Arts Providers Alliance of San Francicso
The Arts Providers Alliance of San Francisco is a group of professional artists and arts organizations dedicated to the advancement of arts education in San Francisco.
Building Resources
San Francisco’s only source for reusable, recycled and remanufactured building and landscaping materials.
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (Oakland)
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse is an ecological treasure trove of art & craft materials, educational supplies, vintage furniture, home décor, paper goods, fabric, and much more.
RAFT – Resource Area for Teaching (San Jose, Redwood City, Sunnyvale)
RAFT is a non-profit organization that provides educators with the tools they need to engage their students in powerful hands-on learning experiences.
Ohmega Salvage (Berkeley)
Our goal is to save architectural materials that are still useful to others and essential to authentic restoration projects; as well as to save resources in a world burdened with too much landfill.
Urban Ore (Berkeley)
Our purpose is to end the age of waste by advocating and developing total recycling. We receive unwanted things and sell them as-is for reuse.
The ReUse People
The ReUse People of America reduces the solid waste stream and changes the way the built environment is renewed by salvaging building materials and distributing them for reuse.
OUTSIDE BAY AREA
Art from SCRAP(Santa Barbara)
Art From Scrap is one of the leading environmental education organizations in Santa Barbara, California. Each year AFS Green Schools reaches 14,000 children through lessons and field trips covering the topics of Natural Resources, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Compost, Water Quality, and School Gardens.
California Materials Exchange (CalMAX) (CA)
CalMAX is a simple idea: “One business’ trash is another business’ treasure.” Businesses, industry, schools, and nonprofits can use CalMAX to search for available and wanted materials.
The Creation Station (Lansing, MI)
This all-volunteer run, nonprofit organization provides scrap materials that educators, parents, artists, childcare providers, youth organizations or the front_doorgeneral public can use for art, crafts, science or school projects.
Generation Green (Moraga, CA)
Generation Green sponsors forums, events, workshops, and classes to inform and support the public on the benefit, and need, for a sustainable, re-usable, low-impact, healthy lifestyle.
The Hudson Valley Materials Exchange (New Paltz, NY)
HVME is an educational waste prevention organization that fosters business and community development, art and culture, environmental protection, and sustainable living through its services.
LA Shares (Los Angeles, CA)
L.A. SHARES is a non-profit materials reuse program, which takes donations from the local business community of reusable goods and materials (both new and used) and redistributes these items FREE-OF-CHARGE to non-profits and schools throughout Los Angeles County.
Materials for the Arts (New York, NY)
Materials for the Arts, NYC helps artists realize their visions, provides students with a richer educational experience, and furnishes businesses with a simple and efficient way to enhance the cultural life of their city while promoting environmental awareness and reuse.
MECCA (Eugene, OR)
MECCA operates a recycled art supply store where you can find fun materials such as flooring and wallpaper samples, corks and bottle caps, glass and ceramic pieces, fabric scraps, used cards and calendars, and much more.
Redo (Baltimore, MD)
ReDo is providing education, training, and technical assistance to start up and operate reuse programs. ReDO is working to create a national reuse network and infrastructure. From the simplest programs to the most complex.
Rare Hare F.A.I.R. (San Diego)
Rare Hare F.A.I.R (Fostering Artistic Ingenuity with Recycling) courses increase environmental awareness by turning normally discarded items that impact San Diego landfills into functional and creative projects.
Resource Revival (Mosier, OR)
Resource Revival recycles bicycle parts into art. We create fun, functional products from recycled bicycle parts. We collect tons of discarded bicycle parts every year from bike shops all over the United States. Then our team of artists tinkers with them until new products are born. We call this Resource Revival!
SCRAP (Portland, OR)
SCRAP (School and Community Reuse Action Project) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Our mission is to inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community.
The Scrap Exchange (Durham, NC)
Promoting creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse since 1991.
St. Louis Teachers Recycle Center
The St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center, Inc. gathers creative materials from local business and industry that are landfill-bound and makes them available to teachers, parents and youth groups.
BAY AREA RESOURCES
Arts Providers Alliance of San Francicso
The Arts Providers Alliance of San Francisco is a group of professional artists and arts organizations dedicated to the advancement of arts education in San Francisco.
Building Resources
San Francisco’s only source for reusable, recycled and remanufactured building and landscaping materials.
EcoFindeRRR (SF Environment)
Find out where to recycle and properly dispose of just about anything.
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (Oakland)
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse is an ecological treasure trove of art & craft materials, educational supplies, vintage furniture, home décor, paper goods, fabric, and much more.
RAFT – Resource Area for Teaching (San Jose, Redwood City, Sunnyvale)
RAFT is a non-profit organization that provides educators with the tools they need to engage their students in powerful hands-on learning experiences.
Ohmega Salvage (Berkeley)
Our goal is to save architectural materials that are still useful to others and essential to authentic restoration projects; as well as to save resources in a world burdened with too much landfill.
Urban Ore (Berkeley)
Our purpose is to end the age of waste by advocating and developing total recycling. We receive unwanted things and sell them as-is for reuse.
The ReUse People
The ReUse People of America reduces the solid waste stream and changes the way the built environment is renewed by salvaging building materials and distributing them for reuse.
OUTSIDE BAY AREA
Art from SCRAP (Santa Barbara)
Art From Scrap is one of the leading environmental education organizations in Santa Barbara, California. Each year AFS Green Schools reaches 14,000 children through lessons and field trips covering the topics of Natural Resources, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Compost, Water Quality, and School Gardens.
California Materials Exchange (CalMAX) (CA)
CalMAX is a simple idea: “One business’ trash is another business’ treasure.” Businesses, industry, schools, and nonprofits can use CalMAX to search for available and wanted materials.
The Creation Station (Lansing, MI)
This all-volunteer run, nonprofit organization provides scrap materials that educators, parents, artists, childcare providers, youth organizations or the front_doorgeneral public can use for art, crafts, science or school projects.
Generation Green (Moraga, CA)
Generation Green sponsors forums, events, workshops, and classes to inform and support the public on the benefit, and need, for a sustainable, re-usable, low-impact, healthy lifestyle.
The Hudson Valley Materials Exchange (New Paltz, NY)
HVME is an educational waste prevention organization that fosters business and community development, art and culture, environmental protection, and sustainable living through its services.
LA Shares (Los Angeles, CA)
L.A. SHARES is a non-profit materials reuse program, which takes donations from the local business community of reusable goods and materials (both new and used) and redistributes these items FREE-OF-CHARGE to non-profits and schools throughout Los Angeles County.
Materials for the Arts (New York, NY)
Materials for the Arts, NYC helps artists realize their visions, provides students with a richer educational experience, and furnishes businesses with a simple and efficient way to enhance the cultural life of their city while promoting environmental awareness and reuse.
MECCA (Eugene, OR)
MECCA operates a recycled art supply store where you can find fun materials such as flooring and wallpaper samples, corks and bottle caps, glass and ceramic pieces, fabric scraps, used cards and calendars, and much more.
Redo (Baltimore, MD)
ReDo is providing education, training, and technical assistance to start up and operate reuse programs. ReDO is working to create a national reuse network and infrastructure. From the simplest programs to the most complex.
Rare Hare F.A.I.R. (San Diego)
Rare Hare F.A.I.R (Fostering Artistic Ingenuity with Recycling) courses increase environmental awareness by turning normally discarded items that impact San Diego landfills into functional and creative projects.
Resource Revival (Mosier, OR)
Resource Revival recycles bicycle parts into art. We create fun, functional products from recycled bicycle parts. We collect tons of discarded bicycle parts every year from bike shops all over the United States. Then our team of artists tinkers with them until new products are born. We call this Resource Revival!
SCRAP (Portland, OR)
SCRAP (School and Community Reuse Action Project) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Our mission is to inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community.
The Scrap Exchange (Durham, NC)
Promoting creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse since 1991.
St. Louis Teachers Recycle Center
The St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center, Inc. gathers creative materials from local business and industry that are landfill-bound and makes them available to teachers, parents and youth groups.