Manmade
Surplus:
- To reduce the amount of useful items and materials
that go to landfill.
- To create practical systems for sorting and logistics
that encourage convenient reuse and recycling.
- To highlight the benefits of a clutter-free life in balance without
burdensome surplus or distressing need.
Natural Surplus:
- To discover and encourage human activities that are following efficient,
natural cycles.
- To promote low impact alternatives providing high standards of living.
- To research materials found abundantly in nature, for solving issues
challenging developing communities.
Eco-Education:
- To evoke enthusiasm for the beauty and complexity of nature and ecology.
- To connect open-minded, think-outside-the-box, peer-respected mavens
from diverse sectors.
- To equate environmentalism with luxury not sacrifice.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Completed Programs (entire list)
that had specific urgency or end dates:
- Cosco Busan Oil Spill
Response with hair mats (Natural surplus)
- Katrina response 1 and
2 (Manmade surplus)
-
UN World Environment Day 2005 Community Programs (see
video) (Eco-education)
- Our humorous eco-tips book It's Easy Being Green,
printed on hemp paper with soy ink (Eco-education)
- Fields
Of Fuel - Winner of the Audience Award at Sundance (As Fiscal Sponsor
for Veggie Van)
Continual Programs (entire
list) that are successful in their ongoing missions:
- Hair recycling program accepting
hair donations from salons throughout the US (Natural surplus)
- Reuse Of Society's Abundance (ROSA)
matching wish lists with surplus and connecting nonprofits with donors
and other nonprofits (Manmade surplus)
- Oily Hairmat Remediation
researching how to naturally deal with oil spill waste (Natural surplus)
- Green Energy Millions (GEMs)
campaign for 100 million commitments to a brighter, greener future (Eco-education)
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Matter Of Trust, Inc. a 501(c)3 Public Charity
