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we are an organization that incentivizes humans to think more critically about our relationship with the environment by facilitating interactive science, art, and community programs built upon the philosophy that small, unified actions lead to habitual, social, and systemic change.

our circular economy:

transforming clothes into handmade paper

stats

each of our events & collaborations is connected with our civilian science projects. from junk journal workshops to community clean ups, we hope to exemplify the power of small, organized & well communicated actions.

handmade paper made

10,328

slices of paper saved

49,162

junk journals made

361

one piece a day litter count

37, 365

meals served

312

community -unifying events

70

highlighted frontline projects

the walk across the u.s. 2021 - 2022

  • organizational roots

    a human decided to walk across the U.S. in an attempt to connect with the people and communities with whom he crosses paths. he was accompanied by his friend, driving the support vehicle.

    how'd it go?
about us

REANIMATOR bike tour 2023

  • REANIMATOR x w.g.e

    riding primarily on dirt roads and carrying all equipment by bicycle, participants offered free solar powered sewing repair events along the way, raising awareness of cycling and sewing as tools for self sufficiency.

    how'd it go?
learn more about REANIMATOR

conservation • art • education • community

visibility through data collection

  • one piece a day

    one piece a day is a S.T.E.A.M. based citizens science project that encourages students in a classroom setting (k-12) to pick up and document at least one piece of litter per day for at 3 weeks.

    our goal is to pick up 50,000 pieces of litter with students in the northern new mexico region of the U.S.

    learn more

  • project save the ugly

    project save the ugly is our effort to celebrate what is often overlooked or misunderstood through experimental and unorthodox music and film.

    we hope to create a space where we can think more critically about how we consume & discard many tangible things in our lives such as plastic, paper, textile & food waste while celebrating music, film, art & relationships.

    learn more

near term goals

  • continue building an action-oriented coalition focused on consumer habits & corporate accountability through the lenses of art, education & conservation.

  • encourage students in every k-12 public school classroom in northern new mexico to pick up & document at least one piece of litter per day for 3 weeks each school year throughout grade school using our civilian science project “one piece a day”.

long term goals

  • activate & empower youth through consecutive years of interaction with we.grow.eco programming, helping to build a skillset of community organizing, project management & event planning that they can mobilize autonomously to tackle complex problems that present themselves in their communities.

  • produce quantitative feedback in the form of a dataset of litter that can be used in the pursuit of legal & policy action to address a primary root of our environmental crisis: our over-reliance on single-use plastic & our limited options for the consumption of basic human necessities, like food & water.

past community events

 if you’re looking for more ongoing involvement with the we.grow.eco project, reach out to us and we can set up a time to meet.

info@wegroweco.org