Sioux Falls Conservation Alliance

Tomorrow I leave on a road trip to help a local non-profit.  I will cover 3,000 miles in three days.  I have all of my reusables ready to go, thermos for my own coffee, travel mug, large reusable water bottles and my own snacks, all in reusable containers.

During Covid the management at work removed the regular plates, bowl and cups for common use from our kitchen.  They replaced them with styrofoam cups, coated paper plates and plastic utensils.  About a month ago I pointed out that the county promotes recycling and reducing use of harmful items and as a county facility we should be moving away...

When I am picking up trash people are more likely to say hi or engage in conversation.  This is good for the community by improving relationships.  It also gets others to think more about the trash and possibly do some cleaning up as well.

Plastic production has far reaching impacts from air and water pollution to creating less desirable places to live.

Good morning,We are down to the last two days and I feel like the month has flown by. As a team we really picked it up this past week and I thank you for all of your dedication! We have moved up into 16th place out of nearly 400 teams. The team ahead of us is within striking distance and they have over 20 more team members than we do. This...

Time went so fast all I can say is lets keep this challenge alive in our daily lives to make a change in the environment. One small ripple.......