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Innovations in Recycling:
Community "Waste" Resources and Economic Development

The level of waste generated by our society has created massive problems. Proposed solutions are often not in the interest of local communities and the environment. Everywhere we look, jobs are disappearing. Economic power is concentrated in the hands of multi-billion-dollar multinational corporations that are for the most part accountable only to themselves. Neighborhood "waste" resources, as well as waste reduction, can help reconnect economics to community, and regenerate local economies. This roundtable brings together people working out innovative solutions that unite community and corporate organizations toward the end of sustaining communities and their environments.

Moderator:

• Tula Tsalis, e-mail: ttsalis@igc.apc.org.

• Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2125 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647; (312) 278-4800. Strategies for environmentally conscious economic development within a context of community empowerment.

• Earnest J. Colonna, Jr., Solid Waste Consultant, CLEAN (Calcasieu League for Environmental Action Now), 1511 Moss St., Lake Charles, LA 70601.

• Leigh Eason, Founder of "Vision," an ecumenical, eco-justice organization formed through the Baptist Church, 463 Wilson Drive, Montevallo, Alabama 35115. Community recycling: from waste to sustainability.

• Madelyn Hoffman, Director, GREO (Grass-Roots Environmental Organization), P.O. Box 2018, Bloomfield, NJ 07003; (201) 429-8965. Understanding corporate strategies that discourage community empowerment. How to fight back.

• Larry Martin, former TOES/NA Exec. Dir., formerly of the Institute of Local Self-Reliance. 6612 Piney Branch, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20012; (202) 819-7112. Innovations, self-reliance, ecological sustainability through waste reduction.

Commentator:

• Gifford Pinchot, III, Chair, Pinchot & Co., 409 Orange St., New Haven, CT 06511. Author: Intrapreneuring.

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