures designed to reduce hazardous waste generation. This information is valuable to any business looking to improve their environmental management.
About the Presenter: Roland J. Fornoff is a sustainability manager with the Business Environmental Program (BEP) of the University of Nevada, Reno. Roland has 10 years of professional experience in hazardous waste management, waste minimization, pollution prevention, and emergency response. He holds a M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Washington College in Maryland, and a Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management from the University of Maryland. Roland is responsible for assisting BEP clients with site audits, phone counseling, and training in Southern Nevada.
Presenters:
Roland Fornoff – University of Nevada Reno Business Environmental Program – Download Presentation
Donna Walden (Webinar Overview) – Download Presentation
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April
Webinar: Best Pollution Prevention Practices for Commercial Janitorial Companies
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 9 – 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. PDT
Chris Geiger and Swati Sharma
Swati Sharma
with San Francisco’s Department of Environment (SFE) have been working on creating custodial cleaning product recommendations and best practices with SF’s municipal and commercial custodians. SFE conducted an assessment of custodial cleaning products from which recommendations were adopted by San Francisco’s municipalities; this session will discuss how to translate findings and recommendations to commercial janitorial companies. This session will also discuss the findings from a pilot program consisting of live-hands on training with custodial staff on how to use green cleaning products and practices; assessment and recommendations on product usage and access to training tools.
Presenters:
Chris Geiger and Swati Sharma – San Francisco’s Department of Environment – Download Presentation
Donna Walden (Webinar Overview) – Download Presentation
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Webinar: Make People Do Good Things (Sometimes Via Social Media)
Date/Time: Thursday, April 11, 2013 / 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
At San Francisco Dept. of Environment, Jessian Choy led the creation of SFApproved.org to make it easier for you to buy over 1,000 green products. And she uses fun scavenger hunts to engage 28,000 City staff with draconian laws to buy green. Jessian leads negotiation and role-play trainings to prevent good ideas from dying with bad storytelling and hecklers.
In this interactive event, get answers to these questions and more:
What are new, easy tips to make it fun for people to do good things?
How can you engage people if they unfollow or unlike you?
What should you do so your audience tweets about your event during and after?
How will it be easier for you to find less-toxic, green products with the improved SF Approved List coming in March 2013
Win a green product raffle, get featured in the webinar, or just see a funny sneak preview. Just try this now and right before the webinar:
- Retweet or follow on http://Twitter.com/FunAndDraconian
- Try this new way to get people to follow you: http://facebook.com/FunAndDraconian/app_193937830687429
- Like or share at http://Facebook.com/FunAndDraconian
Presenters:
Jessian Choy’s Presentation – Download Presentation
Donna Walden (Webinar Overview) – Download Presentation
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Webinar: Safer Alternatives to Methylene Chloride Consumer Product Paint Strippers
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 23 – 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. PDT
(Webinar hosted by WSPPN & NPPR as part of the Safer Chemistry Challenge Program)
Methylene chloride has been used for many years in consumer product paint strippers that are purchased from Home Depot, 
paint supply and hardware stores. The strippers are used by consumers, small furniture stripping companies, contractors, boatyards and various other businesses to strip a range of items. The chemical is a carcinogen and acute exposure to methylene chloride strippers is linked to two deaths in California in the last few years. This presentation will describe two projects that focused on developing, testing and demonstrating safer alternatives to methylene chloride consumer product paint strippers. It will also focus on the actions California agencies could take to restrict the use of the strippers.
Dr. Katy Wolf is director of the Institute for
Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA), a nonprofit organization established in 1989. IRTA identifies, develops, tests and demonstrates safer alternatives for industrial and consumer product applications. IRTA also performs emerging and advanced technology demonstrations that reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous substances. IRTA’s work focuses heavily on solvent alternatives in cleaning, dry cleaning, electronics, paint stripping, coatings, lubricants and adhesives. Over the last 20 years, IRTA’s projects have led to a reduction in the use of hazardous substances in California of more than 100 tons per day. Dr. Wolf spent fourteen years at the Rand Corporation, where she performed research on alternatives to ozone depleting substances and chlorinated solvents. Dr. Wolf has authored more than 200 publications. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics.
Presenters:
Dr. Katy Wolf – Institute for Research and Technical Assistance – Download Presentation
Donna Walden (Webinar Overview) – Download Presentation
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May
Webinar: Emerging Technologies: Recent Information on nano-materials and their Risk Management/Risk Assessment
Date/Time: Thursday, May 2 – 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PDT
Lawrence Gibbs
Neena Sahasrabudhe
This session will share Stanford University and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s experience, knowledge, insights about the health risks and consequences of nano-materials in commerce, the workplace, and the environment. Presenters will also provide the most recent information and research on some nano materials.
Presenters: Lawrence Gibbs, Associate Vice Provost for Environmental Health & Safety at Stanford University Neena Sahasrabudhe, Ph.D., Office of Pollution Prevention and Green Technology at Department of Toxic Substances Control
Presenters:
Lawrence Gibbs, Associate Vice Provost for Environmental Health & Safety at Stanford University – Download Presentation
Neena Sahasrabudhe, Ph.D., Office of Pollution Prevention and Green Technology at Department of Toxic Substances Control – Download Presentation
Donna Walden (Webinar Overview) – Download Presentation
Recorded Webinar: Download
June
Webinar: Managing Electronic Waste (E-Waste)
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 5 – 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT
The e-waste recovery infrastructure fostered by the CEW recycling program has resulted in approximately 1.2 billion pounds of obsolete TVs and monitors collected and dismantled in California over the past seven years. However, traditional markets for used CRT glass have diminished, creating challenges for recyclers looking for outlets for this material, even as an increasing amount of non-CRT video displays are joining the e-waste stream. CalRecycle and DTSC have been working on revised regulations to address this. Speakers Jeff Hunts from CalRecycle and Kevin Sanchez from DTSC will present an update on regulations and also provide a review of the e-waste claims and reporting processes.
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TBA
Webinar: Environmental Sustainability and Behavioral Science: Meta-Analysis of Pro-environmental Behavior Experiments
Richard Osbaldiston has been working as a research psychologist for over 15 years. He has found there is one fundamental cause-effect relationship: the motivation that comes from within a person is what causes that person to behave in certain ways. When the right situations and settings are created, people can achieve unbelievable things. Richard’s goal is taking his work in the field of motivation and applying it to the long-term care industry to ultimately change people’s lives for the better. Richard received his PhD in Psychology with a minor in statistics and research methods from the University of Missouri.
Date/Time: TBA
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