Learn about Sustainable Bainbridge’s seven major programs serving the Bainbridge Island community:

Bainbridge GreenWays

Connecting People to Places

Beach Naturalists

Learn about our marine ecosystem; participate in citizen science

Climate Action Bainbridge

Working to reduce local and regional carbon emissions

ReFashion Bainbridge

Inspiring change through art

Watershed Council

Stewarding Bainbridge Island Watersheds through education, partnerships and citizen science

Weed Warriors

Restoring native habitat for people and salmon

Zero Waste

Helping our community to generate less waste

Sustainable Bainbridge welcomes 2025 with a commitment to connect and collaborate with other groups and individuals who share our passion for improving the environmental health of our planet and strengthening our social bonds.

Community Campaigns & Projects

The ReUse Depot

Fix-it Fair

Bainbridge Island Environmental Conference

Earth Month

Beach Cleanup

CWMA

Cooperative Weed Management Area

Call to Action

Help Helpline House

See Helpline’s inspiring guide to creating a fun & easy pop-up food drive for neighbors, clubs, teams, or friends. There is hidden poverty right here, and the strain on both families and food banks has increased enormously in the past few months. You can help!

Help Zero Waste
at Mochi Tsuki

Volunteers on discard station duty help the 3,000 visitors to this annual traditional Japanese New Year’s event sort their discards into the appropriate bins to keep as much out of the landfill as possible.

Enter the ReFashion Show

The Call for Artists for the 10th anniversary of the ReFashion Show is now in full swing. Five new categories, two ways of participating. Go to the ReFashion Show website for all the details. Deadline to enter is January 31.

Holiday Light Recycling

Take your old, broken light strings to Ace Hardware, now through January 19, to be recycled. Working LED light strings should go to a secondhand store.

Coming Events

Beach Exploration for Family and Friends

January 1 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Scrap Metal Sorting

January 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

SB Partner: BI Metro Parks MLK Day of Service

January 19 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Scrap Metal Sorting

January 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Sustainable Bainbridge Board Meeting

January 26 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

ReUse Depot Jeans and Patches

January 27 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm