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 build trust in abundant, renewable cycles.

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Feb 10 – 15th, 2026 | 11AM – 4PM

@728 Cole Street, San Francisco, California USA

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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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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 ·
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Thank to becky-templeis
from London, United Kingdom for the donation of human hair extensions
to donate follow link https://matteroftrust.org/donate-hair-fur-and-fiber/
#hair #HairMats #recycle

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matteroftrust Matter of Trust @matteroftrust ·
26 Jan

Thanks to CA100 in Alameda CA for the donation of cat fur
if you can donate fur/hair to help make hairmats follow link https://lnkd.in/gr-Zm-hV
hashtag#hair hashtag#HairMats hashtag#recycle

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matteroftrust Matter of Trust @matteroftrust ·
23 Jan

What happens to my hair when you get it?
Matter of Trust uses hair/fur/fleece donations in several ways. Fibers are felted into mats on site (or at partner felting sites) or they are stuffed into sheaths such as donated nylon stockings, or burlap coffee bean bags, to make booms.

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Thanks to Christine Morales for the donation of hair "I love that I have a renewable resource!I was ready for a huge change and didn't want all the hair I've grown out to go to waste. So glad I found this way of making use of it!"to donate follow link -thank you matteroftrust.org/donate-hair-fur-and-fiber/#recycle #hair #HairMats ... See MoreSee Less

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Hair Matters Global Hub PartnersMatter of Trust ColombiaTWM is a Colombian waste management organization interested in finding more sustainable alternatives for the remediation of contaminated soil, especially from oil spills incidents. Being part of the Hair Matters Program, Matter of Trust Colombia represents the opportunity to supply economic and sustainable materials to communities who can be the first responders in oil spills and thus reduce the impacts of these harmful events.to donate hair follow link matteroftrust.org/donate-hair-fur-and-fiber/#hair #HairMats #recycle ... See MoreSee Less

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Ever wonder why hair is so good at oil spills? It’s all in the physics. Each hair has thousands of microscopic scales that make oil stick (we call it adsorption). Think of each mat as a giant hair-sock for oil. In fact, Phillip McCrory’s original Pantyhose experiment left oil-free water after just minutes. Scaling up, he estimated that 25,000 lbs of hair could adsorb 170,000 gallons of crude – enough to mop up a major spill.In day-to-day cleanup, hair mats outperform plastics. A 1.1 lb hair mat soaks ~1.5 gal oil – and because hair holds it on the surface, it works faster. Compare that to bulky polypropylene booms (which only absorb or let oil slip by), and the hair wins on speed and capacity. And when we’re done, our mats simply biodegrade or can even be burned for energy (the captured oil adds fuel). No more throwing away expensive plastics.Finally, hair mats are a nature-based solution. Polypropylene booms might capture oil, but they stay in the ecosystem for centuries. Our hair booms are fully biodegradable. Once an oil mat is retired, it can be composted back into soil or incinerated cleanly. Each hair boom literally turns a drilling-waste into a cleanup tool. It’s life-cycle circularity in action: no new pollutants added, local artisans employed, and cleaner shores – all from the fibers growing around us ... See MoreSee Less

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