When the Town of Taos stopped recycling plastic, a group of locals created an innovative solution: turning waste into walls. With a little help from the LOR Foundation, they’re poised to make a dent in the overflowing plastic. Read more
Waste to Walls: Taos Locals Learn How to Build With Plastic
- Local Champion: Taos Initiative For Life Together
- Date Funded: March 1, 2023
- Grant Amount: $29,930
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- Local Champion:
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- Date funded:
- July 22, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $14,400
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- Date funded:
- July 16, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $750
- Local Champion:
- Lander Senior Citizens Center
- Date funded:
- June 28, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $4,520
- Local Champion:
- Evangel Assembly of God
- Date funded:
- June 27, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $17,290
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- Date funded:
- June 11, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $30,000
- Local Champion:
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- Date funded:
- June 11, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $9,400
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