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May 18, 2022
3 min

Ready to add "worm farmer" to your resume?

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

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

The best time to charge your EV in NCW

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...

Mar 12, 2022
5 min

So, you need some gear...

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

Mar 12, 2022
1 min

2040: Join the Regeneration

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...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Simple, Sustainable Bathroom Swaps

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

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Envisioning Sustainability

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...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Giving back to Mother Earth during this season of giving

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

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Small Washington farm takes on big plastic packaging problem

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

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Breathing a little easier

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

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Make a Difference Day is Next Week!

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...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Gleaning: a climate friendly solution for food waste

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’?...

Mar 12, 2022
5 min

A Local’s Guide to Bike Commuting in Wenatchee

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

Mar 12, 2022
4 min

Confused about recycling? Help is coming to reduce your waste.

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

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Bulk Up! Zero waste shopping 101

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

Mar 12, 2022
4 min

Sustain Your Style - Get Thrifty

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

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Are Microfibers a Future Health Risk?

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

Mar 12, 2022
4 min

Local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Opportunities

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...

Mar 12, 2022
5 min

Keeping up with the Joneses'... garbage can.

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

Mar 12, 2022
5 min

Hydrogen cars: the new kid on the block?

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

Mar 12, 2022
4 min

Handmade Matters

By Jenny Montgomery, SW board secretary (Photos by Jenny or from the business' Instagram) We live in a world where mass-produced goods...

Sustainable NCW Blog

We have the incredible opportunity to live in the homelands of the P'Squosa / Wenatchi people. The importance of acknowledging the true history of this land cannot be overstated. Thank you to our valley's first stewards. To learn more, visit the Indigenous Roots & Reparation Foundation.