Field Notes

Recap of Park City Song Summit 2025: Where Wellness Leads and the Music Follows
Recap of Park City Song Summit 2025: Where Wellness Leads and the Music Follows
As presenting partner, A New Earth Project joined artists, fans, and organizers in Park City’s City Park for a weekend that put mental health, connection, and conversation at center stage. There’s a special kind of electricity that happens when a community chooses intention over spectacle. This year’s Park City Song...
Aug 22, 2025
Policy Progress We Can All Get Behind: Why the CIRCLE Act Matters
Policy Progress We Can All Get Behind: Why the CIRCLE Act Matters
by Caroline DeLoach, Director of Sustainability, Atlantic Packaging & A New Earth Project If you work in sustainable packaging, you’ve probably heard this line before: “It’s technically recyclable.” But until we modernize the systems that actually collect, sort, and reprocess our materials, “technically recyclable” remains just that: technical, not practical....
Aug 04, 2025
Legacy & Style: A Conversation with Kevin Tillis of Kennedy Gray
Legacy & Style: A Conversation with Kevin Tillis of Kennedy Gray
Hi, my name is Kevin Tillis. I’m the founder of Kennedy Gray, a menswear brand based in Charleston, South Carolina focused on classics with a little character. The name “Kennedy Gray” is deeply personal. Kennedy is my middle name, and Gray is my mom’s maiden name. But more than that,...
Aug 01, 2025
Voluntary Mitigation: Industry's Role in Championing Conservation
Voluntary Mitigation: Industry's Role in Championing Conservation
Industry accounts for the largest environmental footprint on the planet. With that impact comes a profound responsibility, not only to reduce harm, but to invest in the restoration of what sustains us.  Voluntary Mitigation is a forward-looking strategy in which companies proactively conserve natural ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, and...
Jul 07, 2025
Why Public Lands Matter to the Work We Do
Why Public Lands Matter to the Work We Do
By Lyn Tally, Atlantic Packaging Last month, I traveled to Washington with a group of business leaders and outdoor advocates from across the country- all members of The Conservation Alliance. Together, we met with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to talk about something we all care about: protecting...
Jun 11, 2025
Composting Consortium Grant Program
Composting Consortium Grant Program
In an effort to build a circular economy, we support initiatives that give communities the tools they need to keep valuable materials—like food scraps and compostable packaging—out of landfills and in circulation. That’s why we’re proud to support the 2025 Composting Consortium Grant Program, launched by Closed Loop Partners in...
May 21, 2025