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Fairfax Streets for People- Clothing Swap!

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Sunday, October 13, 2019 – 10am-4pm

Bring some “gently used” clothing items you are ready to part with, and find new additions to your wardrobe. The swap has been a big hit every year!

New Location: the parking lot next to Gestalt Haus. Drop off clothes starting at 9am.

For more information about Fairfax Streets for People, check out the website at www.FairfaxStreetsforPeople.com.

If you have any questions, please contact info@sustainablefairfax.org

Backyard Compost and Soil Health Workshop

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Backyard Compost and Soil Health Workshop

HEALTHY SOIL MAKES YOUR GARDEN GROW!

Sunday, September 22 at 10am
Fairfax Backyard Farmer
135 Bolinas Rd., Fairfax
Note: The event is currently full, but you can still sign up and automatically be put on a waitlist. There is still a good chance you could get in, or be first on the list for our next one!
Discover how to make the soil in your garden a vital living ecosystem.
In this free workshop, you will learn:
1) how to turn your food scraps into garden gold by creating your own backyard compost

2) what you can do to prepare your soil for winter.

INSTRUCTOR: AVIS LICHT
Avis Licht has a degree in from UC Berkeley in Agricultural Sciences, and apprenticed with the great horticulturist, Alan Chadwick, who brought bio-dynamic, French Intensive gardening to this country. She founded the Commonweal Garden in Bolinas 40 years ago and was instrumental in the founding of the Indian Valley College Organic Farm and Garden. She has a gardening blog that covers all aspects of gardening and uses her own 1/2 acre garden in Woodacre for teaching.

Supported by the Fairfax Backyard Farmer, Town of Fairfax and Sustainable Fairfax.

Community Clean-Out Day: E-Waste, Mattresses, Tires & Bikes

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In partnership with Sustainable Fairfax, Fairfax Market is hosting a

COMMUNITY CLEAN-OUT DAY!

Saturday, August 24, 2019 

10am-4pm

Parking lot of Fairfax Market, 2040 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax

RECYCLE these items:

Used mattresses

Old tires (includes bike tubes and tires!)

Electronic waste*

*Anything that plugs in is e-waste

(collected by Conservation Corps North Bay)

DONATE these items:

Used bikes and bike parts (must be in good condition)

Trips for Kids will be collecting these items to support their youth development programs.

Thank you to Fairfax Market for being a Sustainable Fairfax Sustainable Steward!

Waste-Less Tour at Good Earth Natural Foods

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Waste-LESS Tour at Good Earth Natural Foods

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 –  6:30-7:00pm… and every third Wednesday of the month!

Join us to learn how to shop with zero-waste in mind, healthfully, sustainably, and locally! Reserve your spot HERE.

Questions? Email info@sustainablefairfax.org.

SWAP not SHOP! School and Box Lunch Supply Exchange

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SCHOOL AND LUNCH BOX SUPPLY SWAP

NOW until Saturday, August 24th!

Location: The outside alley at Indie Alley, 69 Bolinas Road, Fairfax

School supplies are expensive and are often made of materials that cannot be recycled. Sustainable Fairfax wants to connect people who want to get rid of school supply clutter with those who need materials for the upcoming school year!

Feel free to DROP OFF your unneeded school and lunch box supplies to the outside space at Indie Alley any time this week through Saturday, August 24. (It is the alley next to the FairHemp store).

Or, if you need supplies and want to cut down on waste, come by the alley this week to PICK UP any supplies you need. (We suggest not coming to pick up supplies until Wednesday).

Let us know if you have any questions at info@sustainablefairfax.org or call 415-408-6008.

 

Ways to reduce waste at Fairfax Hardware

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Thanks to Fairfax Lumber & Hardware for becoming a Sustainable Fairfax Sponsor!

DID YOU KNOW THAT….

  • You can skip the plastic bag and BUY YOUR SOIL IN BULK! Just bring your own container. Fairfax Lumber’s bulk soils and compost are manufactured from organic ingredients with no biosolids.
  • Fairfax Lumber will EXCHANGE your empty camp stove propane cylinder when you purchase a full ones. Every year in North America, 40 million disposable one-pound propane cylinders are used. The empty cylinders are often disposed of improperly, and pose a threat to our sanitation workers and are a financial burden on our national parks.
  • Fairfax Lumber gives away their clean durable plastic bags that they receive from product shipments. Check out the new bin, and save these bags from the landfill. Great for storage, pet waste and more. 
  • You can safely dispose of your batteries in their battery bin.

Fairfax Lumber’s FAIRFAX GREEN program provides nature friendly products and information to their customers. Fairfax Green is the convergence of their four goals – conservation of natural resources, increased energy efficiency, improved indoor air quality, and the reduction of toxins in our environment. >>Learn more about Fairfax Green.