Rehoming Stuff: Finding the Next Highest Good for Your Clients' Unwanted Items or Incorporating Zero Waste Organizing for a Sustainable Future
Lauren Winters West, Next Highest Good Professional Organizing
Tuesday November 12, 2024
6:15PM - 8:00PM
Overview:
As professional organizers, we have an important role to play in driving green, zero waste initiatives, through client education, community engagement and creative problem solving.
I invite you to consider the role the organizing industry has in driving the sustainability conversation in my presentation.
I am excited to share loads of inspiring examples, hear about your challenges and offer tips and tricks for creative ways to re-think, re-frame and re-home your clients' unwanted items.
Attendees will gain:
tips & tricks for rehoming items that cannot be donated
ways to speak with your clients about rehoming
local, national and global resources for rehoming goods
Breakout room Qs:
What are some challenges you have with your clients around rehoming?
What do you do with items that cannot be donated (ie chair with cat scratched arms or baby items, etc.) when your clients have items they do not want/need but they are not ready for landfill?
What role do you think the organizing industry plays in sustainability?
About the speaker:
Lauren Winters West is a Professional Organizer, Zero Waste Expert and the Founder and CEO of Next Highest Good. She works with clients across all life stages, in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, to create spaces that maximize healthy, sustainable living and productivity, with a focus on zero waste living. She is a member of the Good Future Design Alliance, Green Business Network California, and The National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals. She is endlessly thankful to live with her husband, son, cat and dog just blocks from the gorgeous Pacific Ocean.
Meeting Format
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6:15PM - 6:20PM Chapter Announcements
6:20PM - 6:45PM Break-out Rooms
6:45PM - 7:45PM Speaker's Presentation
7:45PM - 8:00PM Wrap-Up/Chapter Business
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