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Mar 12, 2022
2 min

What's in your bottle?

By Betsy Dudash, SW board president Whenever someone offers me a drink of unfiltered tap water, I flinch just a little. My tongue still...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

About that bidet...

As you might remember, Betsy shared options for "Going, sustainably" in a blog post last February. That was before the infamous TP...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Don't be Trashy: lessons from litter

By Jana Fischback This year, instead of hosting just one volunteer opportunity on Make a Difference Day, October 24th, we at Sustainable...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

What would we like for our birthday, you ask?

This is a big day for Sustainable Wenatchee! Today, October 30th, is our "3rd birthday." Three years ago today, Sustainable Wenatchee was...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Protecting Trees and the Future

It's in our nature to take things for granted, and one of the best examples of that may be trees. Read below to learn just how many...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Have an "Eco-Fiendly" Halloween!

By Jana Fischback Halloween is just around the corner. If you’re like me, you haven’t bought candy yet. Not because I’m a procrastinator...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Joan always does a great job of breaking down climate crises issues. I'm grateful to have a climate change expert on our board. Here she...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

The Business of Compost

We've written about food waste before - check out Joan Qazi's blog post, "Food Waste > Wasted Food" - but here, board president Betsy...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Community victories in gardening

"A garden… is a solution that leads to other solutions,” wrote writer and environmental activist, Wendell Berry in his book The Gift of...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Recommitting to reusables

By Jana Fischback with help from Anne Theisen Two steps forward, one step back. The movement away from single-use plastic items was...

Mar 12, 2022
5 min

The Ins and Outs of Electric Vehicles

By Betsy Dudash, Sustainable Wenatchee board member Last year, in a happy coincidence, three of my friends got electric vehicles. So,...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Black Lives Matter

By Joan Qazi, board member While most people think about the environment when it comes to sustainability, the actual definition of...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Idling Gets You Nowhere

Jana Fischback, Sustainable Wenatchee In my line of work, I regularly see habits and behaviors I wish I could change, but I don’t let...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Burning rivers lit a fire for the environmental movement

By Betsy Dudash, Sustainable Wenatchee board member I grew up in a small town on Lake Erie, in Northeast Ohio. Our house was close enough...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Bob - and Hundreds of Thousands of Cardboard Boxes

By Rick Edwards, consultant on Sustainable Wenatchee board of advisors When Bob was released from prison after serving 15 years, he...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Living in the Time of Take-Out

By Jana Fischback with help from Betsy Dudash The Thai Restaurant photos provided by Jenny Rojanasthien and Jackie Endsley It has been...

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

"Going," Sustainably

Note: We've linked to a few products in this blog, but we don't receive any compensation for their endorsement. If you do want to support...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

The Hemp in My Closet

By Betsy Dudash, Sustainable Wenatchee board member I’ve been obsessed with hemp for several months. No, not the kind you smoke (not, as...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Buy Less, but Give More, for a Simpler Holiday Season

By Tasha Kaye, Sustainable Wenatchee board member In a world full of hustle, bustle, and rampant consumerism, how does a simple, slow,...

Mar 12, 2022
2 min

Hosting a Low-Waste Holiday Dinner

By Betsy Dudash, board member Photos and tablescapes by Jenny Montgomery, board member If you’ve already committed to living more...

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.