Serving nearly nine years in the Navy taught Fresno native Elizabeth Perez much about the critical link between clean energy and national security. It’s a message she’s been bringing to the San Diego area since 2009 when she launched her own business connecting...
For the past three years, TreeHugger has partnered with UNEP to host an essay contest and send the winning writers to join TreeHugger and UNEP in covering the World Environment Day festivities around the world. In the past, they have traveled to Kenya, India and...
With an abundance of sunshine, it’s no wonder that some of the most innovative and successful solar power installations are found in California. Recently, the City of Perris, located in green energy-friendly Riverside County, announced that it would use solar power to...
Matter of Trust has partnered with Dr. Rosa Ten to assist this small learning factory in the mountains of Peru. Come into our eco-center to learn more about this exciting program and to see how you can get involved. Peruse the beautiful goods produced by the talented...
Sick of your batteries dying at the very moment you need to make a call, flick on a flashlight, or find your position on a GPS when you are lost in the outdoors? Introducing the Voltmaker– an innovative and rapid kinetic electricity generator inspired by a fan or...
Matter of Trust is a strong advocate for apprenticeship programs and recognizes the importance of exposing youth to new and innovative career paths. We want to ensure a future where large inner-city populations make leaping advances in green building, eco-packaging,...
Matter of Trust is proud to have had an Eco-Center in San Francisco! Located in the vibrant Mission District neighborhood with a mix of cultures, long-time San Francisco established and new trendy shops and restaurants as well as homes and apartments. The center was...
Matter of Trust participated in 2011–2015 Civic Center and 22nd Street Earth Day San Francisco celebrations providing youth activities, eco-art exhibits, and installations for the 2011–2015 events. Earth Day San Francisco 2011 – School of Fish...
Made from 90% recycled paper mill waste (RPMW) and 10% cement, the mixture is mechanically mixed and pressed into molds and then cured in the sun. The brilliant recycled building material is low-cost means of eeking more efficiency out of an already good practice....
The phone was conceived by Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, a student at London’s Middlesex University. After posting the concept online, it attracted the attention of Jerry Lao, an entrepreneur who specializes in tech products. Together the two have taken the concept from...
