What?Why?to educate & uplift our community & celebrate human potential through reclaiming space & materials
to promote art & wonder. Who?Anyone interested in making a positive impact..
Where?Inyo County & beyond
Meet the Board
We currently have 5 board of directors who meet on a monthly basis. President
Hi, I’m Judyth Greenburgh, President of Goodent, conceptual artist, creative consultant and art educator. I like to combine my conceptual skills from years as a creative director with my passion for reclaiming what has been abandoned. Since moving to Inyo County over 12 years ago – I’ve been an art director for the Lone Pine Museum of Western Film, a muralist & creative consultant and is currently Vice President for the Inyo County for the Arts. A former tutor at Lone Pine’s TANF afterschool program I currently teach for ICA afterschool program and volunteer as an art docent. An award winning photographer & kaleidoscope artist I’ve exhibited and taught numerous workshops focusing on reclaimed materials. Vice President
Hi, I’m Erin Renee Vice President of Goodent. My background includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, a California Teaching Credential for Elementary School, and years of experience coordinating and teaching art in various situations and communities across the USA. I 'm the School Arts Coordinator at Inyo Council for the Arts, where I coordinate arts education programming in Inyo County schools and communities. I’m a passionate educator, visual artist, & environmentalist who uses STEAM activities to educate and inspire action in a fun & creative way. Creative reuse is my jam & I love sharing it! Secretary
Hi I am Robert Strub, Secretary of Goodent. I moved to the Owens Valley in 2004 to work on the Owens Lake project and later joined the LADWP team as a Civil Engineering Associate in 2007. I retired in 2020 and I am now a Caretaker for my partner. Before coming to the Owens Valley, I did a few other things. I was a Civil Engineer working on subdivisions in hillside communities and was a board member of a realty company. Then I moved to Trona in 1992 to help in a family business that was focused on mining. This family business evolved from a losing gold mining business to a niche gravel business that eventually closed. Here in started my awareness of the environment. I became involved in environmental issues while in Trona. The family business had five mining related sites, which were all in Inyo County. Four sites were cleaned up. This included a gold mine and a gold mining processing mill site. The one site not cleaned up is an operating gravel pit now owned by another private company. The general environmental activities while in Trona included; a founding membership in Mojave Desert-Mountain RC&D, a membership in the BLM Ridgecrest Regional Steering Committee, and participation in the WEMO plan that was an on and off process for long term planning in the West Mojave. These three-membership participations are led by various branches of the Federal government. The work on Owens Lake is a large environmental project led by a city utility as mandated by California state regulatory agencies following federal law. I look forward to my participating with Goodent.org and seeing what it becomes. The combined skills of the participants are great enough to develop sharing of awareness, which is changing and growing in our communities. Treasurer
My name is Tiffany Lau, Goodent Treasurer. I live in Bishop in the Eastern Sierra in Payahuunadü (the place of flowing water), land of the Nüümü and Shoshone.
Bishop is a small town in one of the most beautiful places in the world, but there are downsides to living here. Recycling, especially for plastics, is limited. There’s an extreme shortage of affordable housing. We pay resort pricing at large-chain stores due to our proximity to the Mammoth Mountain ski resort. It’s expensive to live here. I want to help people save money where they can, so they can spend it on experiences and local businesses they love. What drew me to Goodent was the opportunity to help others improve their lives by reducing overconsumption of consumer goods, reusing material that would otherwise end up in landfills, and recycling when possible. Board Member
My name is Anne Stanley, Goodent board member. I moved to the Eastern Sierra in 2001 with my husband because we loved mountains and rural living within a small intimate community. I have worked as an educational speech and language therapist, working with students with special needs, for 19 years in Inyo and Mono County. I thoroughly enjoy the work I do with the children and educators I am lucky enough to collaborate with. I have always enjoyed work that involves people and have volunteered with Wild Iris, Inyo and Mono counties counseling and crisis center as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) where I was trained to serve as an advocate for abused and neglected children involved in juvenile court proceedings and as a Wild Iris board member. I was drawn to the Goodent board because Goodent offers new and innovative ways of serving the community including education about recycling and ideas for reusing materials as well as providing performance and art opportunities. I am very. excited to be part of this adventure. |
Our initiatives for 2021A lot has happened since we had our first brainstorming meeting at Gertrude Stein’s salon in February 2019.
We successfully filed and became an official non profit 501(c) (3) & registered California non profit since June 2019. 7For 2022 we have identified the following initiatives:-
1) Continued Programming for the Forum Theater in Lone Pine. We received a 2022 community grant to help launch a series of performances. We welcome Martha Jo Walton as out theater manager who will be programming events 2) Continue to conduct Re-use Workshops often partnering with Inyo County’s showcasing of Gladys the giant re-cyclescope at events & schools. 3) Create a ReUse Give and Take maker / work-shop space currently upstairs at the loft in Lone Pine. We are looking for a more permanent venue for this effort. 4) Create a re-use art mosaic / mural out of items cleaned up from our precious landscape to educate people how to clean up and the dangers to the environment and wildlife if it is not. We have submitted a grant proposal for this. 5) Our community dances continue with our annual Thrill the World Zombie dance held every October. 6) Help clean up our local areas: Conducting cleanups in our local areas. 7) We are publishing a book to showcase local artist John Hamilton's sketches & raise money for an art station at the Skilled Nursing Facility in Lone Pine 8) Collaborate more with other groups, agencies and non profits for further our mission. We aim to share resources to achieve our common goals.
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UPLIFTING COMMUNITY
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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES
JOHN HAMILTON
SKETCHBOOK John Hamilton aged 90 is a prolific artist from Darwin Ca. He quit all medication in the nursing home in Bishop quite prepared to die.
Instead he recovered and started sketching in a whole new way. Goodent, a local non profit is publishing a book to showcase these sketches.
$35 for a 100 pg, full color, 8.5 x 11, book of his sketches.Proceeds go towards art supplies for
John & an art station at the nursing home in Lone Pine, where John still sketches and paints We will publish as soon as we have 50 orders or more. WIN A JOHN HAMILTON PAINTING Pre- order a book here or at our event on Sat June 18th to enter the raffle |
Performance + space rental
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Gladys the Recyclescope now available for events
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INSTALLATION BY THE SALTON SEA
Come remove the toxic gunk that’s plaguing us & the world at DTOX-CITY. Pick your poison at the DTOX bar and convert it into joy and wonder at the kaleidoscopic toxic dump. Get a UV cleanse in the DTOX BOX, enjoy the other art pieces and follow the path to actionable change. |