sustainability

Ask the Organizer Trash Talk

Ask The Organizer 2026 Series: Trash Talk

Join us for a focused conversation on diverting items from the landfill for the benefit of our community, featuring special guests Jam Sheppard from Community Warehouse, Mackendree Thompson from ReclaimIt, and Liz Starke from Non-Profit Divas!

November 4, 2026, 5:00-6:00 PM Pacific Time on Zoom (Virtual)

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Women working in a garment factory

Ask The Organizer 2026 Series: Fast Fashion

Ask The Organizer 2026 Series: “Fast Fashion” - Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Pacific on Zoom. This event has passed. You can watch the replay below! Fast fashion makes clothing inexpensive and convenient, but what are its hidden environmental and...

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Bathroom drawer of sustainable hygiene products.

Sustainable Personal Hygiene

Sustainable personal hygiene: Such beauty shouldn’t go to waste! I was at the drugstore yesterday and practically fainted at the hundreds of hair products, face washes, moisturizers, and body care products…all packaged in plastic bottles. Naturally, I wondered: do we...

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Cleaning caddy of zero-waste housekeeping products

Zero-Waste Housekeeping

Zero-Waste Housekeeping: Your grandmother would be proud! Think about this for a minute: Our grandmothers practiced the original version of zero-waste housekeeping. They cleaned with rags, not paper towels, and used homemade cleaning products. I remember my Greek...

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Woman holding shopping bags

(Don’t) Shop Till You Drop

Welcome to month two of our zero-waste year! If you’ve read last month’s blog (and who wouldn’t, as it’s such fabulous writing☺), you know we’re doing a full year of zero-waste challenges, working toward creating less trash to help save our planet. This month, our...

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