Up a Level:

• 7th Networking Conference Call Series - Spring/Summer 2009

Conference Calls:

• Recycled Paint Markets - Is it Time Yet?
• Assuring Responsibility During Electronics Export
• Product Stewardship - Is it Meeting its Promise?
• Source Reduction and Pharmaceuticals: What are the Opportunities?
• Where does your mercury go?  Impacts of the Federal Mercury Export Ban
• Nanotechnology:  Implicatons for Product Stewardship

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Product Stewardship Institute, Inc.
29 Stanhope Street
Boston, MA  02116www.productstewardship.us

617-236-4855 (Main)  
617-236-4766 (Fax)

PSI 7th Networking Call Series: March - June 2009 Source Reduction and Pharmaceuticals:  What are the Opportunities?

Date:  Thursday, April 23, 2009
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern Time (12:00 - 1:30 Pacific Time)

Overview:
The growing attention being paid to the disposal of unused pharmaceuticals raises inevitable questions about how to reduce the amount that is leftover. Drugs that go unused represent waste in the system and an unnecessary cost. What steps can be taken to reduce the size of the problem? Who needs to be involved, and how? What efforts are underway already, and how are they working?

Presenters:

Sierra Fletcher, Product Stewardship Institute, Inc.
Sierra Fletcher is an Associate for Policy and Programs where she is working on projects related to fluorescent lights, medical sharps, pharmaceuticals, and other product stewardship issues. Sierra has worked as an independent contractor in New England, Cambodia, and Alaska on projects related to oil spill prevention and response, impacts of dams on downstream communities, and renewable energy development. She helped convene Middle Eastern environmental professionals and facilitated dialogue programs for youth from regions of international conflict.  She has also taught environmental education in coastal Maine and worked in business development at a Washington, DC renewable energy and energy efficiency consulting firm. Sierra has a master’s degree in environmental policy and conflict resolution from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and an undergraduate degree in anthropology from Yale University.

Dr. Joel Kreisberg, Teleosis Institute
Dr. Joel Kreisberg is the Founder and Executive Director of the Teleosis Institute, an institution dedicated to reducing healthcare’s footprint while broadening its ecological vision. Joel is currently an adjunct professor at the School of Holistic Studies at John F. Kennedy University and California Institute of Integral Studies Masters in Integrative Health Studies Dr. Kreisberg completed his Doctor of Chiropratic at New York Chiropractic College and he received a Master of Arts degree in Integral Ecology from Prescott College. Author of several books on Homeopathy and he has been teaching and lecturing worldwide for over 20 years.

Catherine Zimmer, University of Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
Catherine Zimmer is the Healthcare Specialist for the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, an outreach program at the University of Minnesota providing pollution prevention assistance to Minnesota businesses, where she has assisted the healthcare industry with waste and toxicity reduction since 1997. She has 12 years experience in healthcare as a clinical laboratory scientist and has worked 3 years as a hazardous waste inspector. Catherine is a registered Environmental Health Specialist. She is co-chair of MN Healthcare Environmental Awareness & Resource Reduction Team: a coalition of healthcare facilities, the Minnesota Hospital Association, regulatory agencies and environmental advocacy groups working to improve environmental performance of the healthcare sector. She holds a BS in clinical laboratory science and an MS in environmental health from the University of Minnesota.