Cascades Academy Classroom Composting
Cascades Academy is implementing an easy to understand, functional composting system for current classes and classes to come.
Read MoreA Garden Compost with Worms
COIC Skills Lab implemented a composting project using a SubPod vermiculture station with worms, diverting 500 pounds of waste each year and reaching and educating 150+ youth and 25+ staff in the process.
Read MoreCOCC Recycling Education Program
COCC designed and installed signage across campus to reduce recycling contamination and increase diversion of recyclables from the landfill, with a pilot of new recycling stations in key areas of campus, followed by a roll-out to other areas of campus.
Read MoreRAD Plarn Plant Pots!
RAD (Reduce All Detritus) purchased a large spinning wheel and other tools and supplies to create large pots from plastic bags and bottles.
Read MoreDesert Sky Montessori’s Recycling Hut
Desert Sky Montessori built and developed a Recycling Hut, a collection facility made from upcycled materials to collect various materials not accepted in curbside carts.
Read MoreComing In Hot Composting at Worthy
Worthy Environmental will use the Community Innovation Fund to purchase a composter and rain barrel to achieve a hot composting process and host two free composting workshops.
Read MoreRethink Your Drink
Sunriver Owners Association implemented a “Rethink your Drink” campaign, eliminating all single-use styrofoam coffee cups and offering only re-usable ceramic mugs for coffee, eliminating 18,250 styrofoam cups per year and raising awareness for simple sustainable choices in daily life.
Read MoreSOSS (Super Outdoor Sorting Signage) at COCC
COCC developed and installed permanent waste sorting signage outside of the Wickiup Residence Hall, and also created portable sorting signage for events around the residence hall.
Read MoreOSU-Cascades Composts
OSU-Cascades Sustainability Club purchased composters to convert their yard and food waste to compost.
Read MoreLCA Community Reusable Dishware
Latino Community Association used the Community Innovation Fund in 2022 to purchase reusable food and drinkware for their Community Room. The space gets rented at least 3x a week for events where food and drink is served and saves about 100-200 items of related single-use waste for each event.
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