Gaia Strategies
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Gaia Strategies is, according to its PR, an "public affairs" and "environmental business."[1] Its principal is Kendall Christiansen, who is also a senior consultant for InSinkerator and who was mentioned in documents obtained under an open records investigation of collusion among the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and various external individuals and entities in the defense and promotion of promoting sewage sludge as "organic biosolids compost." (See Chez Sludge for background information. SFPUC Open Records Investigation 2010 is an article containing a list of all individuals mentioned in the internal documents.)
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Support for the Toxic Sludge Industry
Gaia Strategies is a member of the following sewage sludge industry groups:
- Northwest "Biosolids" Management Association[2]
- Mid-Atlantic "Biosolids" Association[3]
- American Biogas Council[4]
- US Composting Council (under Christiansen's name and another company of which he is a principle, Gaia Recycle LLC)[5]
Participant in the 2011 BioCycle 11th Annual Conference on "Renewable Energy from Organics Recycling"
Christiansen represented Gaia Strategies as a participant in the 2011 BioCycle 11th Annual Conference on "Renewable Energy from Organics Recycling." BioCycle Magazine is a publication serving the interests of the sewage sludge industry.[6]
Contact
151 Maple Street
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Phone: (718) 941-9535
Email: kendall@gaiastrategies.com
Resources
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References
- ↑ Kendall Christiansen, Cities of the Future: Changing How We Think About Food Scraps, presentation to the Virginia Recycling Association, May 2010
- ↑ Northwest Biosolids Management Association, Subscriber Companies, organizational website, accessed November 5, 2011
- ↑ Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association, August 2010 Membership Directory, organizational website, accessed November 5, 2011
- ↑ American Biogas Council, Membership List, organizational website, accessed November 5, 2011
- ↑ US Composting Council, Member List (subscription required), organizational website, accessed November 5, 2011
- ↑ BioCycle, Exhibitor Directory, publisher's website, accessed November 3, 2011
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