December, 2013

My goodness, it has been awhile!  The Trash for Peace team has been so ridiculously busy we have been severely neglecting our blog!

To make up for lost time, here is a quick recap of what we have been up to:

Throughout the second half of 2013, Trash for Peace built over 38 recycle bins with schools, businesses, and communities.  We worked with schools all over Portland and the larger Metro area: Forest Heights Elementary, Concord Elementary, Access Academy, Bethany Elementary, Portland State University, and more.   We also worked with Whole Foods, SCRAP, and the city of Hillsboro, and other businesses building bins, garden beds, and even a greenhouse that used over 1,000 plastic bottles!

We started a youth group program with a boys group at Dekum Court, one of Home Forward’s housing sites.   We taught leadership and team building through the hands-on techniques of turning trash into functional art.  The boys built recycle bins, a bench, and much more in a short three months this summer.

This fall we hosted our first every Trashy Trivia event, which was a huge success!  We hope to have more, perhaps every quarter.

We also piloted our new Repurposed Garden program this summer, and hope to build more garden beds and maybe even greenhouses, all out of “trash” with schools in the future.

We have more recycle-bin builds coming up in 2014, more youth programming with the boys group at Dekum, more Trashy Trivia events, and the list just keeps growing!

Speaking of growing, that is just what we have been doing, little by little, and could not do it without all of your support.  Thank you all for being a part of this movement.  We love your feedback, please send us your thoughts, ideas, suggestions!  

And please stay tuned for information on upcoming events, and more blog posts!

Love, the Trash for Peace team