Better World Betty

06/23/2023

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

One cook's trash is another chef's ice cream. Here's what to know about the upcycling movement.

06/15/2023

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

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

04/29/2023

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

04/19/2023

Love seeing the circular economy grow and innovate!

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

02/21/2023

Thanks Upstream for this post highlighting the environmental justice movement!

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.

01/27/2023

Oyster-loving Betties, let's do it!

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.

10/08/2022

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

An Idaho woman turned a 110-year-old tree stump in her yard into an enchanting miniature free library: the "Little Tree Library."

08/17/2022

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

08/03/2022

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

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

07/27/2022

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 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...

07/22/2022

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

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…