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2025 Year in Review: ReThink Disposable in California

December 8, 2025 | By Julie Wedge
It's been another successful year for the ReThink Disposable program, and we want to thank our Board, our members, and our valued supporters for trusting us to do this work. We wrapped up a four-year contract with StopWaste where we worked together to reduce single-use disposable foodware in Alameda
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What the Unpackaging Alameda Project Means For The Future Of Source Reduction

August 9, 2019 | By Jamie Smith
Over the course of the project, our team trained 27 volunteer ambassadors, 10 student interns, and 24 litter survey volunteers who analyzed disposable food packaging found on Park Street in Alameda before ReThink Disposable intervention. Outside of our interaction with businesses, we developed relationships with members of local government and leaders of community groups.
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the ReThink Disposable Team at a celebration of the Alameda project
a person planting a young tree sapling

Planting Trees, Growing Environmental Leaders

June 19, 2019 | By Sheila Islam
In May, I finished my third semester teaching a college dual enrollment Healthy Communities course at Madison Park Academy in the Sobrante Park District of East Oakland. Sobrante Park is an environmental justice community burdened with heavy traffic. The majority of households pay over 50% of their
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SNAPS Air Monitoring Launch in Lost Hills

June 5, 2019 | By Jesus Alonso
On May 13th, with the symbolic press of a green button, Comite Lost Hills En Accion (Committee Lost Hills in Action), successfully launched the SNAPS (Study of Neighborhood Air near Petroleum Sources) air pollution monitors at the California Air Resources Board SNAPS Kickoff in Lost Hills. Over 25
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Room full of community members at SNAPS air monitors launch

Canvasser Spotlight: Fenix Grace

May 6, 2019 | By Nicole Masaki
“In a time of ecological collapse, we can only do our best to be alive and contribute what is ours to contribute.”--Fenix Grace The Phone Canvass plays a vital role at the Oakland Clean Water Action office. One of the people on this incredible team is Fēnix. They are currently in development to be a
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