This webinar series provides information and resources to increase understanding of the issues associated with sustainable consumption and to support those who want to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and create more sustainable patterns of consumption in their communities. These webinars focus on helping regulators and environmental management experts gain better understanding of individuals' and organizations' consumption patterns and motivations.
Unfortunately, recorded materials and presentations are not available from this series.
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Topic |
Date |
Speaker(s) |
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A Potential Solution: Plentitude |
November 1, 2011 |
Juliet Schor, author of Plentitude and professor of sociology at Boston College |
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Social Marketing for the Environment |
October 25, 2011 |
Nancy Lee, president of Social Marketing Services, Inc. and associate professor at University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs |
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Counting Consumption: Measuring the Impacts of What We Consume (Part 2) |
October 4, 2011 |
David Allaway, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality; Chris Jones, lead developer for the Cool Climate Calculator |
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Sustainable Consumption, the Economy, and Ecological Footprint Accounting |
September 13, 2011 |
Mathis Wackernagel, co-founder of Global Footprint Network; David Batker, Executive Director of Earth Economics |
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Integrating Sustainable Consumption into Your Community |
August 2, 2011 |
Shannon Davis, US EPA, Region 9; John de Graaf, KCTS; Eldan Goldenberg, Sustainable Seattle |
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Counting Consumption: Measuring the Impacts of What We Consume (Part 1) |
June 7, 2011 |
David Allaway, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality; Michael Lazarus, director of Stockholm Environmental Institute (Seattle office) |
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Food: Why we waste too much |
May 3, 2011 |
Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland and freelance journalist; Jean Schwab, leader of EPA's Food Recovery Initiative and Greenscapes Program; Ashley Zanolli, EPA, West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum Co-Lead |
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Evolutionary Psychology and the Creation of Desire |
March 1, 2011 |
Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice and professor at Swarthmore University; Geoffrey Miller, author of Spent: Sex, Evolution and Consumer Behavior and associate professor at University of New Mexico; Derry Allen, EPA's Office of Strategic Environmental Management |
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Unsustainable Consumption & The Rise and Fall of Consumer Cultures |
February 1, 2011 |
Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow, World Watch Institute |