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Environmental ServicesIdaho, United States11-50 Employees
Sustainable Futures is a Boise-based nonprofit operating in the environmental services sector, focused on revealing value in people and discarded materials. It offers green collar vocational and life skills training to individuals facing employment barriers, including women recently released from prison, refugees, and at-risk youths aged 18 to 21. Through hands-on production, the organization converts glass bottles that would otherwise end up in landfills into items such as drinking glasses, bowls, vases, and candles. The training program is linked to an operating model that relies on product sales to cover general operating costs. This positions the organization within environmental services as a social enterprise that emphasizes workforce development and waste diversion, aiming to balance social impact with financial sustainability. Located in Boise, Idaho, Sustainable Futures serves its local community through its training initiatives and its reuse of materials in product form.