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Circular Economy for Labs | Community of Practice
Editorial Calendar
Interested in contributing a blog, posing a question to the Forum, or creating a PHIL Talk (People Helping Improve Laboratories) video on your sustainable lab journey? Following is a year’s worth series of seasonal of topic ideas to inspire you to create a post or share your success and lessons learned on a key topic of interest to anyone trying to reduce waste and toxic materials in labs. You will also find examples of previous topics covered and recordings of forums on those topics from the 2024 calendar year. More ideas will populate the calendar throughout the year.
2025
Season | Theme | Blog/Video Ideas | Webinar/Forum Topics |
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Winter | Green Chemistry | Substituting Traditional Chemicals | Green Chemistry Tools |
Spring | LabSavers: Lab Space Optimization | Conduct a lab space evaluation | LabSavers in Action |
Summer | Repurpose Lab Equipment | Organize an equipment swap or donation | Laboratory Equipment Reuse |
Fall | Sustainable Procurement | Reusable alternatives to common supplies | Equitable Procurement |
2024
Month | Theme | Blog Ideas | Video Ideas | Webinars & Forums |
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January | Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam in Labs | Who’s reusing coolers? | Revisiting EPS Foam in Labs | |
February | Know Your Lab's Energy Use | Getting started in lab benchmarking | Lab Benchmarking Tool demo | Labs2Zero Energy Score, February 7, 2024 |
March | Water: It’s Worth Saving | Celebrate World Water Day, March 22 | Ways to save lab water | Lab water assessment | Water Reduction and Reuse March 20, 2024 |
April | Green Labs | Earth Day, April 22
| Earth Day inspiration | Green labs in action | Education Week U.S. and Canadian Green Labs Sessions |
May | Clean Labs, Save Space | Conduct a lab space evaluation | Lab space walk-through | CU Anschutz lab clean-up and space evaluation talk |
June | Animal Bedding Compost | Safely compost animal bedding | Composting in action | Animal Bedding Composting at UAB |
July | Waste/Toxics Reduction | Reducing Single-Use Plastics | Reusing Lab Supplies | Reuse Alternatives to Single-Use Plastic |
August | Freezer Challenge Winners | Freezer Challenge announcement | Cool cold storage efforts | Freezer Challenge Forum |
September | (Give) Back to School | Donate lab equipment to schools | Successful Lab Reuse Programs | I2SL Sustainable Lab Awards Ceremony |
October | Award-Winning Ideas | Green labs leaders recognized | Interviews with I2SL winners | Shut the Sash Pilot Challenge Results Presentation |
November | Lab Recycling | America Recycles Day, November 15 | Hard-to-recycle items or purchasing recycled materials | I2SL Award winner PHIL talks | I2SL International Sustainable Laboratory Award Winners Showcase |
December | Put the Freeze on Ice Packs | What can ship ambient? | Cool ways to reuse ice | Cold shipment alternatives |
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