Friday, March 1

3:00pm

Screening: Waste Land

5:00pm

Keynote: Waste Governance: Can Less be More? Harnessing the Power of the Informal Sector in Malé, Maldives, and Guangzhou, China

Martin Medina Sr. (International Relations Specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington, DC.)

Saturday, March 2

9:30am

Theories and Practices of Waste 


Economies of Recycling
  Catherine Alexander (Anthropology, University of Durham, UK )

Enviroblogging: Making Green Space in the Virtual World
  Stephanie Foote (English and Gender Studies, UIUC)

10:45am

The Diversity of Waste

The Politics of Expertise: The Global Future of Nuclear Waste 
 Nicky Gregson (Geography, University of Durham, UK)

Nuclear Waste Disposal: Public Engagement but Global Disengagement?
  Darrin Durant (Science and Technology Studies, York University)

Purification or Profit-- Sewage Recycling and the Contradictions of Sludge
  Daniel Schneider (Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC)

12:15

Screening: Garbage Dream, by Mail Iskander

1:45pm

The Future of Food Waste

The Food Not Eaten  
Jonathan Bloom

Freeganism as an Alternative to a Wasteful System
  Janet Kalish (freegan.info, New York City)

Respect and Humiliation: Mopan Conceptions of Food Waste in San Jose, Belize
  Michelle Schmidt (Sociology, UIUC)

3:30pm

Roundtable Discussion: Food Loss or Food Waste?