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Adrian Membrez Collagist Extraordinaire
Collaging in itself is a sustainable art form, however, in terms of Adrian’s own personal sustainability as an artist, he always makes sure to recycle all the paper he doesn’t use.
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All the News that’s Fit to Reuse
Spring is around the corner that means you’re probably prepping to get your garden starting this year. Here are 5 easy tips to help you get started this year that cost nothing.
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All the News that’s Fit to Reuse
You can be eco-friendly while on-to-go. By taking small simple steps to prioritize sustainability, you can start living sustainably as a college student and help fight global warming and climate change.
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85% of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.
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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…
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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.
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Tips for Reducing Food Waste
During the pandemic I became more aware of how I stored my food to maximize its shelf life. As we all know a lot of grocery stores were low on food so I made an effort to make sure I put to use every single piece of food I bought.
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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…
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Food Scraps: Waste or Resource
We throw away 30-40% of our food, 133 billion pounds worth $161 billion, every year. That’s bad!
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Spare Partsventures | Treasures 4 Teachers
One of our new board members, Michelle Treviño, recently visited Treasures 4 Teachers, a Tempe, Arizona organization with a mission “to provide free and low-cost school supplies to teachers from the community’s reusable resources.” I recently had an opportunity to go to Phoenix, Arizona with my husband. During that trip, I visited a local organization called Treasures 4 Teachers. They are a reuse store specifically geared towards helping educators once they become members for an annual fee Read more…