FSSW: Green since 1982
Let's Go Green!
The Original Green Machine
All workers need
a healthy
environment
Friends of Seasonal and Service Workers (FSSW) has been committed to “going green” since our inception in 1982 (well before it became a corporate catch-phrase), and as a grassroots organization we have always carefully husbanded our resources: recycling, reusing and repurposing everything from coffee cans to clothing, cars to furniture, and home goods to office supplies.
We are committed to being good stewards of our resources and our planet, and demand our government reverse the startling and destructive practices that are destroying our environment and killing us. The richest 10% of the population produces nearly 48% of CO2 emissions, while the poorest 50%, who have extensive experience in stretching each dollar as far as possible while trying to survive on starvation wages, contribute only 12%. Join us to find out more!
48%
Richest 10%
Share of global CO₂ emissions produced by the wealthiest tenth of the world’s population.
12%
Poorest 50%
Share of global CO₂ emissions produced by the poorest half of the world’s population.
2030 Agenda for Sustainable development
Friends of Seasonal & Service Workers
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted unanimously by all 193 member states of the United Nations on September 25, 2015, including the U.S., as the Agenda for all countries to prioritize and achieve cooperatively by 2030, to ensure that all human beings can fulfill their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.
The 2030 Agenda is consistent with the principles and programs FSSW has fought for and supported since our inception, and our battle against the increasing poverty and lack of living wages in the communities we support. FSSW endorses these goals and promotes them to make them known to our volunteers, supporters and friends of labor throughout the area.
The March 4, 2025 official rejection and denunciation of the SDGs by the U.S. government does not deter FSSW’s resolute endorsement of the SDGs, in solidarity with the rest of the 192 member nations of the U.N. that adopted this agenda in 2015, as necessary for the advancement of humankind.
solar since 2019
Here to win, here to stay with FSSW!
Each improvement conserves resources that can instead strengthen our support for organizations of low-income workers.
Generating power
Fifteen rooftop panels
FSSW installed 15 rooftop-mounted photovoltaic solar panels in 2019 to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels that worsen climate change.
Power generated where the work happens
Powering electric and hybrid vehicles
Electric car charger
FSSW’s office has an electric vehicle charging station to serve needs of volunteers with electric and hybrid vehicles who participate by delivering supplies to low-income workers’ organizations, picking up fellow volunteers and more. We are actively seeking donated hybrid and electric vehicles, which will allow our solar panels to power 100% of the driving we do, replacing fossil fuel use.
Seeking donated electric and hybrid vehicles
Shining a light on the situation
LED light bulbs
FSSW uses only LED bulbs to reduce electricity consumption and save on energy costs.
Save money and energy!
Creative solutions
Reduce, reuse, reinvest with FSSW
Nearly all furniture in FSSW’s office was saved from a landfill by the volunteers and supporters who donated it. FSSW uses both sides of paper, distributes gently-used clothing and carefully husbands its resources to best serve the members of the organizations we support.
SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION
Join the fight to end poverty and save our planet!
Join FSSW to organize and change the policies and practices that funnel the wealth created by the labor of tens of millions of people into the hands of the few.