Waste Not Want Not (WNWN) Announces Successful Project Using Zero Emissions Transportation
WNWN is a new Richmond organization dedicated to organizing a city-wide network of volunteers using zero-emission transportation (bicycles) in the delivery of food waste to community gardens for use as compost.
(PressZoom) - Waste Not Want Not ( WNWN ) kicked off its first project at the beginning of August: Volunteers riding modified bicycles with trailers are transporting food waste from Crossroads Coffee and Ice Cream to The Byrd House Market and Grace Arents Community Garden at the William Byrd Community House ( WBCH ).
WNWN is a new Richmond organization dedicated to organizing a city-wide network of volunteers using zero-emission transportation ( bicycles ) in the delivery of food waste to community gardens for use as compost. WBCH has provided a space where vacuum shredders and compost tumblers transform previously unused food waste - Crossroads produces about 10 - 15 gallons per day - into valuable, nutrient rich soil. WNWN is taking 'matter' into its own hands to affect local environmental change. "Our mission is to make sustainability a feasible reality in Richmond," says Chris Lumpkin, a volunteer. "By organizing local coffee shops with community gardens, a symbiotic relationship between business and non-profit green spaces will be cultivated."
Laura Halperin, WNWN founder, and a team of 14 volunteers are behind this effort which is under the umbrella of The Back Porch Initiative, a local Richmond non-profit. "I chose the name Waste Not Want Not because it captures what we are doing: working towards sustainability by recycling resources through our local ecosystem and economy to achieve prosperity for all," says Halperin. "Ultimately, this project is going to grow into a green jobs initiative to further support our economy and collective future here in Richmond."
In the contemporary frenzy for marketable greenness, it can be difficult to discern sustainable practices from corporate "greenwashing." Many are also frustrated with society talking about going green but doing little to improve current practices. WNWN has begun to change that through direct action.
"Our goal is to ensure that being 'green' becomes an essential component of our metropolitan philosophy, not simply a point of sale for marketable products, but a legitimate shift in our way of living, says Preston Duncan, contributor to WNWN. "We believe sustainability is not a catchphrase, but an unequivocal necessity for the preservation of our quality of life."
To learn more, get involved or contribute a tax-deductible donation to The Back Porch Initiative/WNWN, please contact: wastenotwantnotrva@gmail.com or see us on the web at http://www.myspace.com/wastenotwantnotrva
Contact: Laura Halperin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. ( 804 ) 200-9482 Email: wastenotwantnotrva@gmail.com
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