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Creative Reuse Abroad

Our Administrator Maggi Peachey recently visited England for vacation and was thrilled to find and visit four different Creative Reuse Centers (Scrapstores as they’re called there) during her trip. Here is more about her visit to each one and some of the programs they offer to help reduce creative materials from ending up in landfills. 1. Gloucester Resource Centre and Scrapstore:    Beth Hill, CEO, of Gloucester Resource Centre was kind enough to give me a Read more…

By Maggi Peachey, ago

Low waste shopping

If you read Sustainably Amber’s post on Tips for Reducing Food Waste, you might be in the market for eco-friendly grocery shopping. Amber has collated some excellent tips just for you! Always keep your reusable bags in your vehicle – that way you will never forget them. For those times you do forget them try to opt for brown bags. (Brown bags are great for wrapping paper too!) Some stores like Sprouts Farmers Market will even Read more…

By Maggi Peachey, ago

Clothes Swap

The most environmentally friendly option that has been gaining a lot of traction over the past few years is the “Clothes Swap”, a small party where people bring valued but no longer used clothing and exchange them for a few items brought in by another participant.

By Maggi Peachey, ago

Earth Day 2021—Restore our Earth

Every now and then, I think about this particular scene in “The Graduate,” a 1967 film with Dustin Hoffman. “One word: Plastics”   In retrospect, it seems a harbinger of our current plastic pollution woes. Indeed, according to a July 2019 National Geographic Magazine article, “Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them.” Plastic by the numbers—same Read more…

By Maggi Peachey, ago