Better World Betty

Upcycling foods to keep food waste out of landfill - brilliant!

The US has tons of leftover food. Upcycling turns would-be trash into ice cream and pizza. One cook's trash is another chef's ice cream. Here's what to know about the upcycling movement.

Yet another location for your donations at Stony Point Road! Thanks Goodwill Industries of the Valleys!! FTW

Goodwill Opens Pantops Donation Center Goodwill opened a new donation center on Stony Point Road to manage the generous flow of local contributions and support their mission.

LOVE THIS Greer Elementary School student video on HOW TO COMPOST AT SCHOOL -- they are inspiring change-makers! Thx miashandy96 and Ms. Betsy Soulsby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=625sR551kdY

Greer Student Compost Group!

Love seeing the circular economy grow and innovate!

This company is turning chopsticks into furniture ChopValue turns discarded chopsticks into furniture and recently started designing restaurant interiors—including for McDonald's.

Thanks Upstream for this post highlighting the environmental justice movement!

Honoring the Environmental Justice Movement — Upstream | Sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution Celebrating some of the invaluable gains the environmental justice movement has made recently – and recognizing the ongoing efforts of just a few of the groups within our networks.

Oyster-loving Betties, let's do it!

Lawmakers consider incentives to recycle oyster shells Virginia is a purple state – its residents and politicians disagreeing about many things, but we are united in our love of oysters. Sandy Hausman reports on a bill to promote restoration of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay while rewarding restaurants for their help.

What a BETTY! This woman had to cut down her 110-year old tree and she turned it into a magical miniature garden. That's some serious

Woman Turns The 110-Year-Old Tree Stump In Her Yard Into A Magical Miniature Free Library An Idaho woman turned a 110-year-old tree stump in her yard into an enchanting miniature free library: the "Little Tree Library."

This Saturday is Honey Bee Day! 1/3 of our food is connected to the work of these BEE-U-TI-FUL beings: the bees. Let's learn the waggle and give the bees their due!

How to do the Waggle Dance - National Honey Bee Day - HoneyLove How to do the Waggle Dance led by Chelsea & Ashley of HoneyLove. Join us in celebrating National Honey Bee Day by doing the Waggle Dance (Flash Mob)! Send us...

Excited to see this FIRST: recyclable wind turbine blades! Thanks, Siemens for your commitment to having all wind turbine blades be recyclable by 2030.

World's first wind turbine with recyclable blades is up and spinning Siemens Gamesa's first recyclable blades are spinning, and it's the first commercial installation of recyclable wind turbine technology.

This is SO BETTY, Kathy Kildea!! Everyone, Cville now has a tool lending shop! YAY. Don't buy a NEW TOOL for one job. Build community and that (FILL IN THE BLANK) you've been talking about! https://cvilletoollibrary.com/

Cville Tool Library – borrow a tool, donate a tool, empower your life Cville Tool Library Empowering our community with tools View Tools Member Signup It’s so frustrating when you don’t have the right tool for the job. You know the feeling. You’re deep into a home repair or project and you realize you don’t have the tool that you need. So frustrating! What are...

Concerned about PFAS (forever chemicals) in our water and products? Read this helpful summary from The Hill

Common questions about PFAS, answered Story at a glance A group of potentially harmful chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have repeatedly cropped up in headlines.  But the sheer number of chemicals in this…

Ready to have fun while taking meaningful climate action? Our friends at Community Climate Collaborative is running a Summer Climate Action Bingo game with Meet Ups and very cool gift basket that any Betty would LOVE from Dogwood Refillery and Cville Refill Renew!! Check it out:

Summer Bingo — Community Climate Collaborative As a part of our Make Your Own Impact campaign, we want to splash in some hopefulness and fun together with our Summer Climate Action Bingo. Take action for a chance to win a sustainable gift basket from Dogwood Refillery and Refill Renew, plus some C3-branded swag! Invite your friends to play so we...