Source: voices.yahoo.com Published: June 14, 2012 Many of our great volunteers collected so much hair that, unfortunately, we cannot use all of it right now for oil spills. We are always on the lookout for new ways to recycle the hair. Click on the link to...
Published: June 8, 2012 http://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-furniture/furniture-made-plastic-bottles-and-human-hair-comfy-and-creepy.html http://www.treehugger.com/style/100-percent-biodegradable-eyeglasses-made-from-human-hair.html 20120608 Some Inventive People...
This 15-minute mini-documentary shows how Matter of Trust and Excess Access began and how they work. Copies are available upon request; it has been displayed on YouTube since March 2009....
Hair mats used in oil spill cleanup, like all traditional cleanup materials are incinerated or landfilled by hazmat teams. In 2002, Matter of Trust and Fungi.com joined forces to do lab research on—if fungus could breakdown mats made from human hair soaked in...
A huge International Natural Fiber Recycling mobilization took place to help get hair booms to the Gulf Coast Spill. We had donated to warehouses spread along Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida that received hair, fur, fleece, and nylons from donors...
Matter of Trust has partnered with Music Team SF in San Francisco, California. This organization is also seeking gently used instruments of all kinds for the children in their after-school inner city youth orchestra program. Music Team SF is founded on the El Sistema...
Matter of Trust is the fiscal sponsor for Orchards International Projects, run by Doug Franco (James Franco’s Father). Doug coordinates with many logistics partners to get goods such as rice and clothing to children in Kabul. Thanks to Doug and his team, we also...
Matter of Trust partnered with the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (EBDCR) to help victims of the October 2010 flooding in Pakistan. Through our program Excess Access and the community collected parkas and sleeping bags to send to those affected. Linda Levitsky (in...
Matter of Trust is the fiscal sponsor for Veggie Van.org, whose founder, Josh Tickell, is from Louisiana. After the hurricane struck, thanks to the coordinating efforts of Josh and many volunteers, biodiesel providers got fuel to supply boats and diesel trucks when...
Matter of Trust was the fiscal sponsor for Anne Galjour’s benefit performance for the play “Hurricane,” which draws inspiration from the peculiarities of daily life in Louisiana’s Cajun community. Shawn Rosenmoss coordinated the grassroots...
