Washington, DC | sjones@ilsr.org

Sophia works on the Composting for Community team at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) researching, analyzing, and building local and federal US policies that advance community composting. Her policy work focuses on advancing diverse and distributed approaches to composting to create jobs, enhance soils, protect the climate, and reduce waste. Sophia received her Bachelor of Arts in Environment and Development Studies from McGill University and also has an introductory certificate in Permaculture.

Session Code: 4E

Track: Advocacy/Policy

Session Name: Master Mind

Session Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM

Presentation Title: Strategies For Championing Local Composting

Presentation Description: This session will include brainstorming, peer-to-peer learning focused on big picture thinking for how to address policy, investment and equipment needs for scaling up local composting.

Session Code: 6E

Track: Advocacy/Policy

Session Name: Master Mind

Session Time: 2:00 – 3:30 PM

Presentation Title: Healthy Soils & Compost Policy

Presentation Description: From micro-plastics and PFAS contamination, to on-farm compost use and nutrient management, there is significant overlap between healthy soils policy and composting policy, warranting a need to better integrate the synergies between the two issue areas. This session will convene stakeholders and interested parties to discuss and support development of policy advocacy efforts to highlight the synergies between composting policies and soil health policies, and to move legislation forward across the country.