We had a fabulous time last Saturday at our booth among other great eco-friendly Kansas City businesses and nonprofits!

We’ll be at Oddly Correct this Saturday for a pop-up featuring some awesome climate conscious KC businesses from 11am - 1pm.

The measure includes $47 billion to help communities prepare for the new age of extreme fires, floods, storms and droughts that scientists say are worsened by human-caused climate change.

J. Rieger & Co. will be donating 20% of all beverage sales from 3PM - 6PM on November 10th to KC Can Compost.

The next six months are critical in Kansas City’s efforts to address the climate crisis, provide more affordable housing and catalyze a robust post-pandemic economy.

You can help underprivileged members of our community by supporting KC Can Compost.

If you’re looking to make your home more sustainable, one easy change you can make is to stop using harsh cleaning products.

They started with fruits and vegetables that didn’t meet the cosmetic standards of the produce that makes it into the grocery stores—think two-headed carrots, smallish lemons, and overlarge shallots (yes, this is a real reason why shallots would get thrown away).

This month we completed a four-week training at Hope Faith Ministries, with 12 people receiving fundamentals of environmental literacy education.

Soap Refill Station in Kansas City, Missouri has been added as a compost drop-off location, six days a week!

In addition to being zero waste, soap berries are hypoallergenic and can be helpful for people with sensitive skin.

And the impacts of surplus food and food waste on our climate and environment are enormous, since food that is never eaten still requires resources to grow, harvest, transport, cool, cook or otherwise prepare – even when it ends up being disposed of.

Did you know that a lot of vegetables will magically regrow if you put your scraps in water?

As any dentist will tell you, flossing is a critical part of dental hygiene. But what about the planet’s hygiene? If everyone in the US flossed according to their dentist’s recommendations, every year, we’d create a landfill the size of a football field and six stories high!

It’s easy, makes your entire kitchen smell delicious, saves you money, and reduces your food waste.

There are so many benefits to meal planning. It makes your life easier, it reduces your grocery bill, and of course it cuts down on wasted food.

As the school season begins, USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison Jean Buzby offers practical suggestions to reduce food waste in the lunch box. Read this and other USDA blogs on food loss and waste prevention and reduction.

Lakeside Nature Center is one of our convenient compost drop-off locations! If it's close to you, feel free to sign up and drop off there on Sundays from 9a-4p!

The toothbrush was invented in the 1930s, and every plastic toothbrush ever created since then still exists.

It is time that we adequately frame climate change.