Reduce/Reuse
A few thoughts about waste, awareness, and November.
Imagine your perfect 4th-Thursday-in-November holiday scenario. What does it look like? In the year 2020 (an election year, at that), the economy isn’t doing great and many people have lost…
Read More3 Tips for a Low Waste Halloween
Halloween! Such a fun fantastical holiday when you can really be whoever you want to be: Storm from the X-Men? Willy Wonka? Or popular and scary Freddy Krueger? Well, even…
Read MoreLearn from the kids: reusables!
Reusables! They are the best. Sometimes they do require an upfront investment, but over time, as you use, the costs equalize. Yes, costs. You won’t have to buy single-use disposables…
Read MoreRethink Waste in and around your garden with Bend Urban Gardens
There is so much waste that can happen in backyard gardening: building materials, toxic chemicals from herbicides and pesticides, not to mention water, energy, and food waste potentials that can…
Read MoreOut the door with disposable diapers? And other questions answered by the pros.
Waste with babies! It can be overwhelming when you start to look at the increase in volume of waste in your garbage can when an infant joins the household: Diapers!…
Read MoreRethink Waste: DIY Beeswax Wrap!
We’re up to our armpits in our second Rethink Food Waste Challenge! Folks are learning all about ways to reduce their household food waste through shopping with a list, keeping…
Read MoreSpringtime Reuse in the Garden
Spring is in full-fledged now. Frosty nights (my chicken’s water was frozen over this morning) make way for warm days and sprouting seeds. As you move through your garden deciding…
Read MoreThe Zero Waste Movement Will Survive COVID-19
This is a scary time. There is an overflow of information about what to do, where to go, what to touch, how to interact. It’s overwhelming. There are some provocative…
Read MoreCommunity Grants Awarded For Waste Reduction
Five organizations / businesses have won a grant from The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Community Grants Program to support waste reduction efforts! Out of 30 compelling applications, there were three…
Read MorePre-owned Paradise: Deschutes County, Oregon!
Secondhand. Worn. Hand-me-downs. Nearly new. Old. There are a lot of words for shopping used. Whatever you call it, shopping used rather than new is an excellent way to help…
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