By Liesl Clark The girls at Tsarang’s ani school want to thank you deeply for the books you’ve donated to our Magic Yeti Library in their beautiful school. This is a well-loved library and put to use each day. Bringing new boxes to the girls is one of my family’s greatest joys and among the […]

By Liesl Clark The village of Samdzong is so small it took us only 25 minutes to walk around with sacks to pick up the garbage thrown outside people’s homes. Why is this trash found throughout the village? Until recently, all garbage was organic: Shoes were (and many still are) handmade from leather and wool, […]

By Liesl Clark “Divide the clothing into 17 piles.” We had brought 4 duffel bags filled with socks, jackets, pants, hats, all the clothing necessary to keep a family warm. What we didn’t anticipate was that the clothing would have to be divided into 17 equal shares. This village has 17 households. To keep it […]

By Liesl Clark The average American has at least 10 batteries in their possession at any given time and throws away 8 batteries per year. Should we recycle batteries? Absolutely, for the mercury and cadmium in our batteries can wreak havoc on the environment. According to the Environmental Health and Safety Organization, “In landfills, heavy […]

By Finn Clark Today is my birthday and I’m turning 10. I decided to do a good deed on my birthday, since I’ve been around for 10 years now. It’s a tradition in my family: On each of our birthdays we choose how we give back to our Earth in thanks for the nurturing planet […]

By Liesl Clark Schools love Earth Day because it’s a kid-friendly time of year to educate and celebrate Mother Earth while taking stock on how we’re measuring up with our waste footprint. Trash Backwards took the opportunity to audit 2 schools’ waste this week, and the impact of the exercise has huge potential. But it’s […]

By Liesl Clark Contribute a few dollars to our Trash Philanthropy mission and make a mountain of difference Nepal. Can you really help other people with your trash? Absolutely. We use the word “trash” to denote anything headed to the landfill or incinerator, items people want to discard because that’s the simplest thing to do. […]

By Liesl Clark (If you want to go directly to our donations page at Active Giving, feel free to skip this article and do some good.) When our first child was born, friends and relatives gave us their favorite baby books. Many were classics, and some were just popular books by authors who had coined […]

By Liesl Clark Here’s where to donate a few dollars to our cause. It will truly make a difference for the hundreds of illiterate children picking through the garbage on the streets of Kathmandu. It all started on a bike ride. We kept seeing garden gloves along the side of the road. In fact, we […]

By Liesl Clark “Do You Have Any Leftovers?” was written on the sign next to the man sitting humbly on a street where popular cafes and restaurants have sidewalk seating on a Boulder, Colorado street. We were struck to the core by these words. He wasn’t asking for money or even for “food.” This street […]