<div dir="ltr"><br><div><img src="cid:ii_l8nfpm2m0" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div>Composting is one of the best ways to keep waste out of the landfill and put it to good use.  The <b>Oklahoma Compost and Sustainability Association</b> is Oklahoma's expert on composting.  We highly recommend that you check out this conference.  Feel free to share this information with anyone you know who is interested in composting.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:48px 24px 12px"><div style="height:24px;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:rgb(244,244,244);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;width:612px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/d85ef9696710/register-for-2022-oklahoma-compost-conference?e=a66fc1e5bb" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-break:break-word">View this email in your browser</a></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 24px"><img width="564" alt="Logo" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/ed2e5d5470b7880877f76125f/images/6eb81e0b-e874-97ae-a43a-85bbf803b3a1.png?w=564&dpr=2" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; width: 564px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 24px"><div style="height:237.75px;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:rgb(244,244,244);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;width:612px"><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-size:31.248px">Register for the 2022 Oklahoma Compost Conference!</h1><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word">The 8th Annual Oklahoma Compost Conference is set for Thursday, October 6, 2022 at Will Rogers Gardens in Oklahoma City featuring keynote speaker Brenda Platt from the Institute for Local Self Reliance. The theme for this year is Regener8, and we welcome your registration and attendance. New for this year, we are offering OCASA membership opportunities! See details below.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 24px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;background-color:rgb(198,10,10);border-radius:0px;text-align:center"><a href="https://fertilegroundokc.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed2e5d5470b7880877f76125f&id=c6656d0bb9&e=a66fc1e5bb" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);word-break:break-word;border-radius:0px;border:2px solid rgb(198,10,10);display:inline-block;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:16px;padding:16px 28px;text-decoration-line:none;min-width:30px">Register to Attend</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 0px"><img width="236.99999999999997" alt="" role="presentation" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/ed2e5d5470b7880877f76125f/images/572107cb-037b-475d-33cc-4857a6916b4f.jpg?w=237&dpr=2" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; outline: none; width: 237px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 24px"><div style="height:86.5px;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:rgb(244,244,244);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:center;width:612px"><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-size:31.248px">Keynote Speaker: Brenda Platt</h1><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:31.248px">Institute for Local Self Reliance</h1></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 24px"><div style="height:288px;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:rgb(244,244,244);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;width:612px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word">Our Keynote Speaker for the 2022 conference is <a href="https://fertilegroundokc.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed2e5d5470b7880877f76125f&id=c8904c0cfd&e=a66fc1e5bb" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-break:break-word">Brenda Platt with the Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR)</a>. Brenda directs ILSR’s Composting for Community project, which is advancing locally based composting in order to create jobs, enhance soils, sequester carbon, reduce waste, and build more resilient and healthy communities. She has worked 33 years fighting trash burners and promoting waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting, particularly recycling-based jobs.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word">Brenda’s Keynote address is titled "Composting for Community, Business and Ecological Health: A Review of What, Why & How”. Brenda will cover the importance of local and decentralized composting to community economic development and environmental health and suggest a strategy for implementation (via a mix of investment, policies, education, and collaboration).</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word"></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 0px"><img width="542.9999999999999" alt="" role="presentation" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/ed2e5d5470b7880877f76125f/images/e263d06c-7838-e5e7-392c-3c1f95f0121c.png?w=543&dpr=2" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; width: 543px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 24px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;background-color:rgb(198,10,10);border-radius:0px;text-align:center"><a href="https://fertilegroundokc.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed2e5d5470b7880877f76125f&id=9f7029a04d&e=a66fc1e5bb" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);word-break:break-word;border-radius:0px;border:2px solid rgb(198,10,10);display:inline-block;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:16px;padding:16px 28px;text-decoration-line:none;min-width:30px">Register to Attend</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;background-color:transparent;padding:20px 24px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:transparent"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(0,0,0)"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:8px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" id="m_-7690460207853354878x_section_487cd15f9f6cef28f8330fa2d22dc49b" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="12" width="100%" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%" style="word-break:break-word;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;padding:12px 0px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>