Snapshot
- We have given over 3,000 presentations to schools, neighborhood associations, community groups, property managers, and businesses.
- We have assisted over 7,100 businesses and over 300 schools with eco improvements.
Recent Highlights
- Eastside Bring Your Own Cup Campaign
- Community outreach and restaurant guidance for increasing the use of reusables.
- City of Bellevue Single-Use Plastic Phase Out at Bellevue School District Schools
- Reduced 6.6 tons of plastic waste each year by eliminating the use of 1.5 million plastic straws and 1.5 million plastic utensils each year!
- City of Redmond Commercial Organics Program and Derby Days Reuse program.
- Worked with 200-plus businesses and multifamily properties (almost 10,000 units) to compost food scraps. Route reviews and program logistics assistance.
- Switched from single-use plastics to reusable service ware for the city’s annual festival—diverting 3,000 single-use cups or plastics.
- King County Housing Authority White Center Eco Living Outreach Program
- Trained students to train their families on ways to reduce waste and resource use. Program conducted in multiple languages.
- City of Issaquah Schoolpool and Resource Conservation Work
- Worked with the school district, administrators, staff, and students on impactful action.
- Eastside Cities Community Classes and Events
- Taught hands-on classes for the community on easy changes to save resources. Topics included repair, food waste prevention, safer cleaning, proper sorting, reducing plastic use, and composting.