For The Love of Trees

04/27/2016

Would you agree?

03/18/2016

02/24/2016

Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars

of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,

the long tapers
of cattails
are bursting and floating away over
the blue shoulders

of the ponds,
and every pond,
no matter what its
name is, is

nameless now.
Every year
everything
I have ever learned

in my lifetime
leads back to this: the fires
and the black river of loss
whose other side

is salvation,
whose meaning
none of us will ever know.
To live in this world

you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.

“In Blackwater Woods” by Mary Oliver, from American Primitive. © Back Bay Books, 1983.

It is with mixed feelings that we announce that For the Love of Trees will no longer be hosting a monthly Swish. We want to Thank everyone who made the Swishes possible. We could not possibly have accomplished what we did over the last year without your support. Although we still believe “Together we can make a difference” and would encourage people to reduce, reuse and recycle their clothing for the health of our planet the limited turn out despite 250 + on our mailing list does not make it possible to deliver a fair trade swap at a monthly event. So the time has come to let go, and we are letting go.
In our dedication to unburdening the planet of clothing waste we have been creating bags from the unloved clothing left behind at our Swishes. Over the next few months we will be exploring different ways to bring these bags to life . . . so stay tuned and For the Love of Trees Simplify!

02/20/2016

Need to freshen up your wardrobe? Grab some unloved clothes from your closet and exchange them for some new to you clothes at the Swish today!!!
Drop off from 11 - 12, Swishing at 1
At the Devenish Building, 315 -908 17th Ave SW

02/19/2016

Grab some of those "unloved" items from your closet and come on out to the Swish tomorrow!!

01/25/2016

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Swish on Saturday!! It was a lot of fun. We appreciate your support!

01/23/2016

Come on out to the Swish today!! Drop off starts at 11, Swishing starts at 1. Dig out some of those good quality winter clothes you don't wear, grab a friend and have some fun!! Hope to see you there!

01/20/2016

Change must come from many places and involve many people. So we invite all those interested in Swishing to join us to create the critical mass needed for change. The first Swish of the New Year... Jan 23, 2016.
If not you, then who? If not now, when?

01/19/2016

Our next SWISH is this Saturday January 23rd! Take a look through your closet, clean out a few items, and come on down....

01/13/2016

It’s a new year! Let’s make 2016 a good one!
Is it time to clear out your closet? Update your wardrobe?
It’s definitely time for us to become more responsible about our environmental impacts!
Beat the January blues, invite a friend for lunch or coffee and come out to the Swish!! Next Swish is Sat January 23rd!

12/31/2015

Thank you for supporting the Swishes in 2015! You helped to keep clothes out of the landfill, you and someone else went home with a "new" outfit, and it is much more sustainable than hitting the stores when you want to update your wardrobe. Mother Earth thanks you too!

12/29/2015