Education

ANEW is committed to keeping office surplus items in use and out of landfill. ANEW educates by raising awareness about the issues regarding landfill and construction & demolition waste, a primary component of the waste stream. ANEW defines WASTE differently. ANEW sees W.A.S.T.E. as an acronym that stands for We Are Stewards of The Earth. We believe we are all stewards, connected and responsible for incorporating best practice around waste.

ANEWmethod™ is a proven system that minimizes waste and delivers a positive and lasting impact for people, business, and the natural world. ANEWmethod includes:

WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

ANEW offers workshops and presentations on the topics of Surplus Stewardship®, our core program, as well as alternatives to increase circularity for the manufacturing processes and for their distributing agents, including community strengthening & wellness.

ANEW has given presentations at universities (Cal State Long Beach Department of Industrial Design, USC Marshall School of Business, Woodbury University); to architecture & design professionals at sponsor and client locations around the country; to IFMA members at CoreNET trade shows; keynote presentations at several NeoCon conferences in Chicago; and Lunch & Learn presentations across North America.

CEU COURSES

Our accredited Continuing Education Unit (CEU) courses help architecture and design professionals meet required education requirements. Our modules are designed for busy professionals across the US, and are approved by 55 licensing boards.

  • ANEWmethod™: Harnessing Stewardship Strategies for Social & Environmental Impact
    This course offers an exploration of key stewardship strategies - reuse, resale, repurpose, recycle, recover, report + record - as effective tools to foster sustainable resource management and minimize waste, thereby positively impacting communities and the environment.
    Learn more at ceuevents.com >
  • ANEWmethod™: Moving Beyond Sustainability to Stewardship for Social Connectivity and Circularity. Coming soon.

ANEW ANNUAL EARTH WEEK SUMMIT

At our annual summits, ANEW presents project case studies to raise awareness about the ANEWmethod™ for professionals of the built-environment and brings together thought and practice leaders representing global corporate clients, manufacturing, architecture + design, engineering/transportation and higher education to brainstorm today's priorities to create solutions for the future.

The first three annual summits were in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and after a 4-year hiatus due to the pandemic, our 2024 Earth Week Summit took place in April in San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA. Read about our latest summit here >

CASE STUDIES

When working with ANEW, each client receives:

  • a Certificate of Social and Environmental Sustainability which includes the landfill diversion rate and other metrics of Surplus Stewardship®
  • a Tax Receipt that details the community organizations that received their surplus items
  • an Independent Audit to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards
  • a Case Study document that summarizes the project outcome through stewardship, waste minimization, and community impact. Data tracked, documented and independently audited.

These Case Studies are used as tools to convey the importance of keeping items in use and out of landfill; supporting local community donations and material circularity. Case Studies serve as motivational proof to incorporate a stewardship model and to act responsibly. The results clearly illustrate the benefits of partnering with ANEW and to remind us that We Are Stewards of the Earth!

DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING

For over 19 years, ANEW has been educating and collecting data with metrics from national and global companies in across a wide variety of sectors including healthcare, corporate, finance, architecture and design, entertainment, general contracting, product manufacturing, furniture distribution/dealerships and their commercial solutions install + decom companies, and many more.

Data related to 19 years since its founding in 2005:

  • Completed over 1,125 projects domestic and international
  • Over 3.5 million tons diverted and verified through applied alternate strategies of reuse, resale, repurpose, recycle, reclaim + renewable
  • Emphasis reporting on Scope 4 emissions reduction on every project
  • The only woman founded, and woman led non-profit organization dedicated to transformational education for applied practice to the built-environment through its branded programs Surplus Stewardship® and ANEWmethod™.