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Women in Circularity—Aligned Training for Women in the Circular Economy
Women in Circularity collaborates with aligned mission‑driven training programs that help women develop careers and build businesses rooted in the circular economy. These promotional partnerships expand access to high‑quality values‑driven learning experiences for women ready to lead in the sustainable materials management, zero waste and circularity sectors. To collaborate with us, contact MaryEllen Etienne.

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Built from Burnout | By Danni Schaust
Women in Waste | By Stacy Savage

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Built from Burnout | By Danni Schaust

Built from Burnout: Alchemize to Rise is a small-group, virtual burnout recovery coaching program, geared. This nine-week virtual coaching program is geared towards neurodivergent, queer and/or burnout women and femmes looking for real-life strategies and tips to heal their burnout and move forward confidently into 2027 in a container with like-minded folks.

Who Is Taking the Program
This program supports women and femmes who want to:

Learn practical skills to address burnout in waste, zero waste or circularity
Shift from a fight or flight mindset into the rest and digest state of being
Gain embodied practices to use during and beyond the program
Heal and support their nervous systems in like-minded community
Receive coaching and advice from someone who’s been there firsthand

What Participants Gain
Folks will walk away with nervous system regulation tools and applied burnout recovery practice to support them well beyond the program:

A supportive group of like-minded neurospicy, queer allied women and femmes growing and healing in community
Nine weekly coaching sessions
Embodiment practices support nervous system regulation
Custom built resources to support burnout recovery and an intentional rest practice
Private, ongoing coaching support between sessions through the Voxer platform

Why It Matters
Many women in sustainability have the expertise but lack a clear roadmap to turn it into a business. Women in Waste fills that gap by offering structure, community and a practical plan to build a circularity consulting practice rooted in impact, autonomy and purpose.

Meet Your Instructor: Danni Schaust
Danni Schaust (she/they) is a TRUE Advisor, RYT® 200 registered yoga teacher, and Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Facilitator who first came to yoga in 2013 while navigating chronic stress and burnout. What began as a personal healing practice has grown into a deep passion for community, embodied movement, and lifelong learning.

Danni believes her dharma—her purpose or mission in life—is to empower people both on and off the mat. Her offerings emphasize nervous system regulation techniques, cultivating present‑moment awareness, and interoception - consciously guiding people back to their breath and bodies. Danni completed her 200‑hour training at Myriad Yoga in Indianapolis in 2021 and has since taught hundreds of hours of group classes, private sessions, workshops, and special events.

Off the mat, Danni is busy consulting on sustainability challenges through her day job or spending precious time with her husband, Will, and their Labrador retriever, Stevie. She’s a musician, coffee lover, tarot practitioner, avid reader, meditator, journaler, and enthusiastic houseplant and gardening nerd. She runs a small business, Dharma with Danni, and loves traveling, hiking, and exploring whenever she can.

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Click here to register for the next cohort. When you book, please use the promo code "WIC” for a 5% discount.

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Women in Waste | By Stacy Savage

Women in Waste: Consulting for Women in Waste—a cohort-based consultancy training program—is the first aligned offering to be promoted through Women in Circularity. This 6‑month online training equips women with the structure, confidence and roadmap to turn their sustainability expertise into a thriving circularity-based consulting business.

Who Is Taking the Program
This program supports women who want to:

Launch a consulting business in waste, zero waste or circularity
Shift from employee to founder mindset
Package their expertise into credible values‑aligned services
Build a purpose‑driven business with clarity and confidence

What Participants Gain
Women graduate with a real business foundation, not just ideas. The program provides:

A supportive network of women in sustainability
Step‑by‑step business planning
Biweekly expert support and private community access
Clarity on services, clients and pricing
Certificate upon completion

Meet Your Instructor: Stacy Savage
Stacy Savage, known as The Texas Trash Talker, brings more than 22 years of zero‑waste leadership to Women in Waste. Raised on the Gulf Coast with parents who worked in oil refineries, she understands disaster awareness and preparedness firsthand after escaping multiple hurricanes throughout her upbringing. Stacy played a pivotal role in passing statewide laws requiring free responsible manufacturer recycling of computers in 2007 and televisions in 2011. In 2013 she founded Zero Waste Strategies LLC, where she helps businesses, government agencies and institutions reduce waste for increased revenue, deeper customer loyalty, employee empowerment and a stronger green marketing edge, serving clients such as Dell, AT&T, Apple, Nestle Purina, Kohler, Boston University and the City of Austin. She serves on the boards of the National Recycling Coalition and the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling, is a certified TRUE Advisor through the US Green Building Council and volunteers as a business mentor with the Austin Young Chamber.

Learn More

Click here to learn more and here to apply to join the next cohort. When you apply, please use the referral code "Women in Circularity".

💡 Important Note: “Women in Circularity®” is the intellectual property of MaryEllen Etienne. All uses of the name or format must be licensed and/or approved by her.

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