A Year of Innovation at Upstream
2025 was the Year of Innovation for Upstream and the reuse movement.
Please see our Year-End highlight video for inspiration.
Upstream’s Board and staff, working and volunteering remotely across America, send gratitude to the families, individuals, foundations and businesses investing in our solutions. As a 501c3 non-governmental organization catalyzing new systems, our donors understand the imperative to invest in real solutions, not band-aid solutions. Without them, Upstream would not exist.
At this year’s end, please join us in celebrating Upstream’s Business Sponsors who commit 1% of their proceeds to environmental causes as members of 1% for the Planet. They include: Tandem Coffee Roasters, Nia Impact Capital, Gideon Asen, GoGo Refill, and Big Tree Hospitality. Please patronize them if you can.
And I’d like to wish farewell to the wonderful people of the reuse movement. My last day with Upstream, after 9 invigorating years, is December 18. I will be cheering you all on from a different vantage point. Here’s to a reusable and regenerative future.
Julie Lamy, Chief Advancement Officer
Upstream business sponsor Tandem Coffee Roasters walks the walk.
