By Katie Anderson. Last October, I began serving a Montana Energy Corps term at Home ReSource as a Zero Waste Educator & Planner. This year, under the leadership of Superintendent Mark Thane, Home ReSource and the Missoula County Public Schools are partnering to create a district-wide Zero Waste Plan. While […]
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Just southeast of here is the spot where the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed in 1883 with the driving of the proverbial golden spike. That event connected Montana with transcontinental rail shipping and all that came with it. With the passage of the Missoula Zero Waste Resolution nearly two years […]
Curious about concrete climate change solutions? So were the makers of the film Tomorrow (2017). So they sought out several case studies of day-to-day solutions-in-action including the City of San Francisco’s Zero Waste efforts. Please join us and our friends to watch what critics have called the most optimist climate […]
Logjam Presents announced their “Going Green Initiative” this week, which marks a huge step toward Zero Waste for Missoula. Owner Nick Checota has decided that sending 625,000 plastic cups per year and “a meaningful amount of food leftovers” to the landfill is no longer an acceptable option. Read about all […]
Us! Turns out that when people like Bob Johnson, our Volunteer of the Year (pictured with Katie last Friday), Rhiannon Roos, our youth-intern-turned-employee whose moving comments compelled banquet attendees to dig deep, the incredible artists and artisans who compete at SponCon and make our auction so unique, and people from […]
Whether you’ve recently donated materials, purchased materials, volunteered, or bought a seat at our 7th annual banquet & benefit auction, we appreciate you. Thanks for doing your part to reduce waste and build a more vibrant and sustainable local economy. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Last night in our Community Room we hosted an open house to reveal the draft plan for ZERO by FIFTY – Missoula’s Pathway to Zero Waste. Many folks came out to review and provide feedback on the four paths – Access, Infrastructure, Education, and Policy – and key strategies. Public comment […]