Ellen Ives is the recipient of the 2021 Clark County Green Neighbor of the Year award. Meg Johnson, her friend, coworker and nominator, draws inspiration from her and stated, "Ellen Ives is a sustainability goddess among mortals. She eats, lives, and breathes environmental sustainability into the world. She's a 65 year young mother, grandmother, ed...
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Clark County's newest certified green business is Kindred Homestead Supply. Kindred is a brand-new store in downtown Vancouver that sells low-waste and sustainably made home goods, vintage items, and bulk products. Owner Alex Luna was inspired to open the store after taking the Clark County Master Composter Recycler (MCR) training class last year. ...
Clark County is full of neighbors who take everyday actions to care for our environment. Fast fashion is an area of concern due to its negative social and environmental impacts, including poor working conditions and compensation, intensive water consumption and pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, just to name a few. We spoke with a few communi...
Do you enjoy drinking a mug of coffee? If your answer is yes, you're not alone; around 62% of Americans choose to drink coffee daily. Many people brew coffee at home, frequent a local coffee shop, or sip on a cup from work. Washingtonians even proclaimed their love of coffee by making it the official state beverage! It's no secret that coffee takes...
September 7, 2021: This blog post has been updated to reflect current information. Plastic bags are found in unwanted places such as lakes, roadsides, and recycling sorting machinery. Washington's Plastic Bag Ban, passed by state legislation in 2020, aims to reduce this source of pollution by establishing minimum standards for bag use in retail est...