Habits of Waste

“The draft return is reviewed by the president, and the outside accountant. Comments are discussed with the outside cpa and 990 preparer and any necessary changes are made to the draft return. A final copy is provided to the board members prior to filing.”

“During the year, all board members signed a written statement that they have read the conflict of interest policy and have disclosed all possible conflicts.”

“Outside compatibility data was obtained as a base to determine the reasonableness of the executive director and the president's salary that was approved by the board. Form 990, part vi, line b, line 15b: this was answered no as there were no officers or key employees defined in form 990 instructions that were compensated”

“The organization's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“In 2025, the organization adopted a written whistleblower policy and a written document retention and destruction policy.”

“James longman, director became board chair on january 2025 after eitan popper's departure.”

“In the wake of the 2025 los angeles fires, we launched banners of hope (boh) palisades. Boh is a trauma-informed creative arts model to help children process fear, displacement, and grief caused by the fires. As well, our existing campaigns continued to create impactful change on a global level in 2025. Some highlights of our work include collaborations with major studios and films through our lights, camera, plastic? Campaign, updates to our 8 meals app, and amazon changing their shipping practices to align with our ship greener tenets. Additionally, habits of waste continued its work promoting the ideals of our imperfect environmentalist movement. Imperfect environmentalism is a movement rooted in social science and human behavior research that seeks to fight climate change and rising climate anxiety through influencing micro and macro actions and values. This movement responds to the rising concern that individuals are incapable of making a difference against climate change, despite more people than ever feeling its effects. Imperfect environmentalists are people who may not identify as full-fledged environmentalists, but are willing to help by living more sustainably "most" of the time. This helps individuals shift their mindset from "i'm only one person" to "i can start the ripple effect for change."”

“During the year, we launched banners of hope palisades- see part iii, line 4(b) for more details as well healthy body, healthy planet program- see part iii, line 4(d) and related schedule o for more details.”