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Re: Ireland's Plastic Bag Levy - Increased Plastic in Landfills?
2008-12-04 23:46:01 UTC
Bart
If you will give me the contact information to the Alberta Plastics Recycling Council I will be willing to ask for the verification of their statements and exactly where on the web it is located. Maybe if everyone on this site would do the same thing it would modify some behavior of statements made. Wouldn't that be interesting, truth in advertising?
Ken
Green Collar Events
817-975-5546
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Re: backyard water conservation workshop
2008-12-04 23:45:38 UTC
Jean,
Rain Drop Play station! Come join us in an exciting and enjoyable adventure of using raindrops for work and play. Remember to keep it fun for the children. Maybe have single stick popsicles for the kids to eat then float down a rain gutter to a pond with mosquito larva eating fish that the children can enjoy and the parents can overcome the fear of mosquitoes. Have a child take an eyedropper and put one drop of water in a glass jar to learn a secret. Give them a piece of paper that says a mighty river starts with just one drop of rain. You and all your friends can become this mighty river. Have a great compost bin with thousands of earthworms doing their work. A sign that says Earthworm play station. Explain to the children the value of earthworms. Perhaps you would give them an earthworm pet to take home and put in their garden. A little compost to till in would be in good order. Ask them to remind their parents to pick up some coffee ground at their favorite coffee house. Save the vegetable leftovers, you know what to include. All Girl Scouts know that mighty Oaks from little Acorns grow. Give Acorns a bit of compost and encourage the children to water the trees with waist water from all sources they have available to them from the house. Start collecting the acorns now! If you need help I'll pick up some red, live and bur oak acorns to assist you with. I am sure there are others with more ideas.
Thanks for your efforts,
Ken
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Re: Christmas is coming
2008-12-01 06:34:24 UTC
Judy
I just installed 18 mini Christmas lights with 100 lights per strand. I used a kill a watt meter and found that they equaled two strands of the traditional mini Christmas lights. The LED cost $ 20 dollars, the bulbs are said to last 10,000 hours + as compared to 1,800 hours for the normal lights. If the wires hold up it should be a financial benefit along with the carbon footprint benefit. I will have to remember to let you know the saving for the Christmas season.
Ken Gooch
Citizen [email protected]
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