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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Eco-Home Open House

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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Hair Matters Program

Bee My Valentine

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Welcome to the Eco-Hub!

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 ·
28 Jan

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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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 in cooperation with local crafters such as Made in East Lothian and the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (which she is an assistant coordinator and marine mammal medic with). Other hub’s agricultural hair felt trials inspired the concept that hair felt could assist seagrass restoration and after reaching out, seawilding trials are being conducted in the west coast of Scotland.#globalpartners #edinburgh #matteroftrust #cleanwaveeprogram #hairmats #oilspillcleanupeanup #sustainabilityability #localsolutions #unitedkingdomom #restorationtoration #conservativevation #scotlandand #hairdonation ... See MoreSee Less

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Did we mention our Eco-Home has residents with feathers and wings? 😉 Say hello to our little homestead crew: two friendly chickens, and even our very own busy honeybees! It’s a mini farm in the city. Our chickens; roam the yard (or sometimes just chill in their coop), providing fresh eggs and endless entertainment with their clucking and pecking. They’re not just pets; they’re eco-helpers. Each hen can eat roughly 1.6 pounds of kitchen scraps a week (that’s about 83 pounds a year!), turning would-be waste into fertilizer-rich manure and delicious eggs. Instead of food scraps going into the trash, our girls happily gobble up veggie peels and stale bread, closing the food loop. Plus, their eggs show how even in a rental or urban setting, you can produce some of your own food – and trust us, those yolks are golden.Meanwhile, buzzing around our garden are our honeybees. We maintain a small beehive because bees are superstar pollinators – about one in every three bites of food we eat depends on pollinators like bees. Our bees help pollinate the garden’s flowers and veggies, and in return they produce a bit of local honey that we harvest sustainably. Watching them work is fascinating; they remind us how interconnected nature is with our food supply.Come meet the whole gang at our Bee My Valentine Open House (Feb 10–15)! 🐝💘 Yes, the event name isn’t just a cute pun; we actually have bees (and chickens and goats) who would love to see you. 🥰 Bring your “honey” to meet our honeys! This open house is going to be a wildly good time. 🌸🐐🐓 ... See MoreSee Less

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