Speakers

Romi is a Photographer and Marketing Specialist with a background in Finance, Customer Relations and Operations. Romi is Co-Founder of The Bountiful Bag Upcycling Program and has been actively working on coming up with solutions to minimize plastic waste in the craft beer industry for over five years. She is a founding board member of the San Diego environmental nonprofit Sustainability Is Sexy and her focus within sustainability is on educating our community on ways to reduce plastic and food waste. Romi has been active in the brewing industry since 2014. (A couple variations of our logo are also attached, should you need them for any marketing purposes.) 

The presentation will be an introduction of the Brewcycling non-profit and team, an overview of our two recycling programs - BrewSCRAPS and PakTechs to Pavement, the program successes and case study on cost savings due to participation of our parent hub JuneShine, goals and plans for the next two years, and how folks can participate, including where to drop off PakTech beverage handles for recycling with our program - because, spoiler alert, they are not curbside recyclable in San Diego County!

Contact: Niels Lund

Following the success of the inaugural film festival in 2022, the San Diego Environmental Film Festival (SDEFF) is thrilled to be heading into our 2nd year by creating a unique film festival this fall that is focused on sustainability, conservation, and the biodiversity of our planet. Our mission is to bring together diverse audiences and filmmakers to curate an artistic, educational experience that inspires action and positive impact not only locally, but globally. Films from 2022 highlighted conservation stories about our oceans, whales, butterflies, land management, endangered species, and more! This year is shaping up to be even more international with films submitted from 19 countries thus far. 

Our 2023 festival will be held the weekend of November 17-18, 2023 and sponsorship funds will be used for the planning of the film festival such as screen and projector rentals, venue coordination and fees, film award prizes, marketing materials, and more! As a $500 donor, your logo will be used on SDEFF marketing materials as well as posted to our website and social media.

Ocean Knoll Elementary School Students presenting their Recycling Program and upcoming effort on Food Waste.

More information to come.

"Solving the ocean plastic crisis - pathways, obstacles, and solutions."

11 million metric tons of plastic reach the ocean each year, with flows expected to nearly triple by 2040. As much as 70% of that plastic reaches the sea from five countries in Asia, and less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled. Understanding the pathways, obstacles, and solutions to marine plastic pollution are critical to addressing the crisis.

Carl Nettleton is the founder of OpenOceans Global, an international nonprofit with a mission of ending the flow of plastic to the ocean by documenting and mapping where plastic collects on world shorelines, identifying the points of contamination, and matching the best solutions with the people who can implement them. His first work on the impacts of ocean plastic began in 1984. He is also an award-winning writer, speaker, thought partner, facilitator, and a trusted source of analysis and advice regarding water, climate, sustainability, the ocean, and binational U.S. Mexico border affairs through his firm Nettleton Strategies.

Contact: Niels Lund

Description:

• The climate is getting hotter. Deforestation is increasing. Climate change is creating refugees. Two Billion people still cook over smoky open fires. 
• CO2 contributes to global warming.
• Deforestation as wood is used to create charcoal for cooking
• Respiratory disease is leading cause of illness and death in developing countries.
• Kids are burned and die from falling into cooking fires.

For refugees in camps, wood for cooking is expensive, and options are few:

• LPG gas cannisters?  Too expensive and produces CO2.
• Photovoltaic electric panel?  Too expensive, as power needed for cooking is MUCH greater than for lighting.  MUCH bigger batteries are needed. 

Best solution for sunny camps:  “Integrated Cooking.” On overcast days and at night, use a ceramic or metal stove.

Burns less wood, and less CO2. When the sun shines, use a solar cooker. No fuel cost, zero CO2.

Speaker:

Before his retirement in 2006, Roger Haines was an Assistant United States Attorney in San Diego, prosecuting criminal cases for 29 years.He is co-author of the leading treatise on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which he revises every year.He is also Board Chair of the Alliance for African Assistance, a San Diego refugee resettlement organization with branch offices in Kenya, Uganda and Rome.in In 2006, Roger joined San Diego Rotary Club and is co-chair of its International Projects Committee.In 2012, he founded Haines Solar Cookers LLC, with the goal of designing an inexpensive, durable solar cooker that could be used in hot countries to save firewood and reduce CO2 emissions. Roger is also founder of the San Diego Hornswoggle, an ensemble of 20-odd French horn players who engage in “full-contact” French horn playing.