Sip & Spark: Circular Economy Edition

9 speakers. 3 minutes each. One night that'll change how you think about climate action. Sip & Spark is CCH's flagship talk series. Fast, sharp, and always followed by real conversation. This Climate Week NYC edition puts the circular economy center stage: what it actually looks like when a city stops thinking in straight lines (make → use → toss) and starts thinking in loops. Expect 9 lightning talks from NYC changemakers working on the ground in food, energy, reuse, and beyond. Each gets one big idea, one bold solution, or one story to make their case. Then the floor opens for questions and networking over food and drinks. Why circular economy, why now It's not just a buzzword, it's a design problem. How we make, use, and recover the things we depend on is one of the biggest levers we have for cutting waste at scale. This is your chance to hear directly from the people building that future in NYC, right now. Speakers - Brooklyn Creative Reuse: creative reuse and circularity in action - Brooklyn Solar Works: renewable energy and building circular systems in NYC - Anna Sacks: NYC waste expert, legislation advocate, and social media educator - Big Reuse: community-based initiatives that minimize waste and build a more resilient NYC - BK Rot: NYC's first bike-powered food waste hauling and composting service - 350 Brooklyn: a volunteer-driven group that mobilizes people to take effective local action to address the climate crisis. - Anish Malpani: founder of Without, a materials company in Pune, India that recycles multi-layered plastic and mixed textiles, the waste almost nobody can recycle, into materials brands can actually use. - Diamond Spratling: climate justice advocate & speaker - Louis Vassar Semanchik: NYC Mushroom network Who this is for - Sustainability professionals and advocates - Corporate sustainability teams - Creatives, founders, and entrepreneurs - Community members who want to learn and connect - Anyone curious what a circular economy actually looks like in practice