Tabling at the Midtown Farmers’ Market
2024-07-27 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Midtown Farmers Market, 4160 Main at North Hills St, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609
Come and see us at the Midtown Farmers’ Market! The Market’s mission is to create a vibrant, thriving farmers market in the heart of Midtown Raleigh, where the community can buy local, family-farmed foods, grown in a manner that sustains the land and our health. TZW will have a table set up- stop by and say hello!

Tabling at the Midtown Farmers' Market
2024-07-20 08:00 - 12:00 | Midtown Farmers Market, 4160 Main at North Hills St, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609

Raleigh Earth Extravaganza
2024-04-21 | Moore Square, 201 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC, 27601
RALtoday and The Great Raleigh Cleanup are presenting Earth Day Extravaganza on Sunday, April 21, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Moore Square, 200 S Blount Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. There will be activities all day! Toward Zero Waste will be tabling at the Earth Day Market from 12-3p, come by and say hello!

Bearthday at Raleigh City Farm!
2024-04-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Raleigh City Farm, 800 North Blount Street, Raleigh, NC, 27604, United States
TZW will have a table at Raleigh City Farm’s Bearthday! The farm will celebrate their birthday and honor Earth Day. It’s free to attend, and open to the public! Delicious food and beverages will be available for purchase; tours of newly developed areas of the site; children’s activities and educational demonstrations; plein air artists, live music and free cupcakes! Come by and say hello!

Earth Day 2024- Raleigh
2024-04-19 17:00 - 22:00 | Dorothea Dix Park, 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27603, United States
TZW will have a table at Raleigh’s Earth Day! Explore earth-conscious vendors and organizations while enjoying live music, games, and activities for all ages. We will be showing a family-friendly movie to conclude the event. This event is free so come by and say hello!

April Makers Sewing Meetup
2024-04-18 14:00 - 21:00 | Christ The King Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut St, Cary, NC, 27511
Sign up HERE!
Join the Makers sewing meetup for the 2024 Reusable Bag Project!
This is a great way to connect with other Toward Zero Waste community members, reduce waste, and learn a new skill!
We will have two sessions, 2-4pm and 6-9pm, and there will be a limit of 10 spaces for each session. You do not have to attend for the full session, so register even if you plan to come for an hour or two!
Beginners are welcome and no equipment is required but you can bring what you have!
Hope to see you there!

Keep Your Cool In A Warming World: Facing Your Fear About Climate Change
2024-04-17 17:30 - 18:30 | Talley Student Untion NCSU, 2610 Cates Ave, Raleigh, NC 27606, Raleigh, NC, 27606, United States
Register HERE!
Join somatic psychotherapist Miriam Brodersen for a free, in-person workshop to explore ways to navigate your feelings about the current planetary crisis. We’ll explore the psychological roots of the climate crisis, discuss strategies to help when overwhelmed, and practice using mindfulness to connect to feelings of gratitude, connection and purpose. Hosted by Eco+Pack @ NCSU, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and Toward Zero Waste.
Meet the presenter:
Miriam Brodersen, LCSW, CHT
Miriam Brodersen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Hakomi Therapist with 17 years of clinical experience. She specializes in mindfulness and body-based approaches to healing trauma, attachment, and relationship difficulties. A returned Peace Corps Volunteer who speaks four languages, Miriam brings a global perspective to her clinical work. She loves helping people work with their emotions about climate change and other global crises and sees this inner work as an important part of changing the world. Miriam earned a BA from Columbia University in 1999 and a Masters of Social Work from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007. She lives near the Eno River in Durham NC, with her partner and eight-year old daughter.
Parking: Parking is free after 5pm and you can park in the Coliseum Parking Deck on 201 Jensen Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606.

NC State Earth Fair
2024-04-10 11:00 - 14:00 | NC State Stafford Commons, 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, 27606, United States
TZW will have a table at the NCSU Earth Fair! The Earth Fair is a sustainability-focused event featuring exhibits, demonstrations and ideas on how you can make the world a better place. Bring a friend and come experience the breadth of sustainability, including learning about food, water, transportation, nature, wellness and so much more. This outdoor event is free, open to the public and sponsored by NC State’s University Sustainability Office. Come by and say hello!

Winter Litter Sweep
2024-03-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Crabtree Creek Trail Parking Area, 2300 Crabtree Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27608
Join us for our last litter sweep!
Toward Zero Waste Raleigh has adopted a section of the Raleigh Greenway! That means we have committed to picking up trash and making sure our trail is in good condition 4 times a year.
Our spring litter sweep will be Saturday, March 30th.
Event Location: 2300 Crabtree Boulevard Raleigh, NC 27608 Crabtree Creek Trail Parking area on Crabtree Blvd
Date: Saturday, March 30th 2024
Time: 10am – 12am
Partnering with Great Raleigh Cleanup we’ll supply: grabbers, buckets, bags, & safety vests.
You bring: work gloves, your own water in your favorite reusable bottle. Don’t forget to dress for grubby, overgrown conditions!
All ages invited and encouraged but parents are responsible for supervising their children. ;)
An email reminder will be sent out prior to the event.
Click here to register!

March Makers Sewing Meetup
2024-03-21 14:00 - 21:00 | Christ The King Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut St, Cary, NC, 27511

February Makers Sewing Meetup
2024-02-15 14:00 - 21:00 | Christ The King Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut St, Cary, NC, 27511

Mindful Mending Holiday Party
2023-12-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Mindful Merchant, 2425 Kildaire Farm Rd #401, Cary, NC, 27518
Join us for the TZW Makers holiday party on December 7th from 7-9pm at Mindful Merchant in Cary, NC! Have some holiday fun while you learn how to mend an item you fixed with a skilled sewer. Don’t have anything to mend? Just come mingle and enjoy some light refreshments. Hope to see you there!

League of Women Voters' Timely Topics
2023-11-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Highland United Methodist Church: Bradley Hall, 1901 Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States
LWV-Wake’s Environment Committee, in collaboration with Toward Zero Waste, will host the November Timely Topics event, a discussion of the problem of plastic pollution in North Carolina and recent efforts to combat this problem.
One of those efforts is HB-28, the NC Managing Environmental Waste Act of 2023. Championed by Rep. Harry Warren (R, Rowan), the bill’s primary sponsor, and Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), HB 28 is a bipartisan bill that allocates funds to the NC Policy Collaboratory to study the issue of food service ware and that aims to reduce the use of single-use plastic throughout the state.
Leading the discussion will be Grady O’Brien, Policy Associate with the North Carolina Conservation Network and Leigh Williams, Co-Founder of Toward Zero Waste. Mr. O’Brien will summarize the current status of the bill and will outline the challenges faced by legislators and environmentalists who are working to eliminate plastic waste. Ms. Williams will describe her journey towards zero waste and provide tips for how we all can reduce the solid waste we create in our homes.
The Environment Committee will be offering light refreshments for attendees. In a spirit of sustainability, all serve ware will be either reusable or compostable.
This will be an in-person event and is open to the public. Registration is required. You can register for the event here. We hope to see you there!

Smash Don't Trash
2023-11-04 08:00 - 12:00 | Midtown Farmers Market, 4160 Main at North Hills St, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609
Did you know that 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins end up in landfills each year? Join us in taking action on November 4th at our Smash Don’t Trash Event, taking place at the Midtown Farmers Market in partnership with CompostNow! From 8 am to noon, we’ll be providing additional compost bins to collect your post-Halloween pumpkins.
To ensure these pumpkins can be effectively composted, please take a moment to remove any candle wax, non-biodegradable glitter, paint, etc!
If you have any questions please email kate@towardzerowaste.org

Cary Downtown Farmers Market Fall Festival
2023-09-23 09:00 - 15:00 | Cary Downtown Farmers Market, 160 E Park St, Cary, NC, 27511, United States
Toward Zero Waste will have an informational booth at the Downtown Cary Farmers Market Fall Festival! Stop by and say hello! If you would like to volunteer to table at the Toward Zero Waste booth please sign up here:
https://secure.givelively.org/event/toward-zero-waste-north-carolina/cary-falls-farmers-market

Harvest Fest #1
2023-09-16 12:00 - 16:00 | Good Hope Farm, 1580 Morrisville Carpenter Rd, Cary, NC, 27519
Volunteer with Toward Zero Waste each month this fall for an afternoon of free fun down on the farm! This fall Cary’s Harvest Fest Series will have live music, local food and beverages, farm tours, and more on our historic working farm for the Good Hope Farm Harvest Fest. Toward Zero Waste is looking for volunteers to help staff our table. Volunteer shifts last 2 hours each and are a great opportunity to engage the community about sustainability. Sign up now to be a part of this wonderful event and contribute to building a sustainable future together!
There are three Harvest Fests this fall! The next dates are September 16th, October 21st and November 18th. Sign up HERE:
Please note, parking is not permitted on this historic site; guests can park at Good Hope Baptist Church located at 6628 Good Hope Church Road and enjoy our complimentary shuttle service.

Zero Waste Book Party
2023-05-23 18:30 - 19:30 | Mindful Merchant, 2425 Kildaire Farm Rd #401, Cary, NC, 27518
Toward Zero Waste and Mindful Merchant are hosting a zero waste book party on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Our special guests area Mei and Irene Li from Food Waste Feast who are authors of the new cookbook Perfectly Good Food: A Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking. Bring a friend along with all your zero waste cooking questions and join us for a chat, book signings & snacks!
The zero waste book party is FREE to attend. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Sign up HERE
The doors will open at 6:30pm
For more about the cookbook click here.
Check out the recording of our discussion with Mei Li from 2022 about reducing food waste on our YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/QhCGt3Nq6wk
To learn about other events we are hosting or going to be at, visit our Events page.

Midtown Farmers Market Sustainability Day
2023-05-20 08:00 - 12:00 | Midtown Market, 4160 Main at North Hills St, Raleigh, NC
Midtown Farmers Market at North Hills is hosting a Sustainability Day on May 20th from 8a-12p. We will be there along with the usual market vendors.
There will be compost collection bins available. Don’t forget to bring your food scraps to be turned into soil for market farmers. List of acceptable items.
Come out to learn more about sustainability, and check out some great local businesses!
Join us for the opportunity to connect with people and share our vision for a low-waste NC at this and other Triangle-area events this spring. Sign-up today to volunteer: https://bit.ly/3ZF0luR
To learn about other events we are hosting or going to be at, visit our Events page.

Wine + Weeds Social
2023-05-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Raleigh City Farm, 800 North Blount Street, Raleigh, NC, 27604, United States
Join us and other volunteers for Raleigh City Farm’s weekly Wine + Weeds social weeding party that stewards the gardens on the Farm. Meet us in front of the red farmer shed at 6pm, then raise a compostable cup (or BYO glass) of wine (provided by Raleigh City Farm and sourced from their neighbor, Wine Authorities) before a fun, relaxed hour or more of weeding. Make sure to stop by a little early to check out the Farm’s Pay-What-You-Can Farmstand. We hope to see you there!
Please pre-register for the Wine + Weeds social to save your spot here.
Also complete the Farm’s volunteer waiver here.
To learn about our other events, visit our Events page.

Earth Day at Midtown Farmers Market (Raleigh)
2023-04-22 08:00 - 12:00 | Midtown Market, 4160 Main at North Hills St, Raleigh, NC
Visit us at our booth to celebrate Earth Day with Midtown Farmers’ Market! This year’s Earth Day initiatives are centered around investing in our planet. The market has partnered with We Plant it Forward, a local non-profit committed to preserving and restoring the natural environment for the benefit of future generations. There will be several opportunities geared toward reducing our carbon footprint, including:

Shop Local + Support our Farmers! Support the producers and farmers who work hard every day to make eating in NC a more sustainable act
We Plant it Forward Tree Giveaway + Educational Kids Craft
Volunteer Opportunities with The Great Raleigh Cleanup
Onsite Compost Bins – Bring your food scraps, and we’ll turn them into soil for our farmers
Show your reusable water bottle or market bag and earn $4 in Market Bucks

Join us for the opportunity to connect with people and share our vision for a low-waste NC at this and other Triangle-area events this spring. Sign-up today to volunteer: https://bit.ly/3ZF0luR
To learn about other events we are hosting or going to be at, visit our Events page.

Raleigh Earth Day Celebration
2023-04-21 17:00 - 20:00 | Dorothea Dix Park, 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27603, United States
The City of Raleigh invites you to Earth Day 2023 celebration at Flowers Field at Dorothea Dix Park on April 21st from 5-8p. Attend this FREE community event to explore earth-conscious vendors and organizations, including Toward Zero Waste, while enjoying live music, games, and activities for all ages. The City of Raleigh will be showing the family-friendly movie, WALL-E, to conclude the event. Learn about what the City of Raleigh and community partners are doing to create a more sustainable Raleigh. Take action and pledge to volunteer and make personal changes to support the environment.
Join us for the opportunity to connect with people and share our vision for a low-waste NC at this and other Triangle-area events this spring. Sign-up today to volunteer: https://bit.ly/3ZF0luR
To learn about other events we are hosting or going to be at, visit our Events page.

Sonoco Recycling Tour (Raleigh)
2023-04-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Sonoco Recycling, 111 S Rogers Ln, Raleigh, NC, 27610, United States
Join us for a free tour of Sonoco Recycling’s materials recovery facility (MRF) in Raleigh, on April 21st at 1pm. This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn about the what happens after you throw things in the recycling bin including how material is sorted and bundled. Recycling is one of the Rs of zero waste and it is important to recycle right.
To sign up the Sonoco Recycling Tour Raleigh: https://bit.ly/3Z3dXiV There is a cap of 20 people, so please be sure you can attend if you sign up! This tour is open to all ages but children must be supervised by an adult.
Wake County, most of its municipalities (excluding Cary & Wake Forest), and surrounding municipalities use this MRF. Not sure where your recycling goes? Use this map from NCDEACS
To learn about our other events, visit our Events page.

NC State Earth Fair
2023-04-12 11:00 - 14:00 | NC State Stafford Commons, 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, 27606, United States
Come see us along with NC State student organizations, departments, programs and other community organizations at NC State’s annual Earth Fair. We are excited to be in attendance again this year to highlight our organization to college students and our mission to promote low-waste living. We hope to see you at our table!
About the NC State Earth Fair at Stafford Commons:
Celebrate Earth Month with the Wolfpack. Earth Fair is a sustainability-focused event featuring exhibits, demonstrations and ideas on how you can make the world a better place. Bring a friend and come experience the breadth of sustainability, including learning about food, water, transportation, nature, wellness and so much more. This outdoor event is free, open to the public and sponsored by NC State’s University Sustainability Office.
To learn about other events we are hosting or going to be at, visit our Events page.

Arbor Day Festival- Raleigh
2023-03-25 12:00 - 16:00 | John Chavis Memorial Park, 505 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
Come visit us at our table at the annual Arbor Day Festival at John Chavis Memorial Park.
“The festival will give people direct experience in understanding the benefits of trees and how to sustain our natural environment.
A fun-filled festival with tree giveaways, crafts, tree trivia, live music, food trucks, tree care and rain barrel demonstrations and other fantastic creative expressions that support trees and the natural environment.
This event is a call to celebrate trees and create a sense of community purpose toward the preservation and restoration of the natural environment.”
Want to help share our mission to promote low-waste living at our table at the Arbor Day Festival? Sign-up to volunteer today!
To learn about other events, visit our Events page.

March Volunteer (& Friends) Social (Cary)
2023-03-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Fortnight Brewing Company, 1006 SW Maynard Rd, Cary, NC, 27511, United States
Hope you can join us for a fun time at our March Volunteer (& Friends) Social at Fortnight Brewing Company in Cary. Hang out with like-minded members of our eco-conscious community from 6:30-8p on March 14, 2023. This event is open to current, past, and future volunteers and friends. Snacks will be provided!
***While we host a number of family-friendly events and appreciate our youngest volunteers, this social is for adults only.
For details about our other events, go here.

Makers Sewing Meetup- February (Cary)
2023-02-16 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Christ The King Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut St, Cary, NC, 27511
Looking for an opportunity to connect with others, take action to reduce waste, and learn a new skill? Join our Makers group for the next monthly sewing meetup. Beginners are welcome and no equipment is required but you can bring what you have. The Makers are focused on making reusable bags to replace plastic bags at the Downtown Cary Farmers Market and use leftover or repurposed fabric.
There are two sessions at 2-4pm and 6-9pm with a limit of 10 spaces per time slot so reserve your spot today!
To Register: https://signup.com/go/ZXnyhVj
Makers sewing meetups are held every 3rd Thursday at the Christ The King Lutheran Church in Cary, NC.
Join the Makers group here. *This is a public Facebook group.
To learn about our other events, visit our Events page.

POSTPONED: Book Discussion: Facing the Climate Emergency - Margaret Klein Salamon (Raleigh)
2023-02-12 16:00 - 17:30 | Washington Street Business Park, 1030 Washington St, Raleigh, NC, 27605-1258
***Oops- We didn’t realize February 12 was Super Bowl Sunday. As a result TZW Raleigh is postponing the discussion of the book Facing the Climate Emergency by Margaret Klein Salamon. We hope you will join us for a great conversation when this event is rescheduled.***
For updated event information visit our website Events Page.
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Toward Zero Waste will be hosting a book discussion of the novel Facing the Climate Emergency – Margaret Klein Salamon. We will be meeting at 1030 Washington Street on Sunday, February 12th from 4-5:30pm for the discussion.
Please register because space is limited! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a4fa8af28a2f58-facing#/
If you don’t already own this book, please try to borrow it or purchase it, even better, second hand. If that isn’t an option, the book is available to purchase online here: shorturl.at/vBE03. Please only sign up if you plane to or have finished reading the book. We hope you will join us for a great conversation!

Toward Zero Waste Volunteer Social
2023-02-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Trophy on Maywood, 656 Maywood Ave, Raleigh, NC, 27603
Want to connect with other like-minded people?
Join us for our upcoming volunteer social! It is an opportunity to get together and talk about the fun and challenges of moving toward zero waste. Also learn how others (and potentially you) can help change the culture to make low-waste living approachable and achievable for everyone.
This event is open to current, past, and future volunteers and friends.
We are looking forward to seeing you at Trophy on Maywood on Friday, February 10 from 5-7pm EST.
***While we host a number of family-friendly events and appreciate our youngest volunteers, this social is for adult volunteers only.
For details about our other events, go here.

Toward Zero Waste 101 (Cary, Virtual)
2023-01-31 19:00 - 20:00 | Mindful Merchant, 2425 Kildaire Farm Rd #401, Cary, NC, 27518
Are you ready to start moving toward zero waste but not sure where to start? Join us in-person at Mindful Merchant in Cary or virtually via Zoom for Toward Zero Waste 101. We will discuss the FIVE R’s of zero waste and how you can make personal changes to live more sustainably.
Mindful Merchant will be open for our group to shop before and after the presentation and offer a 10% discount for all who attend. Attendees watching virtually will have a week to visit the store to use a 10% discount (Sorry, Mindful Merchant does not sell any products online).
There will be a raffle at the end of the night for one lucky in-person attendee to win a $25 gift certificate to Mindful Merchant.
Register here to save your seat because space is limited!
Can’t make it in-person, you can still attend virtually by register here.
The planned schedule:
6:30-7:00 Sip and shop (in-person only); Please bring your own reusable container to enjoy the refreshments.
7:00 – 8:00 TZW 101 discussion (virtual & in-person)
8:00 – 8:30 Raffle and shopping (in-person only)
We are here to help you on your journey toward zero waste!
To see our other events visit our Events Page.
