DAY
ONE
Monday 18th Nov
Conference Day
The Big Picture
Join us on day one for loads of learning and big picture thinking with speaker sessions and panel discussions.
This day is designed to widen our lens and learn more of what our mahi contributes to on a national and global scale. We hope you leave feeling inspired and hopeful.
We will be wrapping up the day with an evening open-to-the-public political panel with all the Wellington locals who are working alongside us for a better world.
Speakers and panellists to be announced soon!
8:30 - 9:00
Registrations & coffee / tea
9:00 - 9:30
Pōwhiri & welcome to day
9:30 - 10:00
Inspiration session
Keynote speaker: Waveney Warth
Hey so how do you save the world?
Ever felt you needed a PhD just to work out how to buy a carbon-neutral planet-friendly ‘I’m not a bad person’ coffee? What if there was a hack? Some blindingly simple principle that could be applied to everything from purchases to policy making?
Well, maybe there is. Over the course of 72 episodes, 2000 hours of research and hundreds of interviews completed for the How to Save the World podcast, Waveney Warth set about to answer this very question.
In this keynote Waveney offers a pocket sized version of the quest and reveals what she found waiting at the end.
10:00 - 10:30
Connection session
Speed date our way to a waste free world
10:30 - 11:00
Morning tea
11:00 - 12:00
Presentation | Panel discussion
Zero waste is climate action
Join us as we explore the connection between waste and climate change, and consider how actions to reduce waste are essential for reducing emissions.
12:00 - 1:00
Presentation | Panel discussion
Zero waste & justice
This session unpacks how the zero waste movement can keep living up to its origin as an environmental justice movement committed to upholding the rights of both people and planet. What does a just transtion to zero waste look like? How do we build Te Tiriti-based partnerships into our zero waste mahi and advocacy?
1:00 - 2:00
Lunch
2:00 - 3:00
Presentation | Panel discussion
Show me the money: Paying for zero waste mahi
Delve into sustainable ways of financing the operational side of resource recovery and other zero waste activities up the waste hierarchy. Panellists discussions will cover the levers and tools available (laws, taxation, product stewardship, CRS) to level the uneven playing field between the linear and circular economy and ensure the on-the-ground work of zero waste is properly paid for.
3:00 - 3:30
Afternoon tea
3:30 - 4:30
Presentation | Panel discussion
More places like this: Towns, cities & regions
What does it take for a community, town, city, region or country to commit to a zero waste vision, and work together to make that happen? And what are the ripple effects and wider impacts when that vision is turned to reality?
4:30 - 5:15
Free time
5:15 - 7:30
Special event | Panel Discussion | Networking
Zero Waste Solutions to Planetary Crises: Expert & political perspectives
Five topics, five experts, and a response from politicians.
Come and join the Zero Waste Network and the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance for not one but TWO panels, with a special guest facilitator, to discuss some of the most challenging issues facing our planet.
Waste isn't just about landfills and plastic in the environment - sucking the earth's resources into the economy and spitting them back out again has an effect on the climate, biodiversity, human health, social justice and so much more. But what do we do about these multiple crises?
Experts will speak to some of the most promising zero waste solutions to these crises: Bottle Deposits, Product Stewardship, the Right to Repair, using organic waste to restore degraded soils, and a global agreement to end plastic pollution, while also highlighting the false solutions that we must avoid.
After a short break, MPs will get a chance to respond to what they heard and discuss their position or policies on the key topic areas raised by the experts.
There will be drinks and nibbles and time for networking. This event will be ticketed separately and spaces will be limited so keep an eye out for when the tickets go live!