Brown Bag Webinars
Free webinars on LCA and sustainability topics
EarthShift Global is pleased to announce a series of free sustainability 'Brown Bag' webinars. These webinars covering a wide range of topics and are delivered by leaders in their respective fields. Each webinar is typically held from 1-2 PM Eastern time with a presentation followed by a Q&A Session.
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Upcoming Webinar:
State-level Agricultural Data: Collection and Effects on Life Cycle Assessment
DATE: April 25, 2024
TIME: 1pm-2pm ET
PRESENTER:
Juanita Barrera, EarthShift Global Senior Sustainability Analyst
DESCRIPTION:
In partnership with ecoinvent, EarthShift Global recently gathered data to build new datasets on grain corn (maize), soybeans, sweet corn, and potatoes based on the state in which the crop was grown. Collecting data on the state level was an important distinction because the differing agricultural practices (types and quantities fertilizers, pesticides and machinery, among other factors) can affect the environmental impacts.
The new ecoinvent datasets include a detailed description of the assumptions and calculations. This allows practitioners to use the data to trace how the calculations were developed and to make adjustments as appropriate.
In this webinar, a description of these datasets will be presented and we will discuss the effect of higher resolution data (state data level) on the LCA results.
PRESENTER BIO:
Juanita Barrera is a Senior Sustainability Analyst at EarthShift Global with extensive LCA experience across a range of industries, with particular expertise in agriculture, textiles, and consumer products.
Juanita’s background includes evaluation of alternatives to recovering chromic acid from the water used for the production process of tin-free steel, and potential water reuse in the production cycle, and many projects related to the calculation of the Global Warming Potential of Biogenic Carbon Flows. She has also worked on projects for quantifying impacts and benefits related to Land Use Change.
She holds an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Ecology from the Universities of Leiden and Delft in the Netherlands.
Past Brown Bag Webinars:
You can access recordings of prior webinars on the EarthShift Global Official YouTube channel and via the links provided below.
Use of LCA in North American Policy
January 2024
Surveying the Environmental Impact of Alternative Proteins via LCA
December 2023
Supply Chain Management for Circular Economy in Latin America
October 2023
Benchmarking, Storytelling, and Mitigation: How Spiber, a Cutting Edge Biotechnology Company, Applies LCA
September 2023
Sustainable by Design
July 2023
LCA In Reality from Data to Decisions by Kiyotada Hayashi PhD
June 2023
An Industrial Ecosystem at Work
May 2023
Measuring the Social What, How, Who, and Why
April 2023
PART 2 Understanding Biogenic Carbon: The Science and Application of Biogenic Carbon in Life Cycle Assessment
March 2023 - Part 2
PART 1 Understanding Biogenic Carbon: The Science and Application of Biogenic Carbon in Life Cycle Assessment
February 2023 - Part 1
Impacts of Plastic Litter in LCA: Developments & New Findings
January 2023
LCA for Emerging Technologies
December 2022
Circular Design in Electronics Industry
September 2022
Advancing SMART Futures for Global Sustainability
August 2022
Five Misperceptions Surrounding the Environmental Impacts of Single-Use Plastic
July 2022
CELAVI Framework: Current & Future Capabilities & Applications
June 2022
Using Planetary Boundaries with LCA for Absolute Sustainability Assessment and Target-setting
April 2022
Sustainability Focused Innovation
March 2022
Why Do I Need A Critical Review
February 2022
LCA Study of the Substitution Policy in Colombia
January 2022
Paths to Carbon Neutrality Panel Discussion featuring: Navitas Semiconductor, Interface, HP Inc.
September 2021
Sustainable Water Mgmt for Decarbonizing Fossil Power Gen by Tim Skone, DOE
July 2021
Anticipatory LCA Approach to Improve Climate from Emerging Carbon Capture and Utilization Technologies: NREL
June 2021
HP Taking LCA One Step Further by Tom Etheridge
May 2021
Balancing Creativity & Data, Making Sustainability Easier: TrueNorth Collective
April 2021
Packaging LCA in the Automotive Industry: Cummins
February 2021
Gaining Traction with your Sustainability Initiative: WholeWorks
January 2021
Tackling the Plastic Pollution Crisis: WWF
November 2020
Circularity for Packaging - Past, Present and Future: PTIS
October 2020
Reconciling Values and Facts in Comparative LCA by Valentina Prado
August 2020
Apportionment Lowering Energy Investments: Eastman Energy
July 2020
LCA of an Innovative Shelf Life Extension Technology: Apeel Sciences
May 2020
LCA In the Sub-National Context: Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality
April 2020
Ice Core Tales of Climate Change from Opposite Ends of Earth: UNH EOS
March 2020
Earth Stories & Why They Matter
February 2020
Communicating Sustainability Using Storytelling
November 2019
Lifecycle of Building Materials & Other Embodied Carbon: Thornton Tomasetti
October 2019
Environmental Impacts of Alluvial Gold Mining, Peruvian Amazon: PELCAN
September 2019
The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings: stok
May 2019
LCA and Biomimicry: Arizona State University
April 2019
CO2 Sequestration by Methane Eating Bacteria: Stanford University
March 2019
Anticipatory LCA Explorative Comparative Design with Lise Laurin
February 2019
Anticipatory LCA 101 with Valentina Prado
January 2019
Eliminating the Idea of Waste with TerraCycle
November 2018
Can We Reverse Climate Change: Interface
October 2018
Goals & Tools to Drive Sustainability: Dow
September 2018
Sustainability Services: Waste Management
June 2018