Sarah Pierpont, Executive Director of the New Mexico Recycling Coalition, is the guest speaker for the April 27 Voices of Los Alamos meeting. Photo Courtesy VOLA

VOICES OF LOS ALAMOS NEWS

Join us from the comfort of your own home for the first virtual Voices of Los Alamos meeting on April 27, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Zoom video link will be provided the day before event on the Voices of LA Facebook page and via the VOLA email list. If you’re not part of either of these outlets, email wmwlosalamos@gmail.com to request it.

Speaker Sarah Pierpont, Executive Director of the New Mexico Recycling Coalition, will present on some higher level plastics recycling both at the national and state level.

Sarah Pierpont started her career in the recycling field as the coordinator of the Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival in 2005 while she was also working to keep forest trimmings out of landfills as part of a Collaborative Forest Restoration Project. As the Executive Director of the NM Recycling Coalition, Sarah is inspired by the less obvious benefits that recycling brings to communities, such as economic development, jobs, community building and quality of life. She holds a degree in Geology from Colorado College and a master’s equivalent in Geography from UCLA. She lives in Santa Fe with her husband and two daughters.

Future VOLA speakers will be rescheduled for video conferencing:

• Philo Shelton, Public Utility Board on new solar power contract

• Marco Serna, First Judicial District Attorney in Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Rio Arriba Counties

• June 22, Lisa Bakosi, Environmental Sustainability Board