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Reducing the Yuletide Waste Stream

Simple solutions for cutting consumption during the holidays

Laurel BraunsDecember 18, 2019August 6, 2024

‘Tis the season to shop and eat. But are the holidays a carte blanche for throwing eco-consciousness to the wind? Consuming in the name of celebrating comes at a cost to the environment: According to the Environmental Protection Agency, American household waste increases by more than 25% from Thanksgiving to Christmas, adding an additional 1 […]

Special Issues & Guides

Bend Over and Pick Up Project

Local couple aims to clean up Bend, one bag of trash at a time

Keely DamaraMay 15, 2019June 16, 2024

It all started after Sydney Dickson’s car broke down on Highway 20, on the way back from work in Tumalo. While waiting for a tow truck, Dickson and her boyfriend Jamison Cook decided to fill their time by picking up trash on the side of the road. “We were hanging out on Highway 20, didn’t […]

Culture

Film Events 12/31-1/8

The Source StaffDecember 31, 2014January 19, 2023

Trashed: No Place for Waste Trashed is a documentary looking at risks to humanity’s food chain through pollution of air, sea and land by the amount of garbage we produce daily. It is a very thought-provoking documentary that examines ways to fix the problem instead of creating alarmist doom and gloom scenarios through fear mongering […]

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