FILM – Excess Access Linking Society’s Surplus With Nonprofit Needs – 1999

This 15-minute mini-documentary shows how Matter of Trust and Excess Access began and how they work. Copies are available upon request; it has been displayed on YouTube since March 2009. ©1999

CONFERENCE – Women’s Green Global Action Network – Mexico City – 2004–2005

Matter of Trust was the fiscal agent for Women’s Global Green Action Network (WGGAN) until they were eligible to be under the umbrella of our friends at Earth Island Institute in 2006. WGGAN cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental...

RENEWABLE RESOURCES – Fungi + Oily Hair Mat Treatability Study – 2002–2008

Hair mats used in oil spill cleanup, like all traditional cleanup materials are incinerated or landfilled by hazmat teams. In 2002, Matter of Trust and Fungi.com joined forces to do lab research on—if fungus could breakdown mats made from human hair soaked in...

RENEWABLE RESOURCES – DISASTER RELIEF – Hair Booms BP Horizon Oil Spill – 2010

A huge International Natural Fiber Recycling mobilization took place to help get hair booms to the Gulf Coast Spill. We had donated to warehouses spread along Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida that received hair, fur, fleece, and nylons from donors...

RENEWABLE RESOURCES – Solar Exhibit at the Eco-Center – 2006–2014

Since 2006, Matter of Trust has been the fiscal agent for this innovative solar-power-promoting and clean energy. In partnership with David Vasquez, author of Sun Train © 2011, this is a long-term collaborative project that involves gathering several experts and...

RENEWABLE RESOURCES – Compost + SF Oil Spill Hair Mat Bioremediation P. II – 2008–2009

Phase 2 – Thermophilic Composting Matter of Trust is the fiscal sponsor for this bioremediation research program. Compostable waste is available all over the world. Composting can help to bioremediate wherever oil spill waste happened. After the Cosco Busan oil...