6 feet, 36 trees, 60,000 dollars

  Since Finley’s birthday on March 12th, 6 feet has kept us all apart and brought us all together around the globe. It has also interrupted 36 days of Birthday…

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Small Acts on a Global Scale

These messages on a National Park Train in WALES remind us that our friends around the world are also practicing the many small acts of reduce, reuse and recycle…

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Back to School

Youth are calling for an immediate response to climate change.  Young organizers across the globe are taking action. This past fall, 4 million students took to the streets…

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Don’t Underestimate the Awesomeness of Youth

If we have learned a lesson from Finely, it is that a light heart can hold serious convictions. Finley admired and drew inspiration from young people—which is why, though…

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Don’t Practice Wishful Recycling 

It is great that we’ve taken recycling to heart, but don’t let your aversion to throwing things in the trash tempt you into wishful recycling.  According to our…

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BREAKING NEWS: Glass and Single Stream Recycling Don’t Mix!

It was a news flash to me when I learned a few weeks ago that many of our surrounding counties no longer accept glass in Single Stream Recycling—a painful…

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Skip that Sale

 Hi. My name is Henry Proctor, Finley’s cousin. Have you ever thought about this? When stores have a discount sale, hundreds of people come and fill up shopping carts…

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Going Solar Today on Finley’s Birthday!

Happy Birthday Finley!  For our first Birthday to Earthday post this year we recognize that sometimes it just takes that extra nudge to do the right thing.  An investment…

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$50,000 in Grants Announced Today

A big ‘Ta Da’ from Finley this Earth Day as her fund makes another $50,000 in grants, bringing the total since she started the fund to $200,000!  We…

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The Imposible Burger 

I encountered my first impossible burger this winter—I saw it on the Founding Farmer’s Menu  and based on the chatter about it at the table, I decided to…

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