We up-cycle our community’s waste plastic

into durable tools and infrastructure.

1. I had a familiarity before meeting Roarke with precious plastics and the second I heard he was working on something I jumped. After our first chat where we shared our interests in local plastic recycling, agroforestry, and David Flemming’s economic philosophy I knew we were going to make something interesting.

2. There is already a thriving local economy here. We have so much resilience as a community with an equal capacity for celebration.

3. Haha, I try hard to avoid real jobs but most of my time is dedicated to setting up an agricultural project with my mom and partner. PTP takes a nice portion of my days, too.

4. I want to be most excited about the infrastructure stuff like sheets, tiles, bricks and boards but my excitement is usually all about whatever thing I’m working on in the workshop at the moment, as long as it’s working and going to plan. Right now I’m making woven plastic bait bags for dogs but I secretly can’t wait to make climbing holds. That’s not a priority but it’ll be super fun.

5. Whichever season is next. Right now I’m thrilled that the harvest is soon over-ish and I can hibernate and create over the winter. But in the dead of winter I’ll be excited for spring and all of the planting and outside time after a winter of planning.

6. Pineapple. I will fight you or at least order half and half. It must have a balance of salty-black olive and pineapple pizza is my go to.

7. Can I say plastic? I also do a lot of other fiber stuff (knit, crochet, sew, weave) and I usually make it weird.

8. Feels like since birth. I was born in the 70s and I feel like all of the stuff coming into my jelly brain as a kid was preparing me for right now. I started crafting with plastic about 15 years ago.

9. Don Cheadle's Captain Planet. Obviously.

1. I have been enthralled by Precious Plastics for years! Shortly after moving to Port Townsend, I heard Roarke was working on one of the machines and I was beyond excited. After about a year I worked up the courage to ask if I could be involved in some way. I love the idea of taking the waste we already have and turning it into something. So many of us have no idea where our trash and recyclables actually go, but with this type of project you know exactly what is being done with it! I love that with the vision PTP has, our waste is recreated into something useful all while keeping our waste local!

2. I don't think I have ever experienced community until moving to Jefferson County. I was originally destined to only stay here for a year, but the beautiful sense of community this area has is what has kept me for now going on 5 years. I love how supportive, uplifting, and connected this community can be.

3. I am the Outreach Coordinator at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center where I am currently focusing on sustainability initiatives that mostly deal with waste reduction - I've got a thing for trash!

4.Pegboards

5. Summer. I am originally from Arizona and love the feeling you get when you walk outside and can feel the sun sizzle and sap every last drop of moisture from your skin. Just makes me wanna take a nap in pure bliss.

6. Pineapple but ONLY if there are olives!

7. I mentioned I have got a thing for trash, right? I am practically a hoarder of things destined for the trash because they are broken, missing pieces, etc, etc, etc. I love figuring out how to fix or repurpose and find new homes for these things!

8. My obsession with plastics and making a change started when I was about 19 and I went off to an internship in the Caribbean. There I met and worked with some incredible people doing conservation work and from that moment forward the planet had my heart.

9. I would say maybe poison ivy for my super hero...? She might be slightly evil but she is just fighting against the man and pollution.

1. Because I also love to be creative and make things with my friends, and if I can channel that into providing a real service and alleviating a real problem within my community then, well, that's pretty awesome and empowering for all of us.
 

2. Wild foraging berries and mushrooms, and the beach.
 

3. Currently somewhat piecemeal - my main gig this year has been as a field hand at Midori Farm in Quilcene.
 

4. I'd love to see frames for backpacking backpacks. That, and geodesic domes.

5. Summer. It's almost not even that cold here for a couple months.

6. Honestly I like pineapple on pizza, but I don't get why this question is such a big deal lol.

7. Of the one's I'd feel comfortable sharing, probably fire spinning. I also love chess.

8. I ended up volunteering on a vegetable farm in Colorado for 5 months after I graduated college with an engineering degree. I cared about environmental and social issues before then, but during those 5 months I had a lot of conversations with my fellow farm workers and other community members which led to a deeper understanding of some of the issues we are facing. Then, I ended up working at a worker owned kitchen in Berkeley, CA where we packaged all of our food in reusable mason jars. That's when I became a true nut about curbing plastic waste.

9. I don't know if this counts as a superhero, but I do really like and identify with Finn from Adventure time.