October Eco-Leader Events & Volunteer Opportunities
Your one-stop shop for Eco-Leader sign-ups, gatherings, and other happenings! Not sure what it means to be an Eco-Leader? Learn more about the Eco-Leader Volunteer Network here!
Calling all Eco-Leaders!
Are you looking for fun ways to get involved in the Zero Waste movement this October? Read on to find the latest and greatest volunteer events, webinars, and sign-ups for local opportunities to take action with Eco-Cycle and other community partners! Not an Eco-Leader yet? Before you sign up, join our network of about 1,000 volunteers.
Join Eco-Cycle for a new webinar!
The Psychology of Stuff
Thursday, November 14, 2024
6:00 pm–7:30 pm MT, via Zoom
This year, instead of brawling over a flatscreen at a big box store, join Eco-Cycle for a brand-new webinar all about conscious consumerism! We are lucky to be joined by guest speaker (and Eco-Leader) Dr. Kelly Kandra Hughes, who holds a PhD in psychology and is an expert in minimalist living and anti-consumerism. In this webinar, we seek to answer the question: Why do we have so much waste, and what can we do about it? Through this discussion, you will gain insight about your brain’s own patterns as well as tools to rewire those patterns and start consuming mindfully.
Take a tour of our local recycling facilities!
Friday, November 15, 2024
10:00 am–12:30 pm MT
Eco-Cycle (6400 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO)
Celebrate Green Friday with a tour! We are offering free, public tours of the facilities where all Boulder County’s curbside recyclables (and hard-to-recycle items) are processed so we can see the “downstream” of consumerism.
We will be touring the Boulder County Recycling Center and the Eco-Cycle Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM), and gaining insight about where our stuff goes (reminder: there is no “away”)!
U-Fix-It Clinics
U-Fix-It Clinics are community events where people bring all sorts of broken appliances, toys, electronics, clothing, and jewelry and work with volunteer coaches to learn hands-on repair skills. Not only does this save resources from the landfill, but it also empowers us to repair our own belongings and builds community around the role of reuse in a circular economy! Eco-Cycle is proud to be a supporter of this impactful, feel-good event.
Boulder U-Fix-It Microwave Workshops
November 12–15, 2024
2:00 pm–4:00 pm MT daily
North Boulder Library (NoBo)
STUDIO 24 makerspace, 4500 13th Street
Boulder U-Fix-It Clinic
Sunday, November 17, 2024
12:30 pm–4:30 pm MT
Boulder Public Library, BLDG 61 Makerspace
Sign up below for your slot, and bring that item you haven’t thrown out but don’t know how to fix!
Community cleanup with Sustainable Resilient Longmont
Sunday, October 20, 2024
1:00 pm–3:00 pm MT
Loomiller Park, North Shelter
Join Sustainable Resilient Longmont for a community cleanup this Sunday! Please bring a water bottle, hat/sunscreen, and work gloves if you have them.
