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June 16, 2026
Making the Most of Pandemic Sustainability Pandemic sustainability. The coronavirus pandemic has brought anxiety and uncertainty to so many parts of our lives, but IDEAS For Us (IDEAS) continues its work to involve the community in sustainability action throughout everything. IDEAS Executive Director Clayton Louis Ferrara, Chief Operations Officer Lee Perry, Chief Administrative Officer Caroline Chomanics, and Chief Communications Officer Ernest Calderon came together in an online session to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and
Fast Fashion: Ditch the Trends and Go with Everlasting Style Fast fashion. Orlando Zero Hour, an intersectional youth climate organization saw that with people working from home and isolated from one another, was a ripe time to launch an educational campaign. So they did just that, starting Project Reuse and Reduce, which strives to teach Orlandoans on sustainable initiatives. They held a four-part series of discussions, and on Friday, July 10, IDEAS For Us hosted
5 Ways to Have an Eco-Friendly Halloween Eco-Friendly Halloween. If you’re like me, you practically live for Halloween, from autumn-orange yard decor and carved pumpkins everywhere to especially the heaps of candy. It’s finally the season when placing random decorations around the house is not only acceptable, but expected, and we’re all about celebrating. But Halloween is also the beginning of troubled times for the environment around us as we deposit countless empty candy wrappers
Menstrual Health in Nepal: Changing The Public Perception Menstrual Health in Nepal. IDEAS For Us Nepal created an informative, highlight video of their Butterfly Campaign Program to demonstrate the life of menstruating women in Nepal. The video opens up to the inside of a small, dimly lit stone shed, in which are two teenage girls. They sit on the ground, dressed in a combination of long sleeves and traditional Nepali sarees. When one of their
The Right to Clean Water Charter Amendment The Right to Clean Water Charter Amendmen: your water, your charter, your home. If you are opting for mail-in voting, then this is already heading towards your home, even as this is being typed. For the residents of Orange County Florida, there will appear three charter amendments on the November 3, 2020 ballot. Chuck O’Neal, who is the president of the Right to Clean Water political committee, spoke
Permaculture: Closing the Loop Permaculture: Closing the Loop. It’s probably safe to say that most of us live similar lives in a lot of ways: we go to the grocery store to purchase stacks of packaged foods; we water our lawns; we drop cardboard boxes and bags of leaves on the pavement for the trash pickup every week. Nobody even stops to think about the possible impacts of tossing the garbage in the garbage can.