Marin County & the Global Goals Event Series

Alternating months, September 2020 – July 2023

Sat., April 8, 2023
3 pm – 4:30 pm
by Zoom

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Past Event:

Kickoff 2023

Annual Holiday Social – In person!

Sun., Dec. 11, 2022

4 pm – 5:30 pm

Strawberry Pt., Mill Valley

Join us on the waterfront of Strawberry Point in Mill Valley for wine, cheese, food and good cheer.

Past Event: UN Day and
UN Sustainable Development Goal
#13 Climate Action
Sat., Oct. 22, 2022
3 pm – 4:30 pm

YouTube Video

Paul Clarke, UNA Marin Chapter president, presentation re UN Day Slides

Kimberly Weichel, Uncovering New Possiblities (links to her books), work with UN agencies, leadership with UNA chapters

Anne-Christine Strugnell, presentation for Resilient Neighborhoods, Volunteer Ambassador, free climate action workshops

Info on this Event

Past Event: #12 Responsible Consumption and Production
July 16, 2022

YouTube Video

Alisha McCutcheon, Compost Operations Manager,
Redwood Landfill, Waste Management, Novato, CA

Martin Wolf, Director, Sustainability & Authenticity,
Seventh Generation, Inc.

Slide Deck (not current)

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Martin Wolf – Director, Sustainability & Authenticity, Seventh Generation, Inc.

Mr. Wolf is responsible for creating frameworks for the design of sustainable products at Seventh Generation, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of ecological household and personal care products. He is also responsible for creating frameworks for more sustainable systems of commerce, and for working with other businesses, industry associations, legislators and regulators to implement those frameworks.

Mr. Wolf brings over 40 years of experience in industrial and environmental chemistry to his work, starting with environmental fate and metabolism studies for agricultural chemicals, followed by studies of the occurrence of hazardous chemicals in the environment, conducting life cycle studies of product systems, and designing more sustainable household cleaning products.

Bio Continued

Working at Seventh Generation, Mr. Wolf has developed frameworks for environmental product design, helped educate his coworkers, customers, and consumers about the environmental impacts of consumer products and the industries that produce them, successfully lobbied for passage of phosphate bans in a number of states, helped develop standards for voluntary ingredient disclosure, and brought change to the cleaning products industry through more sustainable product designs.

In addition to his work for Seventh Generation, Mr. Wolf served as the Co-Chair of the Research, Technology, and Regulatory Committee of the American Cleaning Institute (2015-2018), and has served as the Vice Chair and Chair of the Sustainability Committee (2010-2015), and as the Vice Chair and Chair of the Strategic Advisory Committee (2007-2011).

Mr. Wolf was appointed a Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Environmental Forum in 2006, and received an EPA Region 1 Environmental Merit Award in 2011. In 2013 Mr. Wolf was appointed by the National Academy of Science to the Committee on Design and Evaluation of Safer Chemical Substitutions. In 2015 he won the Elva Walker Spillane Distinguished Service Award of the American Cleaning Institute, and in 2016 was appointed to the Working Group On Toxic Chemical Use In Vermont by the State’s Agency Of Natural Resources and to the State’s Chemicals of High Concern for Children Working Group by the Vermont Department of Health. In 2019 Mr. Wolf was recognized as one of nine Heroes with Impact by Unilever, Ltd. for his work on preserving the environment.

Mr. Wolf holds an M.A. in Chemistry from Yeshiva University (New York) and a B.S. in Chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts).

Local Speaker – Alisha McCutcheon

Alisha McCutcheon has over 20 years of experience at WM dealing with the complex operations, safety, and environmental issues in the compost, solid waste, and recycling industries. Ms. McCutcheon has extensive knowledge of CDFA, NOP, CalRecycle, DTSC, SWRCB, CARB, and CalOSHA regulations.