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Compost Is Coming!
This Earth Day, we took a meaningful step in our effort to get a composting facility started in Topeka. But to fully tell the story and really catch you up,...
Compost Is Coming!
This Earth Day, we took a meaningful step in our effort to get a composting facility started in Topeka. But to fully tell the story and really catch you up,...
An Unfortunate Recycling Discovery
We're always learning, and this week we learned that a few materials we thought could be recycled relatively easily and locally cannot be. We can still accept these items through...
An Unfortunate Recycling Discovery
We're always learning, and this week we learned that a few materials we thought could be recycled relatively easily and locally cannot be. We can still accept these items through...
What's the Problem with Honeysuckle?
It smells nice, looks nice, and has a pretty name. So why do my friends keep spending their weekends ripping up honeysuckle? I met up with the ringleader, Kaylyn Hobelman...
What's the Problem with Honeysuckle?
It smells nice, looks nice, and has a pretty name. So why do my friends keep spending their weekends ripping up honeysuckle? I met up with the ringleader, Kaylyn Hobelman...
Repair Report: March 2026
Fourteen volunteers showed up and outdid themselves at our fourth Fix-It Clinic! They worked on 36 total items and fixed 31 of them for the highest fix-rate yet (86%)! That's...
Repair Report: March 2026
Fourteen volunteers showed up and outdid themselves at our fourth Fix-It Clinic! They worked on 36 total items and fixed 31 of them for the highest fix-rate yet (86%)! That's...
Setting an Example of More Sustainable Swag
We've been so encouraged this week on our crusade against Unsustainable Swag!* I hope you too will be encouraged by the several steps forward that we witnessed (and not too...
Setting an Example of More Sustainable Swag
We've been so encouraged this week on our crusade against Unsustainable Swag!* I hope you too will be encouraged by the several steps forward that we witnessed (and not too...
Pitch the Plastic Forks
Guess how many plastic utensils are used every day in the U.S. Seriously, just guess. Now raise your guess a little. Maybe a little more. The answer? 100 million. That’s...
Pitch the Plastic Forks
Guess how many plastic utensils are used every day in the U.S. Seriously, just guess. Now raise your guess a little. Maybe a little more. The answer? 100 million. That’s...