Month: May 2023

We walked to the Sustainability Trust and listened to a presentation on the organization. We also took a tour of the facility. I learned how difficult it can be to work in a small trust because there is limited funding for what you are trying to accomplish. For example, the manager of the Trust talked…

When it comes to healthy homes, helping people to reduce their impact on the environment and giving back to the community sustainability trust does exactly that. They focus on many projects and lots of them include up-cycling. Their curtain bank up-cycles used or unused (donated) fabric and gives them to low-income families in the Wellington…

Today we learned about sustainability again! We learned how the sustainability trust makes sure people have a healthy living community due to the great amounts of mold in New Zealand. I’m short it’s nice to see the up cycling of fabrics and linens so they don’t go to waste.

the sustainability trust is there to create programs to help other people in the community become more sustainable. one of the things they do are making donated fabric into layer curtains, held repair workshops so items can be reusable and they have gotten people from all over the world involved, including children.

Today we got to visit a very successful sustainability organization that has many sustainability-based projects, but mostly framed around zero waste. Creating a circular economy where waste is looked at as. a crucial part of preserving our earth is something I have become very interested in over this last semester. It was great to get…

Today we went to the sustainability trust center. We learned about their programs for sustainability and helping their communities. My favorite part was the curtain donation program for low income families.

This place is doing quite a lot of good work for the community. My favorite section was the eco store. If we were closer to home i think i could donate quite a lot , especially in the area of cables. I also truly felt quite bad when i started thinking about the amount of…

Today we learned about sustainability trust. I was surprised by all the different things they do to support the community with sustainability. I was surprised to learn about the curtain recycling project they have where old curtains are dropped off and Either reused for low-income households or fixed and renewed. It was interesting to learn…

We toured the sustainability trust today. The sustainability trust has created multiple different programs with the goal of helping the public be more sustainable. For example, they hold repair workshops so that items are repaired and usable again instead of the items going to a landfill. Another project they do is repurposing donated fabric into…

Today we met with the sustainability manager at the Sustainability Trust in Wellington. They have many different projects that not only meet some of the sustainability development goals but also support people in Wellington with housing needs. Their curtain bank projects encourages citizens and big companies to donate their curtains when they feel that they’ve…