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What is your drink’s environmental footprint?
Enjoying a frosty beverage in the sun may sound like the perfect end to your day this spring, but do you know what your favorite drink’s environmental footprint is? From grain or grape to glass, brewing and winemaking can often be resource heavy with water and energy...
From Researcher in Coding to Community Volunteer
By Antonio Byrd Photo by Nathan Lemon on Unsplash Researching Coding in Black Communities As a researcher at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, I study how Black communities access and learn computer programming, and how they use coding to address racial...
You got organized, but can you stay organized?
Check out these 14 organizing ideas that stick. By Eliza Cantlay "My house looks amazing now, but how do I keep it this nice?" This might be the question I hear most often from my organizing clients! Here are some tips of mine to save you time, money and sanity....
Composting: The Other Kind of Recycling
By Karen Ramsey The natural world is an amazing self-sustaining system, effortlessly transitioning matter from one useful state to another throughout its lifecycle. In nature anything organic can, and will, eventually break down and be recycled through that system,...
Common-sense Methods for a Sustainable Lifestyle
by Summer Collins In a world where instant gratification reigns supreme and mindful living gets put on the backburner, taking the time to go over your environmental impact can be crucial to our planet’s sustainability. A staggering report released by the...
Donate the Gift of Sight
Make a difference with your old eyeglasses According to the nonprofit OneSight, more than 1 billion people around the world with vision loss and lack of access to eye care could regain their sight with a pair of glasses. OneSight is a nonprofit that brings eye exams,...
Startland News covers Re.Use.Full’s mission to connect donors and nonprofits
Learn about our founder and how your nonprofit can get more in-kind donations Startland News recently covered the launch of Re.Use.Full with an interview with our founder, Leslie Scott about how she hopes to connect more donors with KC-area nonprofits. Read All about...
Fundraising Tip–When shopping raises unrestricted funds.
Easily raise unrestricted funds with Amazon Smile. More people are shopping online than ever before, and if they’re ordering on Amazon, your organization can earn a percentage of their order through AmazonSmile. While the percentage Amazon donates is small, just 0.5%,...
Growing Flowers—and a Website
This spring, one of my pandemic projects was planting wildflower seeds. I followed the directions and was fortunate enough to get periodic rains early on. The seeds sprouted a week or so after planting, and the plants kept growing but seemed to take forever to bloom....
