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Spare Partsventures | Treasures 4 Teachers
One of our new board members, Michelle Treviño, recently visited Treasures 4 Teachers, a Tempe, Arizona organization with a mission “to provide free and low-cost school supplies to teachers from the...
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Food Scraps: Waste or Resource
Submitted by Compost Queens Saving the Earth, One Bucket at a Time Returning Food Waste to the Earth Instead of Landfills We throw away 30-40% of our food, 133 billion pounds worth $161 billion, every...
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Earth Day 2021—Restore our Earth
Every now and then, I think about this particular scene in “The Graduate,” a 1967 film with Dustin Hoffman. “One word: Plastics” In retrospect, it seems a harbinger of our current plastic pollution...
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Tips for Reducing Food Waste
Thanks to Sustainably Amber for these great tips. During the pandemic I became more aware of how I stored my food to maximize its shelf life. As we all know a lot of grocery stores were low on food so...
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Clothes Swap
Thanks to Joseph Nerio, Friends of Spare Parts Board Member Everyone has that item of clothing they no longer use but just can’t bare to throw away. The pants that fit just right but no longer “fit”...
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Low waste shopping
If you read Sustainably Amber’s post on Tips for Reducing Food Waste, you might be in the market for eco-friendly grocery shopping. Amber has collated some excellent tips just for you! Always keep...
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85% of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change
This striking headline is from an article in the Climate and Environment Section of the Washington Post. People have been discussing climate change for decades now. “The first messaging alerts began...
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All the News that’s Fit to Reuse
Five Eco-Friendly Things You Can Do As A College Student by Emma Holland My name is Emma Holland. I attend the University of Texas at Austin, where I’m majoring in Sustainability Studies. I am here to...
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All the News that’s Fit to Reuse
Just in time for Spring! Thanks to Amber Lomeli, Spare Parts Advisory Committee member, for these great tips. 5 tips to be more eco friendly in the garden 1. Save seeds from the grocery store, for...
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Adrian Membrez Collagist Extraordinaire
All the News that Fit to Reuse Written by: Emma Holland, Intern from University of Texas Adrian Membrez is a creative writer, collagist and event planner. He holds an English B.A. from UTSA and an...
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