…print the coloring page below. SCARCE Earth Day coloring pageDownload Catch up on episodes of Earth Chats SCARCE’s podcast is in its second season and we’re doing a countdown to…
S3 Episode 3 – Hope’s Garden: Growing new purpose at DuPage County Jail
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, in this talk through Hope’s Garden. What have they unearthed? Daily dedications…Plant therapy-…
S2 Episode 19 – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: RESTORE! Interview with Jim Fessler of ReStore
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: How does ONE ReStore location divert 1000 tons of material out of the landfill? Find out in this…
S3 Episode 11 – Books that influence us: inspiring action, and building hope.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Kay, Heather, and Carol talk about the best books with visiting professor from Azusa Pacific University Dr. Sarah…
S4E4 – Pack your car for the drive-thru of a lifetime: You’re going to a Recycling Extravaganza!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol as they dish about the Norman Rockwell-esque community events that are rocking the…
S2 Episode 5 – What do Books, Instruments, Flags, and Keys Have in Common? Special Collections @ SCARCE.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 6 – Can you can? Mary can. Interview with Mary Krystinak, owner of Mary’s Wholesome Living
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 20 – Your Old Bike’s New Home: An interview with Dave Gorman of Working Bikes
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Interview with Dave Gorman, board member and representative of the fabulous non-profit Working Bikes. Working Bikes gives donated…
S3 Episode 1 – Don’t trash it: Smash it! How to host a Pumpkin Smash in Illinois (#1 producer of pumpkins) and beyond.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, Carrie and Carol as they dish about Smashing Pumpkins (the act of doing so- not…
S2 Episode 8 – The Milkweed Effect: Interview with Laura Fanning, Monarch Enthusiast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 1 – Plastics: To be or not to be recycled (that is the question).
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 9 – Founding Fathers: In the Green
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 2 – Recycling Glass: Container glass YAY. Other glass NAY.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S4E5 – Build it Green! The Sustainable Design Challenge
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, Carrie, and Carol as they discuss how future builders and innovators hone their skills through…
S2 Episode 10 – Compost: giving back to the Earth
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 11 – Dream of Dark Skies: interview with Adam Kreuzer of Int’l Dark-Sky Association
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 12 – Vermicomposting: welcome the worms
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S3 Episode 8 – Bilingual Interns translate the message of SCARCE: Meet Audrey Kamal & Olivia Ryan.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS ? What is the best way to say something? Translation matters.? In this episode: What’s it like to be an intern…
S2 Episode 7 – Hazardous Waste: what we can’t recycle and how to get rid of it.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S3 Episode 10: Green your holiday
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Kay, Heather, and Carol, explore ways to increase holiday cheer while decreasing holiday waste. Good clean fun: reusable…
S2 Episode 15 – SCARCE Inspires
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 13 – Water: keepin’ it clean.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 4 – The Story on Recycling Paper
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 3 – “Metaling” around with Recycling
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S2 Episode 14 – Coming from a place of power.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S3 Episode 9: Mindful Shopping: supporting artisans & companies that care ?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Chief chatters Kay, Heather, and Carol, explore what it means to shop mindfully. Is 500 miles still “local?”…
S3 Episode 4 – What to do with your used cooking oil ???
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, Erin, and Carol, as they share answers to the following question: How do I dispose…
S3 Episode 5 – Well-Connected: Have something that’s too good to throw away? SCARCE “knows a guy.”
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, as they share answers to the following question: How do I dispose of…
S3 Episode 6 – Meet Susan McNeil-Marshall of SCARCE-LY Used Books and Records, Retired & Repurposed Librarian
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, as they chat with SCARCE volunteer Susan McNeil Marshall, co-manager of the SCARCE-LY…
S2 Episode 18 – Think Globally, Ask Locally
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Your friends at SCARCE answer frequently asked questions. China, the USA and wish-cycling. Spatula-clean is good enough. Tuna…
S2 Episode 16 – Earth Day Champions
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Join us for a countdown to Earth Day with season 2 of Earth Chats. We’re releasing an episode every weekday through…
S3 Episode 2 – Recycling Extravaganzas: Building community while saving so much from the landfill
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, Carol, and Erin as they chat it up about hosting a Recycling Extravaganza. What happens…
S2 Episode 17 – Earth Action: DGS High School Students Speak
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS What can high school students do to help the environment? Downers Grove South High School students Heather Lea and Jordan Bertrand…
E7S4- Inspiring Plastic Consciousness & a Virtue of Moderation: An interview with Dr. Sarah Richart, professor at Azusa Pacific University
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol as they interview Dr. Sarah Richart, Professor of Biology and Chemistry and Environmental…
S4E1 – BRAND NEW: 19,000 Square Feet of SCARCE. How did we get here and what’s inside?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol as they count the blessings of their brand new, 19,000-foot SCARCE Sustainability Center…
S3 Episode 7 – Volunteer gig of a lifetime: Meet Jim Marshall of SCARCE-LY USED Books and Records
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, as they discuss the “volunteer gig of a lifetime” with Jim Marshall, co-manager…
S1 Episode 3: Gardening (Part 1 of 2) Know your Garden!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS It’s finally Spring. Smells first thing in the morning. Getting rid of grass. Thriving Dandelions. Zero chemicals on your lawn. Native…
Episode 0 – Earth Chats
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Your weekly discussion on how to live your most sustainable life. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your…
S1 Episode 1: Kick-off on Earth Day!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Kaitlyn and Carol chat with Kay McKeen, Director of non-profit, SCARCE about the first Earth Day. Other talking…
S1 Episode 4 – Gardens (Part 2 of 2) Know your Garden
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Optimism. Safe for your yard, safe for your pets. Gift ideas: Hoses for Showers. What’s your favorite garden? Container gardening in…
S1 Episode 6 – Permaculture
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Tending the Garden, Not Forcing the Garden with Dr. Michael Knapp You can find a list of all our episodes here….
Earth Chats
Join us in our newest endeavor: podcasting! On Earth Chats we bring you the scoop on environmental topics that you can do something about today. Informed by almost 30 years…
Science doesn’t Stink! Weaving Whale Poop through your Classroom Science Lessons
…through carbon credits? Additional Resources: Trophic cascades in Yellowstone National Park: How Wolves Change Rivers Whales and the modern environmental movement: Mindbomb, Undone Podcast, Gimlet Media How Whales Change…
S4E3 – How to honor World Water Day (March 22) & those who live downstream from you.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol as they honor World Water Day (March 22nd) and recall the ways we…
S4E2 – Mindful of Metals: “Why can’t I put metal hangers in my recycling bin?” and other metal mysteries uncovered.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol as they explore everyday ways you can rescue metals from the landfill. Also…
S4E6 – We Belong to the Earth…Chats. A musical conversation with Earth Chats producer, musician, and educator Louise Kelly
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, and Carol as they interview Louise Kelly, singer/songwriter and longtime friend of SCARCE. Louise has…
S1 Episode 5 – Plastics
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Positive momentum. Plastic alternatives. “Cradle to Cradle” or “Cradle to Grave” Inventions. Zero Waste. PASTA straws vs Plastic straws. Banana leaf…
S1 Episode 7 – Learning and Interning
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS S.C.A.R.C.E. is School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education. And so much more! Learn about this award-winning environmental non-profit…
Pumpkin Smash
S1 Episode 2 – All things should come with trees
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS In episode 2, we discuss just some of the amazing things about trees to celebrate Arbor Day!…