zero waste
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)
Even a little effort is enough. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all practice zero-waste perfectly, and the planet would be miraculously saved by our collective amazingness? Well, the reality is that real life can make it very challenging just to get by sometimes,...
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...
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...
Welcome to month three of our year-long zero-waste challenge. This month, we’re hungering to take on food prep and storage solutions (p. 69-83 in our guide, Zero Waste, by Shia Su). If you’re like us, you feel guilty when you toss leftovers or expired food—what a...
“Ask The Organizer” 2026 Series: “Where and How to Shop” - Wednesday, February 4, 2026, from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Pacific on Zoom. This event has passed. You can watch the replay below! Discover how everyday shopping habits can be transformed into powerful tools for...
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...
Zero Waste Introduction Happy New Year! And while we’re on the subject, I want to talk about a big New Year’s resolution that Big Rocks is making, and we invite you to join us. We resolve to practice zero waste this year more consciously than we’ve ever done. Now, we...