This Story of Sustainability will imagine a Circular Philadelphia with Director of Policy and Engagement, Nic Esposito, and Director of Program and Operations, Samantha Wittchen. 

Temple Sustainability is a founding member and key Philadelphia stakeholder in this growing global circular economy movement and so we've invited the Circular team to tell us the story of how we got here -- the “take-make-waste” model of waste -- and what sustainable solutions lie ahead.

Attendees of this event will learn about the recycling crisis and a brief history of trash, consumption and the American economy. Then we'll explore exactly how materials can be used in a continuous loop to regenerate natural systems via Circular's key strategies of

• market transformation,
• smart policy advocacy,
• collaboration, and
• outreach.

You'll leave with a sense of what went wrong with waste management and how you can help fix it in Philly and on Temple's campus. 

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/TU-circular-phl

Register to join this event virtually here.

Circular Philadelphia is a new organization focused on jumpstarting a thriving circular economy in the greater Philadelphia region through market transformation, smart policy advocacy, collaboration and outreach.

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Questions? Email Caroline at caroline.burkholder@temple.edu