Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP)
Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) has partnered with the Truckee Roundhouse throughout the years on several projects to promote environmental stewardship by connecting students to their local community and environment.
Since 2018, SWEP has utilized the Truckee Roundhouse Textiles shop and experts to help design and create their ‘Trashion Fashion’ outfits. They display their outfits at their ‘Trashion Show’, a fashion show of artistic outfits made from trash, each with a commentary piece that is light-hearted, informative, and sends a message of positive action. The students advocate work to empower other students and the general public to take action towards conservation measures in the areas of energy efficiency, water conservation, composting, and recycling, through “Lead It, Live It” Trashion Shows.
Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) is a small, community-oriented non-profit organization based within the Tahoe Truckee Region. They started in 1994 as a small group of parents and teachers interested in providing comprehensive science & environmental education to local students that connect them to their neighborhood creeks and forests.