The One Straw Society contributes by:Organizing Sunshine Coast residents helping to create change via One Straw's charter and mandate (these are posted on the website at www.onestraw.ca )

• Food Security / Food Action Network : working to secure our community food supply
• Take a farmer to lunch campaign : raising awareness of local farms
• Seedy Saturday : raising awareness of local sustainable food production
• Support for various forums regarding sustainable communities such as : Microfarmer forum, BioFuel discussion, 100 Mile Diet discussion
• Community newsletter publications : "Food For All" and "Oikos" Donations and other money collected by The One Straw Society cover the costs of photocopying newsletters and information sheets, forum room rentals, and workshop materials.