SPI@ND: November policy forum, 2020 Science Communication Day at the State House, and more

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Hi all,

Thank you to all who came to our last few co-sponsored events as well as our concession stand. Just a couple of updates and upcoming events: 

A friendly reminder that our next policy forum meeting will be NEXT week Thursday and not the week after due to Thanksgiving break. Join us to talk about the future of recycling and how much our "recycling" actually ends up in landfills. 

Help aid in our discussion. Submit your questions ahead of time here. 

SPI@ND November Policy Forum: Saving Recycling from the Trash Bin

How much of your “recycling” ends up in a landfill? Recycling has long been touted as a solution for many of our sustainability issues, however, we must deal with low recycling rates, high rates of contamination, and fewer markets abroad for our recycling. Sustainability offices and recycling companies must craft new policies to craft a new way forward for the future of recycling. Join SPI on Thursday, Nov 21st at 5:00 PM in Room 106 Duncan Student Center in welcoming Notre Dame’s Caitlin Jacobs and Borden Waste Away’s Logan Miller in a discussion about the future of recycling.

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Next semester we will be hosting our 2nd annual Science Communication Day at the Indiana state house! Our goal is to make this bigger and better than ever before. Training and preparation on how to speak and present to lawmakers will be provided. Sign ups are now open and available here. If you have additional questions, please check our website or contact us directly (scip...@nd.edu). 

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Our next Science Cafe will be on Tuesday, Nov. 26th at 7:30 PM at the Chicory Cafe Mishawaka branch location. We will be discussing self autimated drones and how they can potentially impact our everyday life with Dr. Jane Cleland-Huang. Be sure to also mark your calendar with all of our future events.  

Here is a picture of some of SPI in Wisconsin for the National Science Policy Symposium a few weeks ago! Thank you to all who participated!

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Science Policy Initiative at Notre Dame (SPI@ND)

Promoting dialogue at the interface of science and public policy

Member of the National Science Policy Network (NSPN)

Alexandra Chirakos, Co-President

Robert Stanley, Co-President

Hannah McGarraugh, Programming Director

Agust Olafsson, Treasurer

Sasha Padilla, Communications Director

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