By Jeremy Drake, Community Engagement Manager at Home ReSource.Originally published in Missoula Current, January 18, 2019. A lot is happening in our community right now in support of Zero Waste. From Missoula classrooms to the Montana Legislature, people are stepping up as local heroes of the Zero Waste movement. Who […]
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One is fun. Two is cool. Three is sah-weeeeet! Here are three ways you can support Home ReSource Community Sustainability programs between now and next Tuesday: 1. Vote for Home ReSource in the Lucky’s Market Bags for Change donation program. Voting continues through Monday, January 14th. 2. Join us at the Top Hat […]
Even though Russell St. construction clogged up traffic around Russell & Wyoming, it didn’t bog down reuse as much as we might have thought. When all was was dug up and laid back down, you still helped keep 889 tons of reusable building materials at work in the community and out […]
By Cadence Campbell, freshman at Sentinel High School. Originally published in Missoula Current, December 14, 2018. Sentinel’s Eco Club was started in 2010 by a group of students with the purpose of making the school more ecologically conscious. In past years, the Eco Club has organized trash pickup days to […]
Want to have a Zero Waste holiday season? Interested in some holiday-related sustainability tips? Then take a peek at our new Eco-Holiday Guide. Inspired by the good people at EcoCycle in Boulder, CO, this guide has the latest information on local reuse and recycling options for materials commonly in abundance this time of […]
By Kaetlyn Cordingley, Interim Director of Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana. Originally published in Missoula Current, November 30, 2018. Students at the University of Montana are solving some of the world’s most pressing issues. I like to think of UM as Missoula’s own think tank. The University […]
By Abby Huseth, Energy Program Director at Climate Smart Missoula, Amy Cilimburg, Executive Director at Climate Smart Missoula, and Katie Deuel, Executive Director at Home ReSource. Originally published in Missoula Current, November 22, 2018. As people who work on climate change and sustainability issues for a living, we’ll be the […]
By Julia Roemer and Madeline Swanberg, current members of the Students Against Violating the Earth (SAVE) Club at Hellgate High School.. Originally published in Missoula Current, November 16, 2018. Over the past few years, we’ve seen our generation become increasingly involved in protecting our future and dealing with issues that […]
By Wendell Elliott, Hanna Deacon, and Mary Ellis, current residents of the UM FLAT. Originally published in Missoula Current, November 9, 2018. The UM FLAT or University of Montana Forum for Living with Appropriate Technology was founded 10 years ago by Derek Kanwischer, an Environmental Studies graduate student, as his […]