Eco Friends

Rooted in Community

Eco Friends is a community for Topekans and neighbors who are passionate about conservation, ecology, environmental stewardship, and regenerative agriculture.

Eco Friends creates space for connection, learning, and collaboration through monthly happy hour events. Each gathering features a guest speaker—an individual or organization making a positive impact—who shares their work and inspires meaningful conversations, or a relevant documentary or topic for discussion.

Full Circle is honored to host the Eco Friends community at the CRC Care Center at Stout, 2303 SW College Ave., the second Tuesday of every month. Presentations start at 6:30 p.m. but you're welcome as soon as 6:00 p.m. to gather and visit. Please feel encouraged to bring your own supper or snack.

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Upcoming Meetings

Aquaponics and Black Soldier Fly Larvae Farming

February 10, 2026

Kat and Cliff Meinhardt from Dream Acres will be presenting to the Eco Friends gathering about their work with aquaponics and black soldier fly larvae farming. This innovative program serves their mission of providing a safe, supported living environment and employment opportunities for individuals living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Join us for the presentation on February 10, 6:30 p.m., at 2303 SW College Ave. 

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Previous Meetings

Cultivating Community Gardens

January 13, 2026

Come listen to Emily and Catherine from Topeka Common Ground as they share about the organization's support for community gardens in the Shawnee County, Kansas vicinity. Topeka Common Ground helps establish new gardens, provides free garden seeds and seedlings to their affiliated gardens, and offers mini-grants to local community gardens.

All About Compost

November 11, 2025

Demystify the process of composting with Kevin Siek from Shawnee County Extension Master Gardeners. Whether you're interested in starting a compost pile, need help taming your existing one, or just want to know more about this intriguing and crucial step in our food system, this gathering is for you!

If you can't make it in person, you can click here to join us via Zoom.

Meet the EcoBods

October 14, 2025

Kaylyn Hobelman talks about how to leverage your sphere of influence to create sustainable and meaningful changes. 

Kaylyn is the advisor for the Washburn University EcoBods — a student organization focused on awareness and solutions to sustainability and ecological issues on campus in the larger community. Come hear about about projects she and the EcoBods are working on as well as their future goals. 

Kansas Rural Center and EQIP Program Overview

September 9, 2025

Jackie Keller, Kansas Rural Center Conservation Coordinator shared about services from the KRC and how farmers and landowners can take advantage of the EQIP program.

Film Screening: The True Cost

August 12, 2025

A film about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world.

All Eco Friends gatherings are held at the CRC CARE Center at Stout (media room), located at
2303 SW College Ave., Topeka, KS 66611
Show up as soon as 6:00 p.m. to gather and socialize. Presentations start at 6:30 p.m.