Wakeman Town Farm invites you to join us in a discussion on how our individual choices can lead to a less wasteful community. Moderated by Senator Will Haskell, a team of Expert panelists will provide simple actionable items, creative ideas, and tangible examples of everyday choices we all can make to reduce our waste. This event is in conjunction with the Wakeman Town Farm Eco Market, a fun eco-centric market with a summer fair vibe on July 25. More info on the market’s vendors/participants will be available shortly.
About the Panelists
Peter Boyd: Peter Boyd’s work focuses on purpose-driven leadership and system change to a sustainable world. He is Lecturer at the Yale School of the Environment, Lecturer in the Practice of Management at the School of Management and Resident Fellow at the Center for Business and the Environment. Outside Yale, he is a director of REDD.plus, a digital platform to bring UN-registered REDD+ forest carbon credits to a new cross-sector world of purchasers who want to achieve Paris-Agreement-compliant carbon neutrality as they transition to net-zero. Working with these and other partners, he is Founder of Time4Good, helping leaders and teams connect purpose to maximum positive impact. He is former COO of Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room; former Chair of The Energy Efficiency Deployment Office for UK Department of Energy & Climate Change; and former Project Lead for The B Team’s ‘Net-Zero’ initiative, focused on business encouragement of an ambitious Paris Agreement at COP21. Following his first job with McKinsey & Co., his private-sector experience included over ten jobs in twelve years at the Virgin Group, including CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa.He serves as Chair of Sustainable Westport and co-warden of Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
Brad Kerner: Public Health expert turned low-waster - Brad is trying to make low waste mainstream through his retail concept called Eco Evolution and his Instagram blog called @the.eco.dude. A former peace corps volunteer and global humanitarian worker (16 years with Save the Children), Brad shifted his focus to making a local impact during the pandemic with his ethical retail concept.
Haley Schulman: After years of experience in the hospitality industry witnessing enormous food waste first hand, Haley Schulman redirected her focus towards more meaningful work with Food Rescue US. As Program Associate with Food Rescue US Fairfield County, she tackles two of the most pressing issues in our society today: food waste and food insecurity. She believes whole-heartedly that simply volunteering one's time can be the most impactful way to leave a local and global legacy.
Alice Ely: Alice Ely, UConn Advanced Master Gardener & Master Composter, Pollinator Pathway promoter, and Gardens Chair at Wakeman Town Farm, loves to talk up the joys of composting. She also coaches homeowners in how to garden via her business, gardenwithalice.com. When she’s not in someone else’s garden, you’ll find her in her own, growing lots of wonderful things with the help of her homemade ‘black gold.’
Andrew Colabella: Andrew Colabella, a proud Westport native, graduated Staples in 2007 and later graduated from UCONN in 2013 with a political science degree. With 15 years of experience working in municipalities, Andrew is a two-term RTM member, currently seated on the environment, public works, public protection and health & human services committees. He is also the co-founder of Plastic pollution project, P3, a grassroots community group that has advocated and help implement the most comprehensive single-use-plastics ban out of 49 states. Andrew is currently seeking re-election for a third term while working full-time as a graduate student and political science graduate assistant at Fairfield University in the fellowship honors program for public administration.