What We're About

RE Sources is a non-profit environmental education organization founded in 1982 as Bellingham Community Recycling.  We build healthy communities by promoting and supporting waste reduction; advocating for clean water, air and energy; empowering schools to reduce their carbon footprint and putting sustainability tools into your hands.

Our Vision

Healthy, prosperous communities, living in balance with the natural world

Our mission

RE Sources promotes sustainable communities through recycling, education, advocacy, and conservation of natural resources.

This place we call home is a very desirable place to live because of its remarkable beauty, recreation options—skiing, sailing, biking, kayaking, hiking, backpacking and more—and relative affordability. These are things we value, as do the newcomers who move here each year. But more people means more stress and strain on those resources, particularly our air and water, that make our home so attractive. That’s why the work of RE Sources is becoming increasingly critical.

RE Sources empowers the people who live here—children and adults alike—to do all they can to protect our home. More specifically, the organization provides individuals with the tools they need—key information, citizen trainings and workshops, and volunteer-led field programs—to actively safeguard our marine waters, rivers, lakes, beaches and air.  In fact, RE Sources now oversees a number of programs designed to reduce air and water pollution and encourage waste reduction and recycling throughout the region.

These programs include: the North Sound Baykeeper, an educator and advocate for the marine waters of Whatcom and Skagit Counties; The RE Store, seller and salvager of used building materials; The Sustainable Living Center, a place to gather and learn about sustainable practices; and Youth Programs in the schools, focusing on waste, air and climate change.

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