By Jana Fischback Composting food waste is an important way to divert waste from the landfill. It also reduces emissions like methane...

We recently signed on to a fundraiser with Tru Earth, a great company out of Canada that makes laundry soap strips along with other...

I'm thrilled to finally be in the EV club after buying a used Nissan Leaf last summer. I knew I immediately wanted to join the efforts of...

Getting what you need to get outside, sustainably! By Cassie Bodgan-Slemmer, SW board member One of the greatest opportunities we have to...

By Joan Qazi, SW board member Freezing fog got you down? The climate crisis stressing you out? I have an antidote; maybe more like a...

This post is not supported by any of the mentioned brands. You'll find links to Betsy's product recommendations throughout this blog, but...

By Joan Qazi, Sustainable Wenatchee board member It’s the new year, a time for reflecting on what’s done and making commitments for what...

By Jana Fischback, Executive Director of Sustainable Wenatchee In thinking of how to “green” your holiday season, some stick to shopping...

Adapted from a press release from Diamondback Acres: Local organic farm Diamondback Acres is taking strides to cut plastic pollution by...

By Jana Fischback, SW Executive Director With fire danger down and the smoke of summer wildfires now a memory, we all take a collective...

By Joan Qazi, SW board member and WVC faculty While I hope we are trying to make a difference everyday, having a set date to highlight...

By Joan Qazi, SW board member What did you think when in early August, the UN called the latest climate report a ‘Code Red for Humanity’?...

By Cassie Bogdan-Slemmer, board member With transportation accounting for nearly a third of CO2 emissions in the US, and more than half...

By Rick Edwards, on the board of advisors for Sustainable Wenatchee With so many changes happening in the last several years on the...

Guest blog by Madelyn Schwilke “Zero waste” grocery shopping is sometimes hard to achieve, and can feel impossible when almost every food...

By Jenny Montgomery, SW board secretary Today our feeds are flooded with perfectly curated and targeted mass marketing ads. Everything...

I first met Elsa through our EcoChallenge.org discussion group, reading through Seeing Systems last summer and fall. She joined our group...

By Cassie Bogdan Slemmer, SW board member One thing we all have in common: we need to get energy from food on a regular basis. The...

By Jana Fischback City of Wenatchee residents who are Waste Management customers recently joined the rest of the area in being able to...

By Jana Fischback {A different version of this blog was published in the Wenatchee World.] Sometimes my work in sustainability gives me...