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BUST & Pussy Powerhouse present ZERO WASTE: An interactive community event with a focus on reducing our personal waste and creating a sustainable future together through fashion, art and food

Saturday, July 13th 2019
2pm - 10pm

Superchief Gallery
1628 Jefferson Ave.
Ridgewood Queens

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the event.

Tickets include admission to all talks, panels, swaps, demos, performances, and Zero Wasted dance party.

All tickets include a 1-year BUST digital subscription for you or a friend.

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About Zero Waste

Today, more and more people want to help protect the environment by living a sustainable, zero-waste lifestyle. Changing our lifestyles and habits is hard, but together we can have fun evolving to the next chapter of the human story in which we no longer create or use harmful plastics. That's why BUST and Pussy Power House are bringing you Zero Waste—to help our communities join together and get real about how to shift out of a disposable plastic culture into a brighter, cleaner, more regenerative way of being.

What's Happening at Zero Waste?

Talks & Panels

Living In Harmony With Our Ocean

In this talk by advocate Cassia Patel, Oceanic Global Program Manager, you'll hear about the human and environmental impacts of our global plastic crisis, and how we can all be a part of the solution to drive positive change.

Fungi Are The Future: How Mushrooms Will Save Our World

Mycologist Craig Trester will highlight the supreme influence these ancient and often overlooked organisms have upon our health, society, environment

Minimalism for Maximalists

Join artist and activist Corinne Loperfido as she explains how to reduce your stuff, reduce your impact, and only have the things in your life that you need, love, and use often.

Life Without Plastic

Talking Trash in NYC

What's the problem with food waste, and how does composting work? Isn't there a big machine that sorts all my trash for me after I throw it away? (No!) Common Ground Compost's Founder, Laura Rosenshine, will inform us and dispel myths about waste in NYC.

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Classes, Demos & Workshops

Zero Waste Crafting: Macramé Plant Hangers with Recycled Yarn

Join Debbie Stoller, BUST's Editor-in-Chief and bestselling craft book author, and learn how to make a simple plant hanger using Hoooked's RibbonXL yarn, made from recycled t-shirts.
Limited seats

DIY Reusable Beeswax Food Wraps

Goodbye plastic wrap! Make these reusable food wraps using wax and recycled scrap fabric from FabScrap.
Limited seats

Make Your Own Toothpaste and Mouthwash

Riama DeLuca will show you how to use homeopathic and easy-to-get bulk ingredients to make your own toothpaste and mouthwash. Info will also be shared about the chemicals and toxins found in industry standard toothpastes and their effects on the body and ecosystem.

All In: Cooking with the Whole Ingredient

We waste entirely "edible" ingredients typically bought in bunches, like celery and herbs. Purple Kale's Ronna Welsh will show you two recipes featuring these ingredients that result in delicious dishes, no excess, and zero waste.

Zine Making Workshop

BUST’s own Creative Director Laurie Henzel will lead a workshop in zine making, using archived BUST mags going back over 10 years! Get creative with X-Actos and glue, and make either a mini zine or vision board. FREE

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All-Day & Evening Events

Clothing & Book Swap

Bring your old clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, and bags to donate to the clothing swap! Plus, learn to make cloth produce bags out of your old cotton t-shirts.

Mend Your Clothes : Basic Hand & Machine Sewing

Jessica Rowell will help you to learn how to mend your own clothes, patch your own holes, sew back on your own buttons, and even make a cloth produce bag from your used t-shirts.

Performances by Nate and Hila

Nate and Hila combine hip-hop, comedy and philosophy to advance social consciousness. Their main areas of focus are Ecology and Sex Positivity -- they invite you to think, laugh, and booty-shake your way into actively loving your planet, and your self.

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Sober Dance Party

From 8-10pm, get ready to hit the dance floor for our after-event sober dance party. Featuring DJ Dirtyfinger and our host Debbie Attias (of Dancorcism and Fun Heals Everything) providing high vibes and sick dance moves!

Zero-Waste Marketplace

Dusty Rose Vintage

Dusty Rose is a vintage clothing operation FULLY committed to zero waste. Our collection includes styles repurposed entirely from vintage.

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stojo

stojo makes sustainability simple through our sleek collapsible, reusable travel cups. we're on a mission to end disposable culture, one cup at a time.

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ECOBAGS

ECOBAGS Products, Inc. is a woman-owned certified B Corp offering sustainable solutions to single-use plastics since 1989!

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Eagle Eye Shop

Eagle Eye Shop resurrects vintage fabrics as lightweight statement earrings backed on scrap leather. Handmade in NYC.

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IXV Coffee

IXV Coffee, a soon to be opened zero waste cafe in Brooklyn, will be serving maple sweetened ginger tea from Tweefontain Farms, and pour over coffee & iced coffee. BYOC!

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The Series

Each piece in THE SERIES is handmade in New York of only renewed and reworked existing materials. It is seasonless, genderless, wearable collage, a celebration of diversity, for all bodies, for all beings.

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Apoterra

Our mission is to help people discover healthy, radiant skin naturally through plant-powered skin care products and by giving them the insight and understanding of how to live holistically.

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Dulse & Ragosa

Dulse & Rugosa makes artisan skincare with botanicals grown and harvested on our small Maine island farm.

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Cunty

Cunty is a fempparel movement dedicated to reclaiming the word cunt back to its original and reverential meaning that honors the feminine rather than degrading it! We repurpose and embellish vintage wares that have authenticity, durability and aide in our constant efforts to lower our carbon footprint!

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NLW Glass

Handmade flame-worked glass straws, and glass drink stirrers.

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Gaurdian Snack Angel

Ariele Max will be serving her homemade, nourishing meals throughout the event while spreading awareness of the environmental impacts of food waste.

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Bobo Global

Globally sourced recycled and repurposed items like denim shorts with patch work, upcycled denim vests, dresses made from vintage Banjara fabrics that are over 50 years old and more!

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Tomorrow Is Always New

Tomorrow Is Always New is a studio, which creates biodegradable, one of a kind, hand dyed naturally, eco-centric home products and artworks.

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Aya Paper Co.

Aya Paper Co. is a black woman-owned novelty shop that brings you sustainably produced paper goods and gifts made with 100% recycled materials.

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BioGlitz

Regular glitter is made from polyester which is harmful for our bodies and the environment. BioGlitz is made from plants, and is both biodegradable and compostable.

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Suji Ceramics

Suji combines her two greatest passions—plants and pottery—to make happy, functional planters designed to showcase the beauty of the plants inside them. All pottery is handmade in New York from reclaimed porcelain clay.

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Schedule & Detailed Descriptions

Click each title below for detailed information.

Talk/Panel

Demo

Hands-on Workshop

Commnity Event

3pm: Living in Harmony With Our Ocean with Cassia Patel

3pm: All In: Cooking with the Whole Ingredient with Ronna Welsh

We not only toss the scraps, peels, and seeds of common ingredients. We waste entirely "edible" ingredients typically bought in bunches, but used only in small amounts: like celery and herbs. In this demonstration, I'll showcase "A Many Herb Salad" and a "Whole Celery Salad with Peaches and Buttermilk Dressing," two recipes that leave us with delicious dishes, no excess, and zero waste. (https://www.purplekale.com/)

4pm: Minimalism for Maximalists with Corinne Loperfido

A talk on reducing your stuff, reducing your impact, and only having things in your life that you need, love, and use often. Corinne Loperfido has been living a zero waste lifestyle for 1.5 years, and travels in her van for half the year, and will be sharing her wisdom on minimizing, living with less, and making the most of the least. She will also be giving tips on how to live zero waste on the road, and how to travel smarter. (https://corinneloperfido.com/)

4pm:Make Your Own Toothpaste and Mouthwash

4:30pm: DIY Reusable Beeswax Food Wraps (Session 1)

Goodbye plastic wrap! Make these reusable food wraps using wax and scrap fabric. Limited seats

5pm: Talking Trash in NYC with Common Ground Compost

Common Ground Compost is coming to talk trash. How does waste work in NYC? Where does our trash and recycling go? What's the problem with food waste, and how does composting work? Isn't there a big machine that sorts all my trash for me after I throw it away? (No!) Common Ground Compost's Founder, Laura Rosenshine, will inform us, dispel myths, and answer questions about waste in our fair City. (http://commongroundcompost.com/)

5pm: Macrame plant hanger from recycled t-shirt yarn with Debbie Stoller

Join Debbie Stoller, BUST's Editor-in-Chief and bestselling craft book author, and learn how to make a simple plant hanger using Hoooked's RibbonXL yarn, made from recycled t-shirts. Limited seats

6pm: Fungi Are The Future: How Mushrooms Will Save Our World with Craig Trester

Fungi are the keystone species that interconnect every facet of life in our world. This talk, by Mycologist Craig Trester, will highlight the supreme influence these ancient and often overlooked organisms have upon our health, society, environment and also provide a succinct peek into the Fungal Queendom from the perspectives of ecology, anthropology, pharmacology, and bioremediation. The talk will also feature a brief workshop component that teaches attendees how to perform low tech and low cost mushroom cultivation techniques that can be replicated at home with upcycled materials. Participants are encouraged to bring their own reusable container or an upcycled plastic one to house the mycelial culture they will take home from the workshop. Cardboard, paper, and cellulose based packaging materials or food containers can also be brought as an effective upcycled substrate that can be used to feed your culture of mycelium. (https://www.instagram.com/nyc.myc/?hl=en)

7pm: DIY Reusable Beeswax Food Wraps (Session II)

Goodbye plastic wrap! Make these reusable food wraps using wax and scrap fabric. Limited seats

7pm: Life Without Plastic

Join panelists from the zero waste grocery delivery service, The Wally Shop; compostable lip balm line Wilde Canyon; and bio-degradable glitter company BioGlitz, for a Q+A about the struggles and successes of trying to have a zero waste business. Learn from their experience about how they are rethinking packaging, what kinds of challenges they face, and creative solutions you might apply to your business to eliminate toxic plastics and unnecessary packaging.

7:30pm: Performances by Nate& Hila

@nateandhila (formerly Killin H8) are a duo of emcees / performance artists who combine hip-hop, comedy and philosophy to advance social consciousness. Their main areas of focus are Ecology and Sex Positivity -- they invite you to think, laugh, and booty-shake your way into actively loving your planet, and your self. If you've ever yearned for high-concept raps about bee and plant reproduction, composting, zero-waste and species diversity (who hasn't?), then these are the clownish, contemplative rappers you need in your life.

8pm-10pm: Zero Wasted Sober Dance Party

All day: Zine Making Workshop

All day: Clothing Swap

Bring your used clothing, accessories, shoes, bags, jewelry, hats, and scarves to the clothing swap! There will be a community free pile of unwanted clothes available to everyone who comes, even if you dont bring anything to swap. Why throw something away or give it to the thrift when there is someone out there who might love it? Bring your unwanted tshirts and other cotton clothes and learn how to make them into cloth produce bags, pee rags, cloth tissues, and other upcycled items to help you live a better zero waste life and use what you already have. All leftover good will be donated.

All Day : Basic Hand & Machine Sewing

Jessica Rowell will help you to learn how to mend your own clothes, patch your own holes, sew back on your own buttons, and even make a cloth produce bag from your used t-shirts. Bring an item you want to fix and come learn some easy mending techniques for keeping clothes for much longer than the fashion industry would want us to.

All Day: Book Swap

One woman's trashy novel is another woman's treasure! Bring some books, take some books, and you'll have reading for the rest of the summer for free.

Attend!

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the event

Tickets include admission to all talks, panels, swaps, demos, performances, and Zero Wasted dance party.

All tickets include a 1-year BUST digital subscription for you or a friend. (Regularly $14.95)

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