OUR MISSION
Clever Octopus Inc ™ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering creativity and environmental awareness through art, science, technology, engineering, and math. Our multi-tentacled approach includes the Clever Octopus Creative Reuse Center and the Octopod mobile outreach vehicle. Creative Reuse Center is a retail space with discounted art supplies
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WHO WE SERVE
OUR IMPACT
Through our waste diversion programs, individual donations and volunteers, we are able to save so many quirky, usable and unique treasures. Read more about our impact here.
CREATIVE REUSE BLOG
This year, we’re all spending more time at home and decorating for or finding ways to celebrate the holidays is a simple way to bring some joy into our lives. Here are four ways to reduce waste while bringing festive cheer into your home.
5 Reasons Clever Octopus STEAM Activity Kits Are The Perfect Gifts This Season. Hint: they’re cheap, full of quality thrift art supplies and will encourage loved ones to create using their imagination!
Haunted houses, corn mazes, horror films, witches, werewolves, goblins, ghouls, and perhaps the scariest of all, PLASTIC!
Tired of your plastic pencil case breaking with only a few uses? A great alternative is one made of cloth! Not only is it more sustainable but fun! Join us making some for our community partners at Granite School District,
By utilizing items in various ways teachers become a positive influence on how students think about the lives of materials.
This month Clever Octopus wants to highlight REUSE GARDENS and give our fellow Octo-people some ideas to create their own environmentally conscious, clever and whimsical oasis!
In April of 2020, Salt Lake City was declared closed by Mayor Mendanhall due to increased cases of COVID-19. Clever Octopus made the decision to close its shop and cancel all its programming on March 21, in an effort to flatten the curve of cases as well as to protect vulnerable staff and community members.
“With Clever Octopus’ “huge” stockpile of sanitized pipette tip boxes donated by the University of Utah, the question became, “what do we do with them?”
On Jan 31, 2020, 12:00 p.m., Clever Octopus Creative Reuse Center officially opened its doors to artists, craftspeople, educators, and families with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new location at 2250 S W Temple in South Salt Lake.
Let’s make 2021 the year you reevaluate your habits and see if there are new ways to reduce your carbon footprint, create less waste, and live more sustainably.