Wanna Scrap!

No, I don't mean the hair pulling, sand throwing, limb-locking tangle of a school yard tussle. What I'm referring to is scrapaction.org ! SCRAP stands for the School & Community Reuse Action Project. This wonderful organization is based in Portland Oregon. It is a non-profit organization whose mission is to "inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community." In short, they offer the cast off yet otherwise usable materials from businesses and local organizations, to schools, groups, and even artists' alike. What do they offer? They offer a wide variety of materials from plastic beads, to holographic film, paints, fabric remnants and more. You name it. If it is headed for a landfill and is deemed safe to reuse then Scrapaction offers it!

They also offer many community based classes and programs that involve teachers, parents, students and artisans. These programs feature many creative ideas for using these cast off products. Many big name business and brand name companies are on the expansive list of donors for this program. Namely, Tazo Teas, Whole Foods markets, Portland store fixtures and the list goes on and on. Businesses are encouraged to donate their unwanted, unused, or even brand new products to help support the programs and classes taking part all over.

Scrapaction also owns and operates a walk-in storefront called the Creative Reuse Center where local artisans and everyday people can pop in and search out unusual additions to their latest masterpiece, school or community project such as metal parts, compasses, beads, paints and a variety of oddities at minimal cost. They are currently working on the addition of a fully functioning art gallery featuring only creations using environmentally friendly and reusable components. Scrapaction encourages all comments, questions and concerns about their rapidly growing educational program. This wonderful organization is certainly doing its part to help ensure that people from all walks of life always have sustainable options for whatever the project they may be involved in. And for this we give them a big thumbs up!