My Journal
This blog explores practical solutions and inspiring stories in sustainability, environmental conservation, and climate awareness. From green living tips and renewable energy innovations to in-depth looks at global environmental challenges, I aim to empower individuals and communities to make informed, eco-conscious choices.
SPC Boston Event Summary
Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) event Boston 2023 Sept 23rd to 25th 2023 The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) Boston event brought together over 500 member organizations (companies, non for profits, government etc) to offer information and insights to move...
Sustainability: No Longer Why but How
Even though the SEC climate disclosure rules continue to be delayed, at some point, there will likely be some rules surrounding reporting on carbon for publicly traded companies. The rule will likely have a far-reaching scope and cause change for years to...
You Don’t Have To Call It Sustainability (but you can)
Being immersed in the field of sustainability as a business owner, salesperson, consultant, speaker and author for years, I find the word “sustainability” is met with three general reactions. My amateur non-verbal people reading skills aside, I see wide eyed...
FMCG and the Circular Economy
Clear View Packaging and the Circular Economy A circular economy refers to a regenerative economic system whereby waste, and process by-products are turned into new inputs for new products. The regeneration is achieved through material choice, long lasting...
Closing Loops: Sustainable Packaging Coalition Spring Conference 2022
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is the largest North American organization striving to move packaging in a more sustainable direction. Six hundred plus member companies, non-governmental organizations and government groups gathered in San Francisco in April 2022....
Half Moon to Full Moon: How the APR plastics recycling trade show helped show the dark side
As a plastics manufacturer and converter, we tend to know the people we sell to and buy from. When the creation of the product we use to manufacture or the product we sell to the market extends beyond our immediate contacts, we lose touch with how it is made or...
The Three L’s of Waste Reduction & Circular Packaging
The new packaging economy we strive to create is complex in implementation. Many stakeholders have to align --- consumers, businesses, Non Government Organizations (NGO’s) and Governments --- in order to move toward the same targets. I continue to try to sort...
Three Questions: Climate Reality Training Corps April 2021
Must we change? Can we change? Will we change? These three questions were posed to begin the conference. They were the foundational focus of the week of training at The Climate Reality Training Corps April 26th to 30th, 2021. I had applied to the...
SPC Impact Spring 2021
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) spring event took place April 20 and 21, 2021. We have been a member of the SPC for three years running. The virtual event offered a wide array of panel discussions, interviews, educational seminars and guest speakers all...