This week Ann Karp of Sideways Gaze Signs unleashed her artistry upon 60 feet of fir at Home ReSource. Her tools? A quart of green paint, a ruler, and a paint brush. Her mission? To paint our mission: “Home ReSource collects and sells resuable building materials to reduce waste and […]
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Home ReSource now has a Communty Room. It’s where our ZWAP! field trips take place and it’s where other awesome things can happen. Things like the FREE WildWalk Parade Workshop that starts tomorrow and runs every Saturday through April 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Help build giant puppets, […]
We don’t decide which of Missoula’s buildings come down. But we are always grateful for the opportunity to keep the materials from the ones that do come down out of the landfill and in our community. No building in our 10-year history of deconstruction has meant more to Missoula than […]
The City of Missoula, together with Home ReSource and other community partners, is excited to launch “ZERO by FIFTY: Missoula’s Pathway to Zero Waste,” with a series of community listening sessions, March 2nd, 7th, and 8th. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend a session. Please mark your calendars […]
We built a wall for the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and installed it at the Elks Lodge where it will stay for the duration of the festival. While the function of the wall is to transform the large hall into a temporary theater, each of the wall’s seven panels […]
ZWAP! 2.0 ZWAP!, our Zero Waste Ambassador Program for fifth graders, has come a long way since we wrapped our first semester last May. This week, the educational adventure continues with a new game-based format. Students will play ZWAP! The Game, Let’s Build This!, and the Wheel of Zero, a […]
Josh Masias, our 2017 Artist in Residence, only started last week and he has already knocked out his first piece, entitled “Frame of Expansion” (pictured). Josh is finishing up his BFA at UM School of Art and has transformed our mezzanine into a temporary art studio where he will spend […]
We collaborated with Mamalode to build a minivan from scrap wood that was burned at their Burning (mini)Van event during First Night Missoula to raise awareness of the need for suicide prevention. We were happy to contribute to such a cathartic close to 2016.
Thanks for another great year, Missoula. Here’s our 2016 Top Ten highlights… Best Green Business 700 tons ZWAP! Missoula Zero Waste Resolution Reuse potential Big decon Youth skills building Growing our staff Celebrating Missoula’s culture of reuse Home sweet Home ReSource We were voted Best Green Business for a 2nd […]