Volunteer Opportunities and Events in and around Boulder, Colorado
Your home for Zero Waste volunteer opportunities and environmental events throughout Boulder County! Learn more about our volunteer program—the Eco-Leader Volunteer Network—here!
Calling all Eco-Leaders!
Looking for fun ways to get involved in the Zero Waste movement? Read on to find the latest and greatest volunteer events, webinars, and sign-ups for local opportunities to take action with Eco-Cycle and other community partners! Not an Eco-Leader yet? Before you sign up, join our network of about 1,000 volunteers.
Upcoming Events, Trainings, and Volunteer Opportunities
Summer Kickoff Eco-Leader Social Hour & Goodbye Party
After many years of managing the Eco-Leader Volunteer Network, Rosie is headed out east to new adventures and would love to say goodbye to all you Eco-Leaders before departing! Bonus: Rosie’s replacement, Lex, will be there so everyone can meet her! Expect good vibes and two drinks (including non-alcoholic).
We hope you can join us for this casual but meaningful social hour! Please find details below:
Eco-Leader Social Hour & Goodbye Party
Friday, May 23
4:45 pm–6:30 pm
Rayback Collective (2775 Valmont Rd, Boulder)
Introducing: The Summer of Sustainable Change Workshop Series!
Join us for a brand-new, FREE behavior-change workshop series!
Many of us want to make changes in our lives that will benefit the environment. From shopping online less, replacing single-use plastics in your life, or ditching fast fashion, the intention is there—but sometimes it can be hard to get started, maintain a new behavior, or change old patterns.
This summer, we invite you to participate in our “Summer of Sustainable Change” series. Under the direction of professor, psychologist, and Eco-Leader Dr. Kelly Kandra Hughes, and using best practices from motivation theory, behavior change, and neuroscience, participants will target one specific, environmentally conscious behavior they would like to change. So no matter where you are in your journey toward more sustainable living, this program will help you make progress in the right direction.
The “textbook” for this 7-week program will be Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear. Every week, we’ll meet to discuss readings from Clear’s book with a sustainability lens and personalized feedback provided to participants on a weekly basis for their particular sustainability goal. Together we’ll figure out the best ways to make tiny changes in our daily lives so we can collectively create positive change for our planet!
Summer of Sustainable Change Workshop Series
Thursdays from June 19–August 7 (you don’t need to be able to attend every session!)
6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Boulder County Recycling Center (1901 63rd St., Boulder)
Sign up to table with us at the Longmont Farmers Market!
Saturday, May 24
Saturday, June 7
Event is 9:00 am–1:00 pm, but volunteer shifts are only 2 hours long
Boulder County Fairgrounds (9595 Nelson Rd, Longmont)
Come support Eco-Cycle’s outreach at the Boulder County Farmers Market in Longmont! Volunteers will table and chat with community members about recycling and Zero Waste, and help “goalie” at the Zero Waste bins (recycling, compost, and trash) to answer attendees’ questions and help waste get sorted correctly. You will always be with an Eco-Cycle staffer, so no prior experience is necessary!
Table with Eco-Cycle at the Rock & Reuse Summer Concert Series!
Resource Central, Eco-Cycle’s Zero Waste partner and next-door neighbor, is having a summer concert series! We are looking for volunteers to help us table at these events. Volunteers will be accompanied by an Eco-Cycle staffer and will help distribute resources and talk to community members.
Rock & Reuse Concert Series
Five Saturdays from May through August
10 am–1 pm
Materials Reuse Facility at Resource Central (co-located with CHaRM at 6400 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder)
Boulder Volunteer Opportunity: Be a volunteer CHaRM lane attendant!
At the Eco-Cycle Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM) in Boulder, volunteers are essential. Learn how you can engage recycling customers about Zero Waste and related environmental issues, and help prevent “contamination” (non-recyclable items) from being mistakenly dropped off.
If you’ve already attended a Saturday orientation, sign up here for your next shift! Please email [email protected] with any questions.
NEW CHARM LANE VOLUNTEERS: Please sign up for a Saturday orientation BEFORE signing up for a volunteer slot! Once you have attended an orientation and received volunteer training, we gratefully welcome you to sign up for any of the volunteer slots that fit your schedule. Training is offered the first Saturday of most months. The next training is June 7, 2025, from 10:00 am–12:00 pm.
Volunteer at the U-Fix-It Clinic
Help check folks in at the clinic, and match them with their volunteer coach. If you have repair skills, you can also sign up as a volunteer coach! Please email [email protected] for more info.
