Matter of Trust

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for Renewable Resources!


We collect hair, fur, wool, cork…
for oil spills and soils

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What Drives Us

Our Mission, Vision & Goals

Our mission is to link surplus with needs.

We envision humanity harmonizing with Earth. 

Our main goals are to encourage optimism and to build trust in abundant, renewable cycles.

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Eco-Home Open House

Feb 10 – 15th, 2026 | 11AM – 4PM

@728 Cole Street, San Francisco, California 94114 USA

Bee My Valentine
Did you know?

LINKING surplus with needs diverts useful items and materials from the waste stream, plus creates jobs in logistics & repairs.

You shampoo because HAIR collects oil.  Help us gather clippings from salons and pet groomers. We felt fibers into mats that soak up oil spills.

COMPOSTING grazed rangelands boosts photosynthesis, pulling more carbon out of the air and returning it back into the soil.

Our Programs

We have 7 departments:

(1) Hair Matters is our global project where we felt waste fibers into mats that soak up petrochemicals and help with soil remediation.

(2) The Hum Sum – for Humanity Adding Solutions our environmental social media platform, where everyone can share ecological posts and research.

(3) Eco-Home and urban edible garden with planet-friendly, immersive tours and field trips.

(4) Eco-Industrial Hubs (Eco-Hub & Eco-Depot) our working model factories and exhibit hall in the SoMa district of San Francisco.

(5) Eco-Academy – Our Youth and Eco-Education Program includes internships, apprenticeships and green careers for all ages.

(6) The WALOP – Worthy Actionable List of Projects through 2050 – researching, organizing and implementing solutions that nurture healthy air, soil, water, energy and life.

We are also the proud fiscal sponsors for programs including: a) Sonoma Food Runners, b) Heart of the City Farmers’ Market Food Security Education Project, and more.

(7) Administration – We open-source all of our back-end processes because we believe that public charities should have transparent, replicable systems that help each other collaborate to save funds and time.

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Hair Matters Program

Bee My Valentine

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GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Daily, we see so many people working together towards a harmonious  future. We created The Hum Sum – Humanity Adding Solutions for nonprofits, businesses, governments, schools, households, and curious individuals… Everyone is welcome to join this environmental network and post questions, answers, events, commitments, free stuff, wishes and more!  TheHumSum.org

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RESOURCES

Check out our extensive and growing library full of inspirational news stories on green-innovations. Plus, all of our own open source, in-house research, educational tools and lesson plans. Focusing on pollution reduction and ecological inventions, we incorporate the perspectives and incentives from everywhere possible. Local to global, multi-sector, boots on the ground to behind a desk, up and down the ladder, mailroom to drawing board to boardroom, youth to senior… enjoy discovering how caring and adaptable humanity truly is!

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RESOURCES

Check out our extensive and growing library full of inspirational news stories on green-innovations. Plus, all of our own open source, in-house research, educational tools and lesson plans. Focusing on pollution reduction and ecological inventions, we incorporate the perspectives and incentives from everywhere possible. Local to global, multi-sector, boots on the ground to behind a desk, up and down the ladder, mailroom to drawing board to boardroom, youth to senior… enjoy discovering how caring and adaptable humanity truly is!

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matteroftrust Matter of Trust @matteroftrust ·
9 Feb

Thanks to Christine Sinclair from Dundee, United Kingdom for the box of mixed dog clippings
to donate hair/fur/cork/lint follow link https://matteroftrust.org/donate-hair-fur-and-fiber/
#HairMats #hair #recycle #petfur

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matteroftrust Matter of Trust @matteroftrust ·
4 Feb

Hair Matters Global Hub Partners -Oklahoma Mini Mill – Oklahoma, US
we are in the business of processing animal fleeces, for fiber artists to use in their projects. We already had a working shop set-up, and were familiar with wet felting,

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matteroftrust Matter of Trust @matteroftrust ·
30 Jan

Thanks to Rose Nobleis from
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
for the donation of Shower Drain / Hair Brush hair - yes we take all kinds of hair
if you wish to donate follow link https://matteroftrust.org/donate-hair-fur-and-fiber/
#hair #HairMats #hairmulch #recycle

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matteroftrust Matter of Trust @matteroftrust ·
29 Jan

Global hub partners
Say hello to Chelsea, founder of one of our newest global partners, Matter of Trust Edinburgh. Their goal is to develop local solutions to oil spills in the country.
Chelsea and her team are making hair mats to combat pollution

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Our Eco-Home may be one special house, but it’s part of a much bigger picture here at Matter of Trust. Think of it as one piece in our sustainability puzzle. While the Eco-Home focuses on personal and household eco-habits, our Eco-Industrial Hub (across town) tackles sustainability on an industry and innovation level – that’s where we felt hair mats for oil spills and run a model factory for green tech. These two sites actually complement each other. For example, when you learn about composting food scraps in the Eco-Home kitchen, you’re tapping into the same idea of waste-to-resource that we use in our other programs (like turning hair clippings into oil spill mats!). Everything is connected. Matter of Trust’s mission of linking surplus with needs flows through both the home and the hub – whether it’s surplus energy being saved in a renter’s apartment or surplus fibers being collected for environmental cleanup.We love that visitors can see the full circle. At the Eco-Home, you might notice we collect certain items – like wine corks, old batteries, or yes, even hair from our brush – with info on how they can be recycled or repurposed. Those are real projects we run! The corks might end up in insulation, the batteries in art pieces or proper recycling, and the hair… well, you know about the hair mats by now. 😄 Our Eco-Home experience shows that individual actions (composting, recycling, conserving) tie into community and global actions. When you come here, you’re not just touring a house; you’re plugging into a network of solutions. It’s all about synergy: greener homes, cleaner industries, and informed people working together. By showcasing everything from solar panels to hair mats to urban gardens, we hope you see how your visit to our Eco-Home fits into a worldwide movement for sustainability.Call to Action: Come be part of the big picture at our Bee My Valentine Open House, Feb 10–15! 🥳 It’s not just an open house – it’s an open invitation to join our community of solution-seekers. So bring your enthusiasm (and maybe a notebook!), and let’s celebrate how our small actions connect to big change. See you there, world-changers! 🌎💚 ... See MoreSee Less

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