Manmade Surplus Programs

Finding new uses for second
hand, surplus or damaged manufacturered goods and materials.

Natural Abundance Programs

Discovering uses for renewable resources found abundantly in nature.

Eco-Educational Programs

Broadening eco-awareness by providing educational tools and environmental solutions.

Highlighted Programs

  • Dr. Rosa Ten paints our Tree of Knowledge Mural

  • The tree will have a question of the week.

  • Evelyne Thommasson helps with final details

  • Our Eco-Center's Tree of Knowledge is an African Baobab Tree

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19 year old has a solution for cleaning our oceans!

  19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled  plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the...

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Hemp, the THC-free cousin of cannabis, has recently been made legal in Colorado, but the feds still don’t approve, even though the selling of...

The Amazing Solar Kettle

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A flat-pack OX truck for the developing world

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Who needs oil? World’s largest solar power plant with 258,000 mirrors opens in Abu Dhabi

In the sweltering heat of the Arabian sun,  Shams 1 generates electricity to power 20,000 homes in the UAE. And because solar power is generated...

Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest

Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with...

Dance Floor That Generates Electricity: Party Power

Energy Floors developed the Sustainable Dance FloorTM and launched it in 2008 as the world’s first energy generating floor. It is an eye-catching...

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